| ab | (noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: abdominal, abdominal muscle |
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| abcoulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs | - |
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| absorb | (verb) cause to become one with | - |
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| (verb) take up mentally | Synonyms: assimilate, ingest, take in |
| (verb) consume all of one's attention or time | Synonyms: engage, engross, occupy |
| (verb) devote (oneself) fully to | Synonyms: engross, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep |
| (verb) take in, also metaphorically | Synonyms: draw, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up |
| (verb) become imbued | - |
| (verb) assimilate or take in | - |
| (verb) take up, as of debts or payments | Synonyms: take over |
| (verb) suck or take up or in | Synonyms: take in |
| acerb | (adjective) sour or bitter in taste | Synonyms: acerbic, astringent |
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| (adjective) harsh or corrosive in tone | Synonyms: acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic |
| adsorb | (verb) accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface | - |
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| adverb | (noun) a word that modifies something other than a noun | - |
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| (noun) the word class that qualifies verbs or clauses | - |
| alb | (noun) a white linen liturgical vestment with sleeves; worn by priests | - |
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| aplomb | (noun) great coolness and composure under strain | Synonyms: assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid |
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| arb | (noun) someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential) | Synonyms: arbitrager, arbitrageur |
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| ardeb | (noun) a unit of dry measure used in Egypt | - |
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| b | (noun) the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: B |
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| (noun) (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter | Synonyms: barn |
| baobab | (noun) African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread | Synonyms: Adansonia digitata, monkey-bread tree |
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| barb | (noun) one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather | - |
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| (noun) a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove | - |
| (noun) the pointed part of barbed wire | - |
| (noun) an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect | Synonyms: dig, gibe, jibe, shaft, shot, slam |
| (verb) provide with barbs | - |
| bathtub | (noun) a relatively large open container that you fill with water and use to wash the body | Synonyms: bathing tub, tub |
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| bedaub | (verb) spread or daub (a surface) | Synonyms: besmear |
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| benumb | (verb) make numb or insensitive | Synonyms: blunt, dull, numb |
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| bib | (noun) a napkin tied under the chin of a child while eating | - |
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| (noun) top part of an apron; covering the chest | - |
| (verb) drink moderately but regularly | Synonyms: tipple |
| blab | (verb) divulge confidential information or secrets | Synonyms: babble, babble out, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, sing, spill the beans, talk, tattle |
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| (verb) speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly | Synonyms: blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle |
| bleb | (noun) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid | Synonyms: blister, bulla |
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| blob | (noun) an indistinct shapeless form | - |
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| (verb) make a spot or mark onto | Synonyms: blot, fleck, spot |
| blowjob | (noun) slang for fellatio | Synonyms: cock sucking |
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| blub | (verb) cry or whine with snuffling | Synonyms: blubber, sniffle, snivel, snuffle |
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| blurb | (noun) a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books) | Synonyms: endorsement, indorsement |
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| bob | (noun) a short abrupt inclination (as of the head) | - |
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| (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals | Synonyms: bobtail, dock |
| (noun) a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line | Synonyms: bobber, bobfloat, cork |
| (noun) a hanging weight, especially a metal ball on a string | - |
| (noun) a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism | Synonyms: bobsled, bobsleigh |
| (noun) a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around | - |
| (noun) a former monetary unit in Great Britain | Synonyms: British shilling, shilling |
| (verb) cut hair in the style of a bob | - |
| (verb) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect | Synonyms: curtsy |
| (verb) remove or shorten the tail of an animal | Synonyms: dock, tail |
| (verb) move up and down repeatedly in a quick, short movement | - |
| (verb) ride a bobsled | Synonyms: bobsled |
| bomb | (noun) an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions | - |
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| (noun) strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion | Synonyms: bomb calorimeter |
| (noun) an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual | Synonyms: dud, turkey |
| (verb) throw bombs at or attack with bombs | Synonyms: bombard |
| (verb) fail to get a passing grade | Synonyms: fail, flunk, flush it |
| boob | (noun) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | Synonyms: bosom, breast, knocker, tit, titty |
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| (noun) an ignorant or foolish person | Synonyms: booby, dope, dumbbell, dummy, pinhead |
| (verb) commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake | Synonyms: blunder, drop the ball, goof, sin |
| bookclub | (noun) a club that people join in order to buy selected books at reduced prices | - |
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| breadcrumb | (noun) crumb of bread; used especially for coating or thickening | - |
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| brewpub | (noun) a combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food | - |
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| bulb | (noun) electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity | Synonyms: electric-light bulb, electric light, incandescent lamp, light bulb, lightbulb |
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| (noun) a rounded part of a cylindrical instrument (usually at one end) | - |
| (noun) a rounded dilation or expansion in a canal or vessel or organ | - |
| (noun) lower or hindmost part of the brain; continuous with spinal cord; (`bulb' is an old term for medulla oblongata) | Synonyms: medulla, medulla oblongata |
| (noun) a modified bud consisting of a thickened globular underground stem serving as a reproductive structure | - |
| (noun) anything with a round shape resembling a teardrop | - |
| cab | (noun) a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money | Synonyms: hack, taxi, taxicab |
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| (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood | Synonyms: cabriolet |
| (noun) a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits | - |
| (verb) ride in a taxicab | Synonyms: taxi |
| carob | (noun) powder from the ground seeds and pods of the carob tree; used as a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: carob powder, Saint-John's-bread |
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| (noun) evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob | Synonyms: algarroba, carob bean tree, carob tree, Ceratonia siliqua |
| (noun) long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute | Synonyms: algarroba, algarroba bean, carob bean, locust bean, locust pod |
| catacomb | (noun) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) | - |
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| celecoxib | (noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract | Synonyms: Celebrex |
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| chebab | (noun) a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis | - |
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| chemisorb | (verb) take up a substance by chemisorption | - |
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| cherub | (noun) an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child | - |
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| (noun) a sweet innocent baby | - |
| chub | (noun) European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body | Synonyms: Leuciscus cephalus |
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| climb | (noun) the act of climbing something | Synonyms: mount |
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| (noun) an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | Synonyms: climbing, mounting |
| (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, raise, rise, upgrade |
| (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: mount, rise, wax |
| (verb) increase in value or to a higher point | Synonyms: go up, rise |
| (verb) improve one's social status | - |
| (verb) go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Synonyms: climb up, go up, mount |
| (verb) move with effort, by grasping | - |
| (verb) slope upward | - |
| club | (noun) stout stick that is larger at one end | - |
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| (noun) golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball | Synonyms: golf-club, golf club, golfclub |
| (noun) a building that is occupied by a social club | Synonyms: clubhouse |
| (noun) a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more black trefoils on it | - |
| (noun) a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink | Synonyms: cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot |
| (noun) a formal association of people with similar interests | Synonyms: gild, guild, lodge, order, social club, society |
| (noun) a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together | Synonyms: ball club, baseball club, nine |
| (verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon | Synonyms: bludgeon |
| (verb) gather into a club-like mass | - |
| (verb) gather and spend time together | - |
| (verb) unite with a common purpose | - |
| cob | (noun) adult male swan | - |
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| (noun) stocky short-legged harness horse | - |
| (noun) white gull having a black back and wings | Synonyms: black-backed gull, great black-backed gull, Larus marinus |
| (noun) nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus | Synonyms: cobnut, filbert, hazelnut |
| cobweb | (noun) a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web | - |
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| (noun) filaments from a web that was spun by a spider | Synonyms: gossamer |
| (noun) a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider | - |
| cockscomb | (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: comb, coxcomb |
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| (noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red | Synonyms: coxcomb |
| (noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | Synonyms: coxcomb |
| (noun) garden annual with featherlike spikes of red or yellow flowers | Synonyms: Celosia argentea cristata, Celosia cristata, common cockscomb |
| comb | (noun) the act of drawing a comb through hair | Synonyms: combing |
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| (noun) ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore | - |
| (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: cockscomb, coxcomb |
| (noun) a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair | - |
| (noun) any of several tools for straightening fibers | - |
| (verb) smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb | Synonyms: comb out, disentangle |
| (verb) search thoroughly | Synonyms: ransack |
| (verb) straighten with a comb | - |
| confab | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confabulation, schmoose, schmooze |
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| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
| (verb) have a conference in order to talk something over | Synonyms: confabulate, confer, consult |
| corncob | (noun) the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn | Synonyms: corn cob |
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| corncrib | (noun) a crib for storing and drying ears of corn | - |
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| corymb | (noun) flat-topped or convex inflorescence in which the individual flower stalks grow upward from various points on the main stem to approximately the same height; outer flowers open first | - |
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| coulomb | (noun) a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second | Synonyms: ampere-second, C |
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| cowherb | (noun) European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort | Synonyms: cow cockle, Saponaria vaccaria, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata |
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| coxcomb | (noun) the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds | Synonyms: cockscomb, comb |
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| (noun) a cap worn by court jesters; adorned with a strip of red | Synonyms: cockscomb |
| (noun) a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments | Synonyms: cockscomb |
| crab | (noun) a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply | - |
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| (noun) decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers | - |
| (noun) a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body | Synonyms: crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse |
| (noun) the edible flesh of any of various crabs | Synonyms: crabmeat |
| (noun) a quarrelsome grouch | Synonyms: crabby person |
| (verb) complain | Synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk |
| (verb) fish for crab | - |
| (verb) scurry sideways like a crab | - |
| (verb) direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind | - |
| crib | (noun) a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | Synonyms: cribbage |
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| (noun) the cards discarded by players at cribbage | - |
| (noun) baby bed with high sides made of slats | Synonyms: cot |
| (noun) a bin or granary for storing grains | - |
| (noun) a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | Synonyms: pony, trot |
| (verb) line with beams or planks | - |
| (verb) take unauthorized (intellectual material) | - |
| (verb) use a crib, as in an exam | - |
| crumb | (noun) small piece of e.g. bread or cake | - |
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| (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
| (noun) a very small quantity of something | - |
| (verb) remove crumbs from | - |
| (verb) break into crumbs | - |
| (verb) coat with bread crumbs | - |
| cub | (noun) the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion | Synonyms: young carnivore |
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| (noun) a male child (a familiar term of address to a boy) | Synonyms: lad, laddie, sonny, sonny boy |
| (noun) an awkward and inexperienced youth | Synonyms: greenhorn, rookie |
| (verb) give birth to cubs | - |
| cubeb | (noun) a cigarette containing cubeb | Synonyms: cubeb cigarette |
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| (noun) tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits | Synonyms: cubeb vine, Java pepper, Piper cubeba |
| (noun) spicy fruit of the cubeb vine; when dried and crushed is used medicinally or in perfumery and sometimes smoked in cigarettes | - |
| curb | (noun) the act of restraining power or action or limiting excess | Synonyms: bridle, check |
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| (noun) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter) | Synonyms: curbing, kerb |
| (noun) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse | Synonyms: curb bit |
| (verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curtail, cut back, restrict |
| (verb) keep to the curb | - |
| (verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, control, hold, hold in, moderate |
| currycomb | (noun) a square comb with rows of small teeth; used to curry horses | - |
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| (verb) clean (a horse) with a currycomb | - |
| dab | (noun) a light touch or stroke | Synonyms: pat, tap |
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| (noun) a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | Synonyms: dabbing |
| (noun) a small quantity of something moist or liquid | Synonyms: splash, splatter |
| (verb) to smoke marijuana using butane hash oil | - |
| (verb) hit lightly | Synonyms: pat |
| (verb) apply (usually a liquid) to a surface | Synonyms: swab, swob |
| (verb) to perform a dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm and the elbow in a gesture that has been noted to resemble sneezing | - |
| daub | (noun) an unskillful painting | - |
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| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot |
| (noun) material used to daub walls | - |
| (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: smear |
| (verb) coat with plaster | Synonyms: plaster |
| (verb) apply to a surface | - |
| deb | (noun) a young woman making her debut into society | Synonyms: debutante |
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| demob | (verb) retire from military service | Synonyms: demobilise, demobilize |
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| desorb | (verb) go away from the surface to which (a substance) is adsorbed | - |
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| (verb) remove from a surface on which it is adsorbed | - |
| disturb | (verb) destroy the peace or tranquility of | Synonyms: interrupt |
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| (verb) damage as if by shaking or jarring | - |
| (verb) tamper with | Synonyms: touch |
| (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, commove, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
| (verb) move deeply | Synonyms: trouble, upset |
| dithyramb | (noun) (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) | - |
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| (noun) a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing | - |
| doob | (noun) trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India | Synonyms: Bahama grass, Bermuda grass, Cynodon dactylon, devil grass, kweek, scutch grass, star grass |
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| doorjamb | (noun) a jamb for a door | Synonyms: doorpost |
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| doorknob | (noun) a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain) | Synonyms: doorhandle |
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| drab | (adjective) of a light brownish green color | Synonyms: olive-drab |
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| (adjective) lacking brightness or color; dull | Synonyms: sober, somber, sombre |
| (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
| (adjective) lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise | Synonyms: dreary |
| (noun) a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown | Synonyms: olive drab |
| drib | (noun) a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) | Synonyms: driblet, drop |
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| drub | (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | Synonyms: bat, clobber, cream, lick, thrash |
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| dub | (noun) the new sounds added by dubbing | - |
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| (verb) give a nickname to | Synonyms: nickname |
| (verb) provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language | - |
| (verb) raise (someone) to knighthood | Synonyms: knight |
| dumb | (adjective) slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity | Synonyms: dense, dim, dull, obtuse, slow |
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| (adjective) unable to speak because of hereditary deafness | Synonyms: mute, silent |
| (adjective) temporarily incapable of speaking | Synonyms: speechless |
| (adjective) lacking the power of human speech | - |
| dweeb | (noun) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious | Synonyms: grind, nerd, swot, wonk |
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| ebb | (noun) the outward flow of the tide | Synonyms: reflux |
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| (noun) a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number) | Synonyms: ebbing, wane |
| (verb) fall away or decline | - |
| (verb) hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | - |
| (verb) flow back or recede | Synonyms: ebb away, ebb down, ebb off, ebb out |
| entomb | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest |
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| fab | (adjective) extremely pleasing | Synonyms: fabulous |
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| fib | (noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle |
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| (verb) tell a relatively insignificant lie | - |
| firebomb | (noun) a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective against flammable targets (such as fuel) | Synonyms: incendiary, incendiary bomb |
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| (verb) attack with incendiary bombs | - |
| flab | (noun) loose or flaccid body fat | - |
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| flashbulb | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashgun, photoflash |
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| flub | (noun) an embarrassing mistake | Synonyms: bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall |
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| (verb) make a mess of, destroy or ruin | Synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
| fob | (noun) short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest | Synonyms: watch chain, watch guard |
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| (noun) an adornment that hangs from a watch chain | - |
| (noun) a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch | Synonyms: watch pocket |
| (verb) deceive somebody | Synonyms: flim-flam, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick |
| forelimb | (noun) the front limb (or the homologous structure in other animals, such as a flipper or wing) | - |
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| gab | (noun) light informal conversation for social occasions | Synonyms: causerie, chin-wag, chin-wagging, chin wag, chin wagging, chit-chat, chit chat, chitchat, gabfest, gossip, small talk, tittle-tattle |
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| (verb) talk profusely | Synonyms: yak |
| garb | (noun) clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion | Synonyms: attire, dress |
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| (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garment, habilitate, raiment, tog |
| gib | (noun) a castrated tomcat | - |
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| glib | (adjective) artfully persuasive in speech | Synonyms: glib-tongued, smooth-tongued |
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| (adjective) having only superficial plausibility | Synonyms: pat, slick |
| (adjective) marked by lack of intellectual depth | - |
| glob | (noun) a compact mass | Synonyms: ball, chunk, clod, clump, lump |
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| gob | (noun) informal terms for the mouth | Synonyms: cakehole, hole, maw, trap, yap |
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| (noun) a lump of slimy stuff | - |
| (noun) a man who serves as a sailor | Synonyms: Jack-tar, Jack, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar |
| golfclub | (noun) golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball | Synonyms: club, golf-club, golf club |
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| grab | (noun) the act of catching an object with the hands | Synonyms: catch, snap, snatch |
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| (noun) a mechanical device for gripping an object | - |
| (verb) capture the attention or imagination of | Synonyms: seize |
| (verb) take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) take or grasp suddenly | - |
| (verb) make a grasping or snatching motion with the hand | - |
| (verb) get hold of or seize quickly and easily | Synonyms: snaffle, snap up |
| (verb) obtain illegally or unscrupulously | - |
| grub | (noun) a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects | - |
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| (noun) informal terms for a meal | Synonyms: chow, chuck, eats |
| (verb) search about busily | - |
| (verb) ask for and get free; be a parasite | Synonyms: bum, cadge, mooch, sponge |
| guib | (noun) antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns | Synonyms: bushbuck, Tragelaphus scriptus |
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| hardsub | (noun) (often plural) a subtitle whose text is irreversibly merged in original video frames. | Synonyms: hard subtitle |
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| heartthrob | (noun) an object of infatuation | - |
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| hecatomb | (noun) a great sacrifice; an ancient Greek or Roman sacrifice of 100 oxen | - |
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| herb | (noun) aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities | - |
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| (noun) a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests | Synonyms: herbaceous plant |
| hijab | (noun) the custom in some Islamic societies of women dressing modestly outside the home | - |
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| (noun) a headscarf worn by Muslim women; conceals the hair and neck and usually has a face veil that covers the face | - |
| hindlimb | (noun) a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals | Synonyms: hind limb |
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