| beldam | (noun) a woman of advanced age | Synonyms: beldame |
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| (noun) an ugly evil-looking old woman | Synonyms: beldame, crone, hag, witch |
| cofferdam | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: caisson, pneumatic caisson |
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| dam | (noun) female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock | - |
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| (noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | Synonyms: dike, dyke |
| (noun) a metric unit of length equal to ten meters | Synonyms: decameter, decametre, dekameter, dekametre, dkm |
| (verb) obstruct with, or as if with, a dam | Synonyms: dam up |
| goddam | (adjective) expletives used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: blame, blamed, blasted, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddamn, goddamned, infernal |
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| (adverb) expressing anger, despair, frustration, approval, or surprise | Synonyms: goddamn, goddamned |
| macadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: tarmac, tarmacadam |
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| (noun) broken stone used in macadamized roadways | - |
| (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadamise, macadamize, tarmac |
| madam | (noun) a woman of refinement | Synonyms: dame, gentlewoman, lady, ma'am |
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| (noun) a woman who runs a house of prostitution | Synonyms: brothel keeper |
| milldam | (noun) dam to make a millpond to provide power for a water mill | - |
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| quondam | (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime |
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| tarmacadam | (noun) a paved surface having compressed layers of broken rocks held together with tar | Synonyms: macadam, tarmac |
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| (noun) a paving material of tar and broken stone; mixed in a factory and shaped during paving | Synonyms: tarmac |