abet | (verb) assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing | - |
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aglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aiglet, aiguillette |
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(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aiglet |
aiglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aglet, aiguillette |
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(noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aglet |
aigret | (noun) a long plume (especially one of egret feathers) worn on a hat or a piece of jewelry in the shape of a plume | Synonyms: aigrette |
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alkanet | (noun) perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers | Synonyms: Anchusa officinalis, bugloss |
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alphabet | (noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | Synonyms: first principles, rudiments |
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(noun) a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language | Synonyms: ABC's, ABC, ABCs |
amulet | (noun) a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease | Synonyms: talisman |
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analphabet | (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabetic |
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anklet | (noun) an ornament worn around the ankle | Synonyms: ankle bracelet |
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(noun) a sock that reaches just above the ankle | Synonyms: anklets, bobbysock, bobbysocks |
(noun) a shoe for a child or woman that has a strap around the ankle | - |
annulet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: bandelet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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(noun) (heraldry) a charge in the shape of a small ring | - |
antiferromagnet | (noun) any material that has antiferromagnetic properties. | - |
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applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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armet | (noun) a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard | - |
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armlet | (noun) a band worn around the arm for decoration | Synonyms: arm band |
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asset | (noun) a useful or valuable quality | Synonyms: plus |
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auklet | (noun) any of several small auks of the northern Pacific coasts | - |
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avocet | (noun) long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill | - |
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baguet | (noun) narrow French stick loaf | Synonyms: baguette |
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ballet | (noun) a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers | Synonyms: concert dance |
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(noun) music written for a ballet | - |
bandelet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelette, bandlet, square and rabbet |
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bandlet | (noun) molding in the form of a ring; at top of a column | Synonyms: annulet, bandelet, bandelette, square and rabbet |
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banneret | (noun) a knight honored for valor; entitled to display a square banner and to hold higher command | Synonyms: knight banneret, knight of the square flag |
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banquet | (noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: feast, spread |
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(noun) a ceremonial dinner party for many people | Synonyms: feast |
(verb) partake in a feast or banquet | Synonyms: feast, junket |
(verb) provide a feast or banquet for | Synonyms: feast, junket |
barbet | (noun) small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings | - |
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baronet | (noun) a member of the British order of honor; ranks below a baron but above a knight | Synonyms: Bart |
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basinet | (noun) a medieval steel helmet | - |
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basket | (noun) a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop | Synonyms: field goal |
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(noun) a container that is usually woven and has handles | Synonyms: handbasket |
(noun) horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball | Synonyms: basketball hoop, hoop |
(noun) the quantity contained in a basket | Synonyms: basketful |
basset | (noun) smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears | Synonyms: basset hound |
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(verb) appear at the surface | Synonyms: crop out |
bassinet | (noun) a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed | - |
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(noun) a perambulator that resembles a bassinet | - |
bayonet | (noun) a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
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(verb) stab or kill someone with a bayonet | - |
becket | (noun) (nautical) a short line with an eye at one end and a knot at the other; used to secure loose items on a ship | - |
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beet | (noun) round red root vegetable | Synonyms: beetroot |
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(noun) biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop | Synonyms: Beta vulgaris, common beet |
beget | (verb) make (offspring) by reproduction | Synonyms: bring forth, engender, father, generate, get, mother, sire |
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beignet | (noun) a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar | Synonyms: French fritter |
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bennet | (noun) North American white-flowered avens | Synonyms: Geum canadense, white avens |
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(noun) avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers | Synonyms: Geum virginianum, white avens |
beret | (noun) a cap with no brim or bill; made of soft cloth | - |
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beset | (verb) assail or attack on all sides: | Synonyms: set upon |
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(verb) decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems) | Synonyms: encrust, incrust |
(verb) annoy continually or chronically | Synonyms: chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke |
bet | (noun) the act of gambling | Synonyms: wager |
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(noun) the money risked on a gamble | Synonyms: stake, stakes, wager |
(verb) have faith or confidence in | Synonyms: bank, calculate, count, depend, look, reckon, rely, swear |
(verb) maintain with or as if with a bet | Synonyms: wager |
(verb) stake on the outcome of an issue | Synonyms: play, wager |
bidet | (noun) a basin for washing genitals and anal area | - |
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billet | (noun) lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home) | - |
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(noun) a short personal letter | Synonyms: line, note, short letter |
(verb) provide housing for (military personnel) | Synonyms: canton, quarter |
bittersweet | (adjective) tinged with sadness | - |
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(adjective) having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness | Synonyms: semisweet |
(noun) twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds | Synonyms: American bittersweet, Celastrus scandens, climbing bittersweet, false bittersweet, shrubby bittersweet, staff vine, waxwork |
(noun) poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America | Synonyms: bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, Solanum dulcamara, woody nightshade |
blanket | (adjective) broad in scope or content | Synonyms: across-the-board, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-inclusive, broad, encompassing, extensive, panoptic, wide |
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(noun) bedding that keeps a person warm in bed | Synonyms: cover |
(noun) a layer of lead surrounding the highly reactive core of a nuclear reactor | - |
(noun) anything that covers | Synonyms: mantle |
(verb) cover as if with a blanket | - |
(verb) form a blanket-like cover (over) | - |
bluebonnet | (noun) a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume on one side | Synonyms: Balmoral |
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(noun) low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States | Synonyms: buffalo clover, Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet |
bluejacket | (noun) a serviceman in the navy | Synonyms: navy man, sailor, sailor boy |
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bomblet | (noun) one of the smaller bombs that are released from a cluster bomb | Synonyms: cluster bomblet |
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bonelet | (noun) a small bone; especially one in the middle ear | Synonyms: ossicle, ossiculum |
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boneset | (noun) perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads; formerly used as in folk medicine | Synonyms: agueweed, Eupatorium perfoliatum, thoroughwort |
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(noun) European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers; naturalized as a weed in North America | Synonyms: common comfrey, Symphytum officinale |
bonnet | (noun) a hat tied under the chin | Synonyms: poke bonnet |
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(noun) protective covering consisting of a metal part that covers the engine | Synonyms: cowl, cowling, hood |
(verb) dress in a bonnet | - |
booklet | (noun) a small book usually having a paper cover | Synonyms: brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet |
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bouquet | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: corsage, nosegay, posy |
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(noun) a pleasingly sweet olfactory property | Synonyms: fragrance, fragrancy, redolence, sweetness |
bracelet | (noun) jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration | Synonyms: bangle |
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(noun) a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist | Synonyms: watch bracelet, watchband, watchstrap, wristband |
bracket | (noun) a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) | Synonyms: wall bracket |
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(noun) either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: square bracket |
(noun) either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material | Synonyms: angle bracket |
(noun) a category falling within certain defined limits | - |
(verb) classify or group | - |
(verb) place into brackets | Synonyms: bracket out |
(verb) support with brackets | - |
bractlet | (noun) a small bract | Synonyms: bracteole |
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branchlet | (noun) a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year | Synonyms: sprig, twig |
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breadbasket | (noun) a basket for serving bread | - |
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(noun) an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion | Synonyms: stomach, tum, tummy |
(noun) a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain | - |
brevet | (noun) a document entitling a commissioned officer to hold a higher rank temporarily (but without higher pay) | - |
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(verb) promote somebody by brevet, in the military | - |
briquet | (noun) a block made from charcoal or coal dust and burned as fuel | Synonyms: briquette |
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brisket | (noun) a cut of meat from the breast or lower chest especially of beef | - |
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broadsheet | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway |
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brocket | (noun) small South American deer with unbranched antlers | - |
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(noun) male red deer in its second year | - |
brooklet | (noun) a small brook | - |
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brunet | (adjective) marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes | Synonyms: brunette |
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(noun) a person with dark (brown) hair | Synonyms: brunette |
bubblejet | (noun) a kind of ink-jet printer | Synonyms: bubble-jet printer, bubble jet printer |
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bucket | (noun) a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top | Synonyms: pail |
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(noun) the quantity contained in a bucket | Synonyms: bucketful |
(verb) carry in a bucket | - |
(verb) put into a bucket | - |
budget | (noun) a sum of money allocated for a particular purpose | - |
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(noun) a summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them | - |
(verb) make a budget | - |
buffet | (noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers | Synonyms: counter, sideboard |
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(noun) usually inexpensive bar | Synonyms: snack bar, snack counter |
(noun) a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves | - |
(verb) strike against forcefully | Synonyms: batter, knock about |
(verb) strike, beat repeatedly | Synonyms: buff |
bulblet | (noun) small bulb or bulb-shaped growth arising from the leaf axil or in the place of flowers | Synonyms: bulbil |
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bullet | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | Synonyms: fastball, heater, hummer, smoke |
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(noun) a projectile that is fired from a gun | Synonyms: slug |
(noun) a high-speed passenger train | Synonyms: bullet train |
buret | (noun) measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube with a tap at the bottom; used for titration | Synonyms: burette |
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cabaret | (noun) a series of acts at a night club | Synonyms: floor show, floorshow |
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(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: club, night club, nightclub, nightspot |
cabasset | (noun) a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century | Synonyms: morion |
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cabinet | (noun) a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and shelves and drawers; for storage or display | - |
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(noun) housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television | Synonyms: console |
(noun) a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it has a lock | Synonyms: locker, storage locker |
(noun) persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers | - |
cabriolet | (noun) small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood | Synonyms: cab |
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cachet | (noun) a seal on a letter | - |
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(noun) an indication of approved or superior status | Synonyms: seal, seal of approval |
(noun) a warrant formerly issued by a French king who could warrant imprisonment or death in a signed letter under his seal | Synonyms: lettre de cachet |
cadet | (noun) a military trainee (as at a military academy) | Synonyms: plebe |
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calumet | (noun) a highly decorated ceremonial pipe of Amerindians; smoked on ceremonial occasions (especially as a token of peace) | Synonyms: peace pipe, pipe of peace |
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camlet | (noun) a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair | - |
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(noun) a garment made of camlet fabric | - |
capelet | (noun) a small cape that covers the shoulders and is worn predominantly by women. | - |
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carburet | (verb) combine with carbon | - |
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caret | (noun) a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text | - |
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carpet | (noun) floor covering consisting of a piece of thick heavy fabric (usually with nap or pile) | Synonyms: carpeting, rug |
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(noun) a natural object that resembles or suggests a carpet | - |
(verb) cover with a carpet | - |
(verb) cover completely, as if with a carpet | - |
(verb) form a carpet-like cover (over) | - |
casket | (noun) small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables | Synonyms: jewel casket |
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(noun) box in which a corpse is buried or cremated | Synonyms: coffin |
(verb) enclose in a casket | - |
casquet | (noun) a light open casque without a visor or beaver | Synonyms: casquetel |
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cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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chalet | (noun) a Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style | - |
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chaplet | (noun) flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage or flowers for ornamental purposes | Synonyms: coronal, garland, lei, wreath |
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cigaret | (noun) finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking | Synonyms: butt, cigarette, coffin nail, fag |
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circlet | (noun) decorated metal band worn around the head | - |
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(noun) a small circle | - |
civet | (noun) cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes | Synonyms: civet cat |
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claret | (noun) a dark purplish-red color | - |
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(noun) dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine | Synonyms: red Bordeaux |
(verb) drink claret | - |
clarinet | (noun) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube | - |
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closet | (noun) a small private room for study or prayer | - |
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(noun) a toilet in Britain | Synonyms: loo, W.C., water closet |
(noun) a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes | Synonyms: press, wardrobe |
(noun) a small room (or recess) or cabinet used for storage space | Synonyms: cupboard |
(verb) confine to a small space, as for intensive work | - |
collet | (noun) a band or collar that holds an individual stone in a jewelry setting | - |
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(noun) a metal cap or band placed on a wooden pole to prevent splitting | Synonyms: ferrule |
(noun) a cone-shaped chuck used for holding cylindrical pieces in a lathe | Synonyms: collet chuck |
comet | (noun) (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in a highly elliptical orbit | - |
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coquet | (noun) a seductive man who uses his sex appeal to exploit women | - |
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(verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander, romance |
cornet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: horn, trump, trumpet |
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coronet | (noun) margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof | - |
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(noun) a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign | - |
corselet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corslet |
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corset | (noun) a woman's close-fitting foundation garment | Synonyms: girdle, stays |
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(verb) dress with a corset | - |
corslet | (noun) a piece of body armor for the trunk; usually consists of a breastplate and back piece | Synonyms: corselet |
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