aflame | (adjective) lighted up by or as by fire or flame | Synonyms: ablaze, afire, aflare, alight, on fire |
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(adjective) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement | Synonyms: ablaze, aroused |
airframe | (noun) the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines) | - |
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arame | (noun) an edible seaweed with a mild flavor | - |
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aspartame | (noun) an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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ballgame | (noun) a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) | Synonyms: ball game |
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(noun) a particular situation that is radically different from the preceding situation | Synonyms: new ballgame |
bedframe | (noun) the framework of a bed | Synonyms: bedstead |
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beldame | (noun) a woman of advanced age | Synonyms: beldam |
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(noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman | Synonyms: beldam, crone, hag, witch |
blame | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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(noun) a reproach for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: rap |
(noun) an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed | Synonyms: incrimination, inculpation |
(verb) attribute responsibility to | Synonyms: charge |
(verb) put or pin the blame on | Synonyms: fault |
(verb) harass with constant criticism | Synonyms: find fault, pick |
byname | (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: cognomen, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet |
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dagame | (noun) source of a tough elastic wood | Synonyms: Calycophyllum candidissimum, lemonwood tree |
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dame | (noun) informal terms for a (young) woman | Synonyms: bird, chick, doll, skirt, wench |
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(noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: gentlewoman, lady, ma'am, madam |
defame | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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doorframe | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorcase |
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endgame | (noun) the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board | Synonyms: end game |
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(noun) the final stages of an extended process of negotiation | Synonyms: end game |
fame | (noun) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | Synonyms: celebrity, renown |
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(noun) favorable public reputation | - |
filename | (noun) (computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file | Synonyms: computer file name, computer filename, file name |
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flame | (noun) the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke | Synonyms: fire, flaming |
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(verb) criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium | - |
(verb) be in flames or aflame | - |
(verb) shine with a sudden light | Synonyms: flare |
forename | (noun) the name that precedes the surname | Synonyms: first name, given name |
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frame | (noun) one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided | - |
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(noun) a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror | Synonyms: framing |
(noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: skeletal frame, skeleton, underframe |
(noun) the framework for a pair of eyeglasses | - |
(noun) a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film | - |
(noun) a structure supporting or containing something | Synonyms: framework |
(noun) the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal | Synonyms: skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale |
(noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
(noun) a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning | Synonyms: frame of reference |
(noun) a single drawing in a comic strip | - |
(noun) an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently | - |
(noun) (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | Synonyms: inning |
(verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: compose, draw up |
(verb) formulate in a particular style or language | Synonyms: cast, couch, put, redact |
(verb) enclose in or as if in a frame | Synonyms: border, frame in |
(verb) construct by fitting or uniting parts together | Synonyms: frame up |
(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, set up |
(verb) enclose in a frame, as of a picture | - |
game | (adjective) willing to face danger | Synonyms: gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky |
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(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame |
(noun) a contest with rules to determine a winner | - |
(noun) an amusement or pastime | - |
(noun) your occupation or line of work | Synonyms: biz |
(noun) a single play of a sport or other contest | - |
(noun) frivolous or trifling behavior | - |
(noun) animal hunted for food or sport | - |
(noun) the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game | - |
(noun) a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) | Synonyms: plot, secret plan |
(noun) the flesh of wild animals that is used for food | - |
(noun) (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win | - |
(noun) (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves | - |
(verb) place a bet on | Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, punt, stake |
hame | (noun) stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces | - |
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inflame | (verb) become inflamed; get sore | - |
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(verb) cause inflammation in | - |
(verb) arouse or excite feelings and passions | Synonyms: fire up, heat, ignite, stir up, wake |
(verb) cause to start burning | Synonyms: conflagrate, enkindle, kindle |
(verb) catch fire | Synonyms: kindle |
lame | (adjective) pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness | Synonyms: feeble |
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(adjective) disabled in the feet or legs | Synonyms: crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting |
(noun) a fabric interwoven with threads of metal | - |
(noun) someone who doesn't understand what is going on | Synonyms: square |
(verb) deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg | Synonyms: cripple |
macrame | (noun) a relatively coarse lace; made by weaving and knotting cords | - |
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(verb) make knotted patterns | - |
madame | (noun) title used for a married Frenchwoman | - |
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mainframe | (noun) (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing | Synonyms: C.P.U., central processing unit, central processor, CPU, processor |
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(noun) a large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room | Synonyms: mainframe computer |
misname | (verb) assign in incorrect name to | Synonyms: miscall |
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moorgame | (noun) reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain | Synonyms: Lagopus scoticus, moor-bird, moorbird, moorfowl, red grouse |
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name | (noun) by the sanction or authority of | - |
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(noun) a language unit by which a person or thing is known | - |
(noun) a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | Synonyms: epithet |
(noun) family based on male descent | Synonyms: gens |
(noun) a well-known or notable person | Synonyms: figure, public figure |
(noun) a person's reputation | - |
(verb) determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis | Synonyms: diagnose |
(verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, identify, key, key out |
(verb) give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property | Synonyms: identify |
(verb) assign a specified (usually proper) name to | Synonyms: be known as, call, know as |
(verb) make reference to | Synonyms: advert, bring up, cite, mention, refer |
(verb) mention and identify by name | - |
(verb) give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of | Synonyms: list |
(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, nominate |
(verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, nominate |
nickname | (noun) a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name) | Synonyms: byname, cognomen, moniker, sobriquet, soubriquet |
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(noun) a descriptive name for a place or thing | - |
(verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: dub |
rename | (verb) assign a new name to | - |
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(verb) name again or anew | - |
same | (adjective) closely similar or comparable in kind or quality or quantity or degree | - |
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(adjective) same in identity | - |
(adjective) equal in amount or value | Synonyms: like |
(adjective) unchanged in character or nature | - |
selfsame | (adjective) being the exact same one; not any other: | Synonyms: identical, very |
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sesame | (noun) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil | Synonyms: benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum |
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shame | (noun) an unfortunate development | Synonyms: pity |
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(noun) a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt | - |
(noun) a state of dishonor | Synonyms: disgrace, ignominy |
(verb) surpass or beat by a wide margin | - |
(verb) cause to be ashamed | - |
(verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour |
(verb) compel through a sense of shame | - |
surname | (noun) the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) | Synonyms: cognomen, family name, last name |
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tame | (adjective) brought from wildness into a domesticated state | Synonyms: tamed |
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(adjective) very restrained or quiet | - |
(adjective) very docile | Synonyms: meek |
(adjective) flat and uninspiring | - |
(verb) correct by punishment or discipline | Synonyms: chasten, subdue |
(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize |
(verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: domesticate |
(verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim |
(verb) make less strong or intense; soften | Synonyms: moderate, tone down |
underframe | (noun) the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape | Synonyms: frame, skeletal frame, skeleton |
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