| headstock | (noun) the stationary support in a machine or power tool that supports and drives a revolving part (as a chuck or the spindle on a lathe) | - |
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| heartsick | (adjective) without or almost without hope | Synonyms: despondent |
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| (adjective) full of sorrow | Synonyms: brokenhearted, heartbroken |
| hemlock | (noun) an evergreen tree, could refer to any one of a genus of conifers named Tsuga | Synonyms: hemlock tree |
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| (noun) soft coarse splintery wood of a hemlock tree especially the western hemlock | - |
| (noun) large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous | Synonyms: California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern |
| (noun) poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium | - |
| hick | (adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial | Synonyms: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated |
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| (noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture | Synonyms: bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, rube, yahoo, yokel |
| highjack | (noun) seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination | Synonyms: hijack |
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| (verb) take arbitrarily or by force | Synonyms: commandeer, hijack, pirate |
| hijack | (noun) seizure of a vehicle in transit either to rob it or divert it to an alternate destination | Synonyms: highjack |
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| (verb) take arbitrarily or by force | Synonyms: commandeer, highjack, pirate |
| (verb) seize control of | - |
| hillock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hummock, knoll, mound |
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| hitchrack | (noun) a fixed horizontal rail to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying | Synonyms: hitching bar |
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| hock | (noun) tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle | Synonyms: hock-joint |
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| (noun) any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) | Synonyms: Rhenish, Rhine wine |
| (verb) disable by cutting the hock | - |
| (verb) leave as a guarantee in return for money | Synonyms: pawn, soak |
| hogback | (noun) a narrow ridge of hills | Synonyms: horseback |
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| hollyhock | (noun) any of various tall plants of the genus Alcea; native to the Middle East but widely naturalized and cultivated for its very large variously colored flowers | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | Synonyms: althaea, althea |
| homesick | (adjective) longing to return home | - |
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| hopsack | (noun) a loosely woven coarse fabric of cotton or linen; used in clothing | Synonyms: hopsacking |
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| horseback | (noun) the back of a horse | - |
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| (noun) a narrow ridge of hills | Synonyms: hogback |
| (adverb) on the back of a horse | Synonyms: ahorse, ahorseback |
| huck | (noun) toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | Synonyms: huckaback |
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| huckaback | (noun) toweling consisting of coarse absorbent cotton or linen fabric | Synonyms: huck |
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| hummock | (noun) a small natural hill | Synonyms: hammock, hillock, knoll, mound |
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| humpback | (noun) large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives | Synonyms: humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae |
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| (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, hunchback |
| (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: hunchback, kyphosis |
| hunchback | (noun) a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine | Synonyms: crookback, humpback |
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| (noun) an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column | Synonyms: humpback, kyphosis |
| icepick | (noun) pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice | Synonyms: ice pick |
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| interlock | (noun) the act of interlocking or meshing | Synonyms: interlocking, mesh, meshing |
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| (noun) a device that prevents an automotive engine from starting | Synonyms: ignition interlock |
| (verb) coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively | Synonyms: mesh |
| (verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: lock |
| (verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, lock |
| jack | (noun) any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas | - |
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| (noun) male donkey | Synonyms: jackass |
| (noun) tool for exerting pressure or lifting | - |
| (noun) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince | Synonyms: knave |
| (noun) small flag indicating a ship's nationality | - |
| (noun) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks | Synonyms: jackstones |
| (noun) an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug | - |
| (noun) a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling | - |
| (noun) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted | Synonyms: jackfruit, jak |
| (noun) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | Synonyms: laborer, labourer, manual laborer |
| (noun) a small worthless amount | Synonyms: diddley, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddly, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, shit, squat |
| (verb) hunt with a jacklight | Synonyms: jacklight |
| (verb) lift with a special device | Synonyms: jack up |
| jampack | (verb) crowd or pack to capacity | Synonyms: chock up, cram, jam, ram, wad |
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| jock | (noun) a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise | Synonyms: athletic supporter, jockstrap, supporter, suspensor |
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| (noun) a person trained to compete in sports | Synonyms: athlete |
| joystick | (noun) a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane | Synonyms: control stick, stick |
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| (noun) a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers | - |
| kick | (noun) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | Synonyms: boot, kicking |
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| (noun) a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics | Synonyms: kicking |
| (noun) the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs) | - |
| (noun) informal terms for objecting | Synonyms: beef, bitch, gripe, squawk |
| (noun) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | Synonyms: recoil |
| (noun) the swift release of a store of affective force | Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, rush, thrill |
| (verb) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | Synonyms: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off |
| (verb) make a goal | - |
| (verb) stop consuming | Synonyms: give up |
| (verb) strike with the foot | - |
| (verb) drive or propel with the foot | - |
| (verb) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | Synonyms: kick back, recoil |
| (verb) thrash about or strike out with the feet | - |
| (verb) kick a leg up | - |
| kickback | (noun) a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction | - |
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| klick | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) | Synonyms: kilometer, kilometre, km |
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| knack | (noun) a special way of doing something | Synonyms: bent, hang |
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| knapsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, packsack, rucksack |
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| knickknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknackery, nicknack, whatnot |
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| (noun) a small inexpensive mass-produced article | Synonyms: novelty |
| knock | (noun) the act of hitting vigorously | Synonyms: belt, rap, whack, whang |
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| (noun) negative criticism | Synonyms: roast |
| (noun) a vigorous blow | Synonyms: bang, bash, belt, smash |
| (noun) the sound of knocking (as on a door or in an engine or bearing) | Synonyms: knocking |
| (noun) a bad experience | - |
| (verb) find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws | Synonyms: criticise, criticize, pick apart |
| (verb) knock against with force or violence | Synonyms: bump |
| (verb) rap with the knuckles | - |
| (verb) deliver a sharp blow or push | Synonyms: strike hard |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: pink, rap, tap |
| (verb) sound like a car engine that is firing too early | Synonyms: ping, pink |
| kopeck | (noun) 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia | Synonyms: copeck, kopek |
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| lack | (noun) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | Synonyms: deficiency, want |
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| (verb) be without | Synonyms: miss |
| (verb) To be insufficiently prepared | - |
| lampblack | (noun) a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink | Synonyms: carbon black, crock, smut, soot |
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| laughingstock | (noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks | Synonyms: butt, goat, stooge |
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| leatherback | (noun) wide-ranging marine turtle with flexible leathery carapace; largest living turtle | Synonyms: Dermochelys coriacea, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle |
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| leatherjack | (noun) any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales | Synonyms: leatherjacket |
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| leatherneck | (noun) a member of the United States Marine Corps | Synonyms: devil dog, Marine, shipboard soldier |
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| lick | (noun) touching with the tongue | Synonyms: lap |
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| (noun) (boxing) a blow with the fist | Synonyms: biff, clout, poke, punch, slug |
| (noun) a salt deposit that animals regularly lick | Synonyms: salt lick |
| (verb) find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of | Synonyms: figure out, puzzle out, solve, work, work out |
| (verb) take up with the tongue | Synonyms: lap, lap up |
| (verb) pass the tongue over | Synonyms: lap |
| (verb) beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight | Synonyms: bat, clobber, cream, drub, thrash |
| lifehack | (verb) make one's day-to-day activities more efficient | - |
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| lightstick | (noun) A portable rod used for illumination. | - |
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| limerick | (noun) a humorous verse form of 5 anapestic lines with a rhyme scheme aabba | - |
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| linstock | (noun) a stick about a meter long with a point on one end (to stick in the ground) and a forked head on the other end (to hold a lighted match); formerly used to fire cannons | - |
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| lipstick | (noun) makeup that is used to color the lips | Synonyms: lip rouge |
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| (verb) apply lipstick to | - |
| (verb) form by tracing with lipstick | - |
| littleneck | (noun) a young quahog | Synonyms: littleneck clam |
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| (noun) a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York | Synonyms: littleneck clam |
| livestock | (noun) any animals kept for use or profit | Synonyms: farm animal, stock |
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| lobsterback | (noun) British soldier; so-called because of his red coat (especially during the American Revolution) | Synonyms: redcoat |
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| lock | (noun) any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | - |
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| (noun) a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed | - |
| (noun) a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key | Synonyms: ignition lock |
| (noun) enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it | Synonyms: lock chamber |
| (noun) a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun | - |
| (noun) a strand or cluster of hair | - |
| (verb) become rigid or immoveable | - |
| (verb) fasten with a lock | - |
| (verb) keep engaged | Synonyms: engage, mesh, operate |
| (verb) place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape | Synonyms: lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut up |
| (verb) become engaged or intermeshed with one another | Synonyms: interlock |
| (verb) hold in a locking position | Synonyms: interlace, interlock |
| (verb) build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels | - |
| (verb) hold fast (in a certain state) | - |
| (verb) pass by means through a lock in a waterway | - |
| lovesick | (adjective) languishing because of love | - |
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| luck | (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another | Synonyms: chance, fortune, hazard |
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| (noun) an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome | Synonyms: fortune |
| (noun) your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | Synonyms: circumstances, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion |
| lumberjack | (noun) a short warm outer jacket | Synonyms: lumber jacket |
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| (noun) a person who fells trees | Synonyms: faller, feller, logger, lumberman |
| mack | (noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric | Synonyms: mac, macintosh, mackintosh |
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| mahlstick | (noun) a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | Synonyms: maulstick |
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| matchlock | (noun) an early style of musket; a slow-burning wick would be lowered into a hole in the breech to ignite the charge | - |
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| matchstick | (noun) a short thin stick of wood used in making matches | - |
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| mattock | (noun) a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle | - |
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| maulstick | (noun) a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush | Synonyms: mahlstick |
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| maverick | (adjective) independent in behavior or thought | Synonyms: irregular, unorthodox |
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| (noun) an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf); belongs to the first person who puts a brand on it | - |
| (noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action | Synonyms: rebel |
| medick | (noun) any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves | Synonyms: medic, trefoil |
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| meterstick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: metrestick |
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| metrestick | (noun) a rule one meter long (usually marked off in centimeters and millimeters) | Synonyms: meterstick |
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| mindfuck | (noun) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person | - |
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| mock | (adjective) constituting a copy or imitation of something | - |
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| (noun) the act of mocking or ridiculing | - |
| (verb) treat with contempt | Synonyms: bemock |
| (verb) imitate with mockery and derision | - |
| moonstruck | (adjective) insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon | Synonyms: lunatic |
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| moorcock | (noun) male red grouse | - |
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| mossback | (noun) an extremely old-fashioned conservative | - |
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| motortruck | (noun) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling | Synonyms: truck |
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| muck | (noun) any thick, viscous matter | Synonyms: goo, gook, goop, guck, gunk, ooze, slime, sludge |
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| (noun) fecal matter of animals | Synonyms: droppings, dung |
| (verb) remove muck, clear away muck, as in a mine | - |
| (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: mire, muck up, mud |
| (verb) spread manure, as for fertilization | Synonyms: manure |
| natterjack | (noun) common brownish-yellow short-legged toad of western Europe; runs rather than hops | Synonyms: Bufo calamita |
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| neck | (noun) an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer; a part of the garment near the wearer's neck | Synonyms: neck opening |
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| (noun) a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form | - |
| (noun) the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body | Synonyms: cervix |
| (noun) a cut of meat from the neck of an animal | - |
| (noun) a narrow elongated projecting strip of land | - |
| (verb) kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion | Synonyms: make out |
| niblick | (noun) an iron with considerable loft | Synonyms: nine iron |
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| nick | (noun) a small cut | Synonyms: notch, snick |
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| (noun) (British slang) a prison | - |
| (noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) | Synonyms: dent, ding, gouge |
| (verb) mate successfully; of livestock | - |
| (verb) divide or reset the tail muscles of | - |
| (verb) cut a nick into | Synonyms: chip |
| (verb) cut slightly, with a razor | Synonyms: snick |
| nicknack | (noun) miscellaneous curios | Synonyms: bric-a-brac, knickknack, knickknackery, whatnot |
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| nightstick | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, truncheon |
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| nitpick | (verb) be overly critical; criticize minor details | - |
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| nock | (verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, score |
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| nonstick | (adjective) (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles | - |
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| nudnick | (noun) (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest | Synonyms: nudnik |
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| oarlock | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin |
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| outback | (adjective) inaccessible and sparsely populated | Synonyms: remote |
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| (noun) the bush country of the interior of Australia | - |
| overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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| overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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| pack | (noun) a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) | - |
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| (noun) a bundle (especially one carried on the back) | - |
| (noun) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect | - |
| (noun) a cream that cleanses and tones the skin | Synonyms: face pack |
| (noun) a group of hunting animals | - |
| (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, ring |
| (noun) a complete collection of similar things | - |
| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality |
| (verb) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood | - |
| (verb) arrange in a container | - |
| (verb) load with a pack | Synonyms: load down |
| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad |
| (verb) seal with packing | - |
| (verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: tamp, tamp down |
| (verb) carry, as on one's back | - |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: compact |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng |
| (verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: backpack |
| (verb) fill to capacity | - |
| (verb) set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome | - |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, take |
| packsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, knapsack, rucksack |
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| paddock | (noun) pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race | - |
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| padlock | (noun) a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | - |
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| (verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
| paperback | (adjective) (of books) having a flexible binding | Synonyms: paperbacked |
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| (noun) a book with paper covers | Synonyms: paper-back book, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book |
| payback | (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | Synonyms: retribution, vengeance |
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| (noun) financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | - |
| paycheck | (noun) a check issued in payment of wages or salary | Synonyms: payroll check |
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| peachick | (noun) a young peafowl | Synonyms: pea-chick |
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| peacock | (noun) male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots | - |
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| (noun) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot | Synonyms: Inachis io, peacock butterfly |
| peck | (noun) a light kiss | - |
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| (noun) bite by a bird | - |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (noun) a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches | - |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons | - |
| (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints | Synonyms: hen-peck, nag |
| (verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird | Synonyms: pick up |
| (verb) eat like a bird | Synonyms: peck at, pick at |
| (verb) kiss lightly | Synonyms: smack |
| (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, pick |
| penstock | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: sluice, sluiceway |
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| (noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
| petcock | (noun) regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining | - |
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| pick | (noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: choice, option, selection |
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| (noun) a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body | - |
| (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pickax, pickaxe |
| (noun) a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material | - |
| (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, weft, woof |
| (noun) a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | Synonyms: plectron, plectrum |
| (noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: choice, selection |
| (noun) the best people or things in a group | Synonyms: cream |
| (noun) the quantity of a crop that is harvested | Synonyms: picking |
| (verb) remove in small bits | - |
| (verb) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits | Synonyms: clean |
| (verb) select carefully from a group | - |
| (verb) harass with constant criticism | Synonyms: blame, find fault |
| (verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of | Synonyms: nibble, piece |
| (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, peck |
| (verb) look for and gather | Synonyms: cull, pluck |
| (verb) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example | Synonyms: break up |
| (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pluck, plunk |
| (verb) provoke | - |
| (verb) pay for something | Synonyms: foot |
| (verb) pilfer or rob | - |
| pickaback | (adverb) on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | Synonyms: pig-a-back, piggyback |
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| (adverb) on a railroad flatcar | Synonyms: pig-a-back, piggyback |
| piddock | (noun) marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells | - |
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| piggyback | (noun) the act of carrying something piggyback | - |
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| (adverb) on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | Synonyms: pickaback, pig-a-back |
| (adverb) on a railroad flatcar | Synonyms: pickaback, pig-a-back |
| (verb) bring into alignment with | - |
| (verb) support on the back and shoulders | - |
| (verb) haul by railroad car | - |
| (verb) haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars | - |
| (verb) ride on someone's shoulders or back | - |
| pillock | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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