fosterage | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fostering, nurture, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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(noun) encouragement; aiding the development of something | Synonyms: fostering |
freightage | (noun) transporting goods commercially at rates cheaper than express rates | Synonyms: freight |
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(noun) the charge for transporting something by common carrier | Synonyms: freight, freight rate |
frontage | (noun) the face or front of a building | Synonyms: facade, frontal |
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(noun) the extent of land abutting on a street or water | - |
(noun) the direction in which something (such as a building) faces | - |
frottage | (noun) masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) | - |
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fruitage | (noun) the yield of fruit | - |
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fuselage | (noun) the central body of an airplane that is designed to accommodate the crew and passengers (or cargo) | - |
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gage | (noun) a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc. | Synonyms: gauge |
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(noun) street names for marijuana | Synonyms: dope, grass, green goddess, locoweed, Mary Jane, pot, sens, sess, skunk, smoke, weed |
(verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, game, punt, stake |
garage | (noun) an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles | - |
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(noun) a repair shop where cars and trucks are serviced and repaired | Synonyms: service department |
(verb) keep or store in a garage | - |
garbage | (noun) a receptacle where waste can be discarded | - |
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(noun) a worthless message | Synonyms: drivel |
(noun) food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) | Synonyms: food waste, refuse, scraps |
gastrogavage | (noun) feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening | - |
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gavage | (noun) feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat | Synonyms: forced feeding |
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greengage | (noun) sweet green or greenish-yellow variety of plum | Synonyms: greengage plum |
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haemorrhage | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: bleeding, hemorrhage |
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harborage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harbourage |
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harbourage | (noun) (nautical) a place of refuge (as for a ship) | Synonyms: harborage |
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haulage | (noun) the act of drawing or hauling something | Synonyms: draw, haul |
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hemorrhage | (noun) the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | Synonyms: bleeding, haemorrhage |
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(verb) lose blood from one's body | Synonyms: bleed, shed blood |
herbage | (noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | Synonyms: pasturage |
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heritage | (noun) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | Synonyms: inheritance |
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(noun) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors | Synonyms: inheritance |
(noun) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition | - |
(noun) that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner | Synonyms: inheritance |
hermitage | (noun) the abode of a hermit | - |
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homage | (noun) respectful deference | Synonyms: court |
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homepage | (noun) the opening page of a web site; also, the first page opened when a web browser is launched (default or start-up page) | Synonyms: home page |
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hostage | (noun) a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms | Synonyms: surety |
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hypallage | (noun) reversal of the syntactic relation of two words (as in `her beauty's face') | - |
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image | (noun) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | Synonyms: icon, ikon, picture |
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(noun) a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture) | Synonyms: effigy, simulacrum |
(noun) (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world | Synonyms: persona |
(noun) the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public | - |
(noun) an iconic mental representation | Synonyms: mental image |
(noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: epitome, paradigm, prototype |
(noun) language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Synonyms: figure, figure of speech, trope |
(noun) (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined | Synonyms: range, range of a function |
(noun) someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor) | Synonyms: double, look-alike |
(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize |
(verb) render visible, as by means of MRI | - |
inmarriage | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: endogamy, intermarriage |
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interlanguage | (noun) a common language used by speakers of different languages | Synonyms: koine, lingua franca |
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intermarriage | (noun) marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law | Synonyms: endogamy, inmarriage |
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(noun) marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law | Synonyms: exogamy |
kilometrage | (noun) the number of kilometres travelled by a vehicle. | - |
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language | (noun) the mental faculty or power of vocal communication | Synonyms: speech |
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(noun) the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication | Synonyms: linguistic process |
(noun) a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols | Synonyms: linguistic communication |
(noun) (language) communication by word of mouth | Synonyms: oral communication, speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, voice communication |
(noun) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number | Synonyms: lyric, words |
(noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: nomenclature, terminology |
lavage | (noun) washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water | - |
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leafage | (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: foliage, leaf |
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leakage | (noun) the discharge of a fluid from some container | Synonyms: escape, leak, outflow |
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leverage | (noun) investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses) | Synonyms: leveraging |
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(noun) strategic advantage; power to act effectively | - |
(noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: purchase |
(verb) provide with leverage | - |
(verb) supplement with leverage | - |
lighterage | (noun) the transportation of goods on a lighter | - |
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(noun) the fee charged for carrying goods in lighters | - |
linage | (noun) a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | Synonyms: lineage |
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(noun) the number of lines in a piece of printed material | Synonyms: lineage |
lineage | (noun) inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline | Synonyms: ancestry, derivation, filiation |
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(noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
(noun) a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted | Synonyms: linage |
(noun) the number of lines in a piece of printed material | Synonyms: linage |
(noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors | Synonyms: descent, filiation, line of descent |
linkage | (noun) the act of linking things together | - |
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(noun) a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion | - |
(noun) (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) | Synonyms: gene linkage |
(noun) an associative relation | - |
lockage | (noun) passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
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(noun) a system of locks in a canal or waterway | - |
(noun) a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway | - |
lovage | (noun) stalks eaten like celery or candied like angelica; seeds used for flavoring or pickled like capers | - |
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(noun) herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds | Synonyms: Levisticum officinale |
luggage | (noun) cases used to carry belongings when traveling | Synonyms: baggage |
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macrophage | (noun) a large phagocyte; some are fixed and other circulate in the blood stream | - |
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manage | (verb) handle effectively | Synonyms: handle, wield |
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(verb) be in charge of, act on, or dispose of | Synonyms: care, deal, handle |
(verb) watch and direct | Synonyms: oversee, superintend, supervise |
(verb) carry on or function | Synonyms: do |
(verb) succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available | Synonyms: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out |
(verb) achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods | Synonyms: finagle, wangle |
(verb) be successful; achieve a goal | Synonyms: bring off, carry off, negociate, pull off |
marriage | (noun) the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony | Synonyms: marriage ceremony, wedding |
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(noun) two people who are married to each other | Synonyms: man and wife, married couple |
(noun) the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) | Synonyms: matrimony, spousal relationship, union, wedlock |
(noun) a close and intimate union | - |
massage | (noun) kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation | - |
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(verb) give a massage to | - |
(verb) manually manipulate (someone's body), usually for medicinal or relaxation purposes | Synonyms: knead, rub down |
matrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family | Synonyms: cognation, enation |
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menage | (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, home, house, household |
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message | (noun) content communicating a message; what something is about | Synonyms: content, subject matter, substance |
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(noun) a communication (usually brief) that is written or spoken or signaled | - |
(verb) send a message | - |
(verb) send as a message | - |
(verb) send a message to | - |
messuage | (noun) (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household | - |
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metalanguage | (noun) a language that can be used to describe languages | - |
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microphage | (noun) a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria) | - |
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milage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: mileage |
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mileage | (noun) distance measured in miles | Synonyms: milage |
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(noun) a travel allowance at a given rate per mile traveled | - |
(noun) the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned | Synonyms: fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, gasoline mileage |
mintage | (noun) act or process of minting coins | - |
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(noun) coins collectively | Synonyms: coinage, metal money, specie |
(noun) fee paid to a mint by the government for minting a coin | - |
mirage | (noun) something illusory and unattainable | - |
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(noun) an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects | - |
miscarriage | (noun) a natural loss of the products of conception | Synonyms: spontaneous abortion, stillbirth |
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(noun) failure of a plan | Synonyms: abortion |
mismanage | (verb) manage badly or incompetently | Synonyms: misconduct, mishandle |
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montage | (noun) a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image | Synonyms: collage |
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moorage | (noun) the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes | Synonyms: dockage, docking, tying up |
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(noun) a place where a craft can be made fast | Synonyms: berth, mooring, slip |
(noun) a fee for mooring | - |
mortgage | (noun) a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan | - |
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(verb) put up as security or collateral | - |
mucilage | (noun) a gelatinous substance secreted by plants | - |
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(noun) cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive | Synonyms: glue, gum |
multistage | (noun) occurring in more than one stage | - |
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mycophage | (noun) a person or animal who eats fungi (especially mushrooms) | Synonyms: mycophagist |
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nonage | (noun) any age prior to the legal age | Synonyms: minority |
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offstage | (adjective) situated or taking place in the area of a stage not visible to the audience | - |
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(adjective) concealed from public view or attention | Synonyms: backstage |
(noun) a stage area out of sight of the audience | Synonyms: backstage, wing |
(adverb) behind the scenes; not on stage | - |
(adverb) not in public | - |
ohmage | (noun) the ohmic resistance of a conductor | - |
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onstage | (adjective) situated or taking place on the area of a stage visible to the audience | - |
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(adverb) on the stage | - |
orphanage | (noun) a public institution for the care of orphans | Synonyms: orphans' asylum |
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(noun) the condition of being a child without living parents | Synonyms: orphanhood |
outage | (noun) a temporary suspension of operation (as of computers) | - |
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(noun) the amount of something (as whiskey or oil) lost in storage or transportation | - |
outrage | (noun) the act of scandalizing | Synonyms: scandalisation, scandalization |
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(noun) a wantonly cruel act | - |
(noun) a disgraceful event | Synonyms: scandal |
(noun) a feeling of righteous anger | Synonyms: indignation |
(verb) strike with disgust or revulsion | Synonyms: appal, appall, offend, scandalise, scandalize, shock |
(verb) force (someone) to have sex against their will | Synonyms: assault, dishonor, dishonour, rape, ravish, violate |
(verb) violate the sacred character of a place or language | Synonyms: desecrate, profane, violate |
overage | (adjective) too old to be useful | Synonyms: over-the-hill, overaged, superannuated |
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(noun) a surplus or excess of money or merchandise that is actually on hand and that exceeds expectations | - |
package | (noun) a wrapped container | Synonyms: parcel |
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(noun) (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory | Synonyms: computer software, software, software package, software program, software system |
(noun) a collection of things wrapped or boxed together | Synonyms: bundle, packet, parcel |
(verb) put into a box | Synonyms: box |
page | (noun) one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains | - |
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(noun) in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood | Synonyms: varlet |
(noun) a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings | - |
(noun) a boy who is employed to run errands | Synonyms: pageboy |
(verb) contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system | - |
(verb) number the pages of a book or manuscript | Synonyms: foliate, paginate |
(verb) work as a page | - |
paralanguage | (noun) the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings | Synonyms: paralinguistic communication |
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parentage | (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, pedigree, stemma, stock |
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(noun) the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents | Synonyms: birth |
(noun) the state of being a parent | Synonyms: parenthood |
parsonage | (noun) an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | Synonyms: rectory, vicarage |
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passage | (noun) a journey usually by ship | Synonyms: transit |
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(noun) the passing of a law by a legislative body | Synonyms: enactment |
(noun) the act of passing something to another person | Synonyms: handing over |
(noun) the act of passing from one state or place to the next | Synonyms: transition |
(noun) a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another | Synonyms: passing |
(noun) a way through or along which someone or something may pass | - |
(noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passageway |
(noun) a section of text; particularly a section of medium length | - |
(noun) a short section of a musical composition | Synonyms: musical passage |
(noun) the motion of one object relative to another | Synonyms: passing |
pasturage | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasture |
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(noun) succulent herbaceous vegetation of pastureland | Synonyms: herbage |
patrilineage | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: agnation |
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patronage | (noun) the act of providing approval and support | Synonyms: backing, backup, championship |
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(noun) (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support | - |
(noun) the business given to a commercial establishment by its customers | Synonyms: trade |
(noun) a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient | Synonyms: condescension, disdain |
(noun) customers collectively | Synonyms: business, clientele |
(verb) be a regular customer or client of | Synonyms: keep going, patronise, patronize, support |
(verb) support by being a patron of | - |
pavage | (noun) the act of applying paving materials to an area | Synonyms: paving |
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(noun) a tax toward paving streets | - |
peerage | (noun) the peers of a kingdom considered as a group | Synonyms: baronage |
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pelage | (noun) growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal | Synonyms: coat |
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peonage | (noun) the practice of making a debtor work for his creditor until the debt is discharged | - |
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(noun) the condition of a peon | - |
percentage | (noun) assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group | Synonyms: part, portion, share |
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(noun) a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred); ten percent | Synonyms: pct, per centum, percent |
persiflage | (noun) light teasing | - |
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personage | (noun) another word for person; a person not meriting identification | - |
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(noun) a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events | Synonyms: important person, influential person |
petrissage | (noun) massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed | - |
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phage | (noun) a virus that is parasitic (reproduces itself) in bacteria | Synonyms: bacteriophage |
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photomontage | (noun) a montage that uses photographic images | - |
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pilferage | (noun) the act of stealing small amounts or small articles | - |
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pilgrimage | (noun) a journey to a sacred place | Synonyms: pilgrim's journey |
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pillage | (noun) the act of stealing valuable things from a place | Synonyms: pillaging, plundering |
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(noun) goods or money obtained illegally | Synonyms: booty, dirty money, loot, plunder, prize, swag |
(verb) steal goods; take as spoils | Synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle, strip |
pilotage | (noun) the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place | Synonyms: navigation, piloting |
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(noun) the occupation of a pilot | Synonyms: piloting |
pipage | (noun) a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc. | Synonyms: pipe, piping |
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(noun) a fee charged for the use of pipes | - |
plage | (noun) the beach at a seaside resort | - |
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plumage | (noun) the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds | Synonyms: plume |
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plunderage | (noun) the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard) | - |
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portage | (noun) carrying boats and supplies overland | - |
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(noun) overland track between navigable waterways | - |
(noun) the cost of carrying or transporting | - |
porterage | (noun) the transportation of burdens by porters | - |
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(noun) the charge for carrying burdens by porters | - |