| activewear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: athletic wear, sportswear |
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| appear | (verb) come into sight or view | - |
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| (verb) be issued or published | Synonyms: come out |
| (verb) come into being or existence, or appear on the scene | Synonyms: come along |
| (verb) appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc. | - |
| (verb) give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect | Synonyms: look, seem |
| (verb) (of a proposition) seem to be true, probable, or apparent | Synonyms: seem |
| (verb) present oneself formally, as before a (judicial) authority | - |
| beachwear | (noun) clothing to be worn at a beach | - |
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| bear | (noun) massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws | - |
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| (noun) an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price | - |
| (verb) be pregnant with | Synonyms: carry, expect, gestate, have a bun in the oven |
| (verb) cause to be born | Synonyms: birth, deliver, give birth, have |
| (verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: wear |
| (verb) behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | Synonyms: acquit, act, behave, carry, comport, conduct, deport, do |
| (verb) put up with something or somebody unpleasant | Synonyms: abide, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate |
| (verb) move while holding up or supporting | - |
| (verb) support or hold in a certain manner | Synonyms: carry, hold |
| (verb) bring forth | Synonyms: turn out |
| (verb) maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings) | Synonyms: entertain, harbor, harbour, hold, nurse |
| (verb) have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices | Synonyms: hold |
| (verb) bring in | Synonyms: pay, yield |
| (verb) take on as one's own the expenses or debts of another person | Synonyms: accept, assume, take over |
| (verb) have | - |
| (verb) contain or hold; have within | Synonyms: carry, contain, hold |
| besmear | (verb) spread or daub (a surface) | Synonyms: bedaub |
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| bilinear | (adjective) linear with respect to each of two variables or positions | - |
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| binuclear | (adjective) having two nuclei | Synonyms: binucleate, binucleated |
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| blear | (adjective) tired to the point of exhaustion | Synonyms: blear-eyed, bleary-eyed, bleary |
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| (verb) make dim or indistinct | Synonyms: blur |
| bugbear | (noun) an object of dread or apprehension | Synonyms: hobgoblin |
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| (noun) an imaginary monster used to frighten children | Synonyms: bogeyman, booger, boogeyman, bugaboo |
| clear | (adjective) readily apparent to the mind | - |
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| (adjective) allowing light to pass through | - |
| (adjective) free from clouds or mist or haze | - |
| (adjective) accurately stated or described | Synonyms: well-defined |
| (adjective) free from confusion or doubt | - |
| (adjective) characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving | Synonyms: percipient |
| (adjective) clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible | Synonyms: clean-cut, clear-cut |
| (adjective) freed from any question of guilt | Synonyms: absolved, cleared, exculpated, exonerated, vindicated |
| (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: decipherable, readable |
| (adjective) clear of charges or deductions | - |
| (adjective) free from flaw or blemish or impurity | - |
| (adjective) (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law | Synonyms: unmortgaged |
| (adjective) affording free passage or view | Synonyms: open |
| (adjective) free of restrictions or qualifications | Synonyms: clean |
| (adjective) characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt) | - |
| (adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims | Synonyms: clean, light, unclouded |
| (adjective) free from contact or proximity or connection | - |
| (noun) a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water | Synonyms: open |
| (noun) the state of being free of suspicion | - |
| (adverb) in an easily perceptible manner | Synonyms: clearly |
| (adverb) entirely | Synonyms: all the way |
| (verb) remove | - |
| (verb) rid of obstructions | Synonyms: unclutter |
| (verb) make clear, bright, light, or translucent | - |
| (verb) free (the throat) by making a rasping sound | Synonyms: clear up |
| (verb) make a way or path by removing objects | - |
| (verb) remove the occupants of | - |
| (verb) remove (people) from a building | - |
| (verb) rid of instructions or data | - |
| (verb) make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear | Synonyms: clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out, straighten out |
| (verb) pronounce not guilty of criminal charges | Synonyms: acquit, assoil, discharge, exculpate, exonerate |
| (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorise, authorize, pass |
| (verb) settle, as of a debt | Synonyms: solve |
| (verb) pass by, over, or under without making contact | Synonyms: top |
| (verb) pass an inspection or receive authorization | - |
| (verb) go away or disappear | - |
| (verb) earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages | Synonyms: bring in, earn, gain, make, pull in, realise, realize, take in |
| (verb) yield as a net profit | Synonyms: net |
| (verb) make as a net profit | Synonyms: net, sack, sack up |
| (verb) be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts | - |
| (verb) sell to get rid of | - |
| (verb) clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc. | - |
| (verb) free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment | - |
| (verb) go unchallenged; be approved | Synonyms: pass |
| (verb) become clear | Synonyms: brighten, clear up, light up |
| cochlear | (adjective) of or relating to the cochlea of the ear | - |
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| collinear | (adjective) lying on the same line | - |
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| cudbear | (noun) a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens | Synonyms: archil, orchil |
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| curvilinear | (adjective) characterized by or following a curved line | Synonyms: curvilineal |
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| cytosmear | (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, smear |
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| dear | (adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | Synonyms: good, near |
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| (adjective) having a high price | Synonyms: costly, high-priced, pricey, pricy |
| (adjective) dearly loved | Synonyms: beloved, darling |
| (adjective) sincerely earnest | Synonyms: devout, earnest, heartfelt |
| (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dearest, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
| (noun) a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) | Synonyms: lamb |
| (adverb) at a great cost | Synonyms: dearly |
| (adverb) with affection | Synonyms: affectionately, dearly |
| disappear | (verb) get lost, as without warning or explanation | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
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| (verb) cease to exist | Synonyms: vanish |
| (verb) become less intense and fade away gradually | Synonyms: evaporate, melt |
| (verb) become invisible or unnoticeable | Synonyms: go away, vanish |
| drear | (adjective) causing dejection | Synonyms: blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, drab, dreary, gloomy, grim, sorry |
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| ear | (noun) the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium | - |
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| (noun) the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear | Synonyms: auricle, pinna |
| (noun) good hearing | - |
| (noun) attention to what is said | - |
| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: capitulum, spike |
| endear | (verb) make attractive or lovable | - |
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| eveningwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, formalwear |
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| fear | (noun) an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight) | Synonyms: fearfulness, fright |
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| (noun) an anxious feeling | Synonyms: care, concern |
| (noun) a feeling of profound respect for someone or something | Synonyms: awe, reverence, veneration |
| (verb) be afraid or scared of; be frightened of | Synonyms: dread |
| (verb) regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of | Synonyms: revere, reverence, venerate |
| (verb) be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement | - |
| (verb) be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event | - |
| (verb) be uneasy or apprehensive about | - |
| footgear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footwear |
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| footwear | (noun) covering for a person's feet | Synonyms: footgear |
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| (noun) clothing worn on a person's feet | - |
| forbear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forebear |
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| (verb) resist doing something | Synonyms: refrain |
| (verb) refrain from doing | Synonyms: hold back |
| forebear | (noun) a person from whom you are descended | Synonyms: forbear |
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| foreswear | (verb) turn away from; give up | Synonyms: quit, relinquish, renounce |
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| (verb) do without or cease to hold or adhere to | Synonyms: dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish, waive |
| formalwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear |
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| forswear | (verb) formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure | Synonyms: abjure, recant, resile, retract |
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| gear | (noun) a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | Synonyms: cogwheel, gear wheel, geared wheel |
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| (noun) equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | Synonyms: appurtenance, paraphernalia |
| (noun) wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed | Synonyms: gearing, geartrain, power train, train |
| (noun) a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) | Synonyms: gear mechanism |
| (verb) set the level or character of | Synonyms: pitch |
| handwear | (noun) clothing for the hands | Synonyms: hand wear |
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| headgear | (noun) clothing for the head | Synonyms: headdress |
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| (noun) stable gear consisting of any part of a harness that fits about the horse's head | - |
| (noun) the hoist at the pithead of a mine | - |
| hear | (verb) get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally | Synonyms: discover, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, learn, pick up, see |
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| (verb) perceive (sound) via the auditory sense | - |
| (verb) receive a communication from someone | - |
| (verb) listen and pay attention | Synonyms: listen, take heed |
| (verb) examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process | Synonyms: try |
| interlinear | (adjective) written between lines of text | Synonyms: interlineal |
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| knitwear | (noun) knitted clothing | - |
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| linear | (adjective) of or in or along or relating to a line; involving or having a single dimension | Synonyms: one-dimensional |
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| (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree | Synonyms: additive |
| (adjective) of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input | Synonyms: analog, analogue |
| (adjective) measured lengthwise | Synonyms: running |
| (adjective) (of a leaf shape) long and narrow | Synonyms: elongate |
| loungewear | (noun) clothing suitable for relaxation | - |
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| matrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the female line | Synonyms: matrilineal |
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| mononuclear | (adjective) having only one nucleus | Synonyms: mononucleate |
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| near | (adjective) not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances | Synonyms: close, nigh |
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| (adjective) closely resembling the genuine article | - |
| (adjective) with or in a close or intimate relationship | Synonyms: dear, good |
| (adjective) being on the left side | Synonyms: nigh |
| (adjective) giving or spending with reluctance | Synonyms: cheeseparing, close, penny-pinching, skinny |
| (adjective) very close in resemblance | Synonyms: approximate |
| (adverb) near in time or place or relationship | Synonyms: close, nigh |
| (adverb) (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but | Synonyms: about, almost, most, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh |
| (verb) move towards | Synonyms: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up |
| neckwear | (noun) articles of clothing worn about the neck | - |
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| nightwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, sleepwear |
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| nonlinear | (adjective) designating or involving an equation whose terms are not of the first degree | - |
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| nuclear | (adjective) (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy | Synonyms: atomic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of a cell | - |
| (adjective) constituting or like a nucleus | - |
| outerwear | (noun) clothing for use outdoors | Synonyms: overclothes |
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| outwear | (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, tire, tire out, wear, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
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| (verb) last longer than others | - |
| overbear | (verb) contract the abdominal muscles during childbirth to ease delivery | Synonyms: bear down |
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| (verb) bear too much | - |
| (verb) overcome | - |
| overhear | (verb) hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers | Synonyms: catch, take in |
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| patrilinear | (adjective) based on or tracing descent through the male line | Synonyms: patrilineal |
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| pear | (noun) sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties | - |
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| (noun) Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties | Synonyms: pear tree, Pyrus communis |
| reappear | (verb) appear again | Synonyms: re-emerge |
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| rear | (adjective) located in or toward the back or rear | Synonyms: rearward |
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| (noun) the side that goes last or is not normally seen | Synonyms: back |
| (noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
| (noun) the back of a military formation or procession | - |
| (noun) the side of an object that is opposite its front | Synonyms: back end, backside |
| (noun) the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer | Synonyms: back |
| (verb) construct, build, or erect | Synonyms: erect, put up, raise, set up |
| (verb) stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds | Synonyms: rise up |
| (verb) cause to rise up | Synonyms: erect |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, nurture, parent, raise |
| (verb) rise up | Synonyms: lift, rise |
| rectilinear | (adjective) characterized by a straight line or lines | Synonyms: rectilineal |
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| rehear | (verb) hear or try a court case anew | Synonyms: retry |
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| schmear | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmeer, shmear |
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| sear | (adjective) (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture | Synonyms: dried-up, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered |
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| (verb) make very hot and dry | Synonyms: scorch |
| (verb) burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color | Synonyms: blacken, char, scorch |
| (verb) cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat | Synonyms: parch |
| (verb) become superficially burned | Synonyms: scorch, singe |
| shear | (noun) a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it | - |
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| (noun) (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves | - |
| (verb) become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain | - |
| (verb) cut with shears | - |
| (verb) cut or cut through with shears | - |
| (verb) shear the wool from | Synonyms: fleece |
| shmear | (noun) (Yiddish) a batch of things that go together | Synonyms: schmear, schmeer |
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| sleepwear | (noun) garments designed to be worn in bed | Synonyms: nightclothes, nightwear |
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| smear | (noun) an act that brings discredit to the person who does it | Synonyms: blot, smirch, spot, stain |
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| (noun) a blemish made by dirt | Synonyms: blot, daub, slur, smirch, smudge, spot |
| (noun) a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope | Synonyms: cytologic smear, cytosmear |
| (noun) slanderous defamation | Synonyms: malignment, vilification |
| (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, calumniate, defame, denigrate, slander, smirch, sully |
| (verb) make a smudge on; soil by smudging | Synonyms: blur, smudge, smutch |
| (verb) stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance | - |
| (verb) cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it | Synonyms: daub |
| spear | (noun) a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon | Synonyms: lance, shaft |
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| (noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, fizgig, gig, lance |
| (verb) pierce with a spear | - |
| (verb) thrust up like a spear | Synonyms: spear up |
| sportswear | (noun) attire worn for sport or for casual wear | Synonyms: activewear, athletic wear |
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| swear | (verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, bet, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely |
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| (verb) make a deposition; declare under oath | Synonyms: depone, depose |
| (verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss, imprecate |
| (verb) promise solemnly; take an oath | - |
| (verb) to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true | Synonyms: affirm, assert, aver, avow, swan, verify |
| swimwear | (noun) tight fitting garment worn for swimming | Synonyms: bathing costume, bathing suit, swimming costume, swimsuit |
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| tear | (noun) a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands | Synonyms: teardrop |
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| (noun) the act of tearing | - |
| (noun) an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | Synonyms: binge, bout, bust |
| (noun) an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart | Synonyms: rent, rip, snag, split |
| (verb) separate or cause to separate abruptly | Synonyms: bust, rupture, snap |
| (verb) to separate or be separated by force | - |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pluck, pull |
| (verb) move quickly and violently | Synonyms: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down |
| (verb) fill with tears or shed tears | - |
| thermonuclear | (adjective) using nuclear weapons based on fusion as distinguished from fission | - |
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| trinuclear | (adjective) having three nuclei | Synonyms: trinucleate, trinucleated |
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| trochlear | (noun) either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes | Synonyms: fourth cranial nerve, trochlear nerve, trochlearis |
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| unclear | (adjective) not clear to the mind | - |
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| (adjective) poorly stated or described | Synonyms: ill-defined |
| (adjective) not easily deciphered | Synonyms: indecipherable, undecipherable, unreadable |
| underwear | (noun) undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments | Synonyms: underclothes, underclothing |
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| wear | (noun) the act of having on your person as a covering or adornment | Synonyms: wearing |
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| (noun) a covering designed to be worn on a person's body | Synonyms: article of clothing, clothing, habiliment, vesture, wearable |
| (noun) impairment resulting from long use | - |
| (verb) be dressed in | Synonyms: have on |
| (verb) put clothing on one's body | Synonyms: assume, don, get into, put on |
| (verb) have or show an appearance of | - |
| (verb) exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress | Synonyms: fag, fag out, fatigue, jade, outwear, tire, tire out, wear down, wear out, wear upon, weary |
| (verb) have on one's person | Synonyms: bear |
| (verb) deteriorate through use or stress | Synonyms: wear down, wear off, wear out, wear thin |
| (verb) go to pieces | Synonyms: break, bust, fall apart, wear out |
| (verb) last and be usable | Synonyms: endure, hold out |
| (verb) have in one's aspect; wear an expression of one's attitude or personality | - |
| wheatear | (noun) small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump | - |
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| workwear | (noun) heavy-duty clothes for manual or physical work | - |
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| year | (noun) a body of students who graduate together | Synonyms: class |
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| (noun) the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun | - |
| (noun) a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days | Synonyms: twelvemonth, yr |
| (noun) a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity | - |
| yesteryear | (noun) the time that has elapsed | Synonyms: past, past times |
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