| kerchief | (noun) a square scarf that is folded into a triangle and worn over the head or about the neck | - |
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| khalif | (noun) the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth | Synonyms: calif, caliph, kalif, kaliph, khalifah |
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| kickoff | (noun) (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score | - |
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| (noun) a start given to contestants | Synonyms: send-off, start-off |
| (noun) the time at which something is supposed to begin | Synonyms: beginning, commencement, first, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, start, starting time |
| kief | (noun) A form of cannabis from Morocco and Algeria | - |
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| knockoff | (noun) an unauthorized copy or imitation | Synonyms: clone |
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| layoff | (noun) the act of laying off an employee or a work force | - |
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| leaf | (noun) hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door) | - |
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| (noun) a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book) | Synonyms: folio |
| (noun) the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants | Synonyms: foliage, leafage |
| (verb) produce leaves, of plants | - |
| (verb) turn over pages | - |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, riff, riffle, thumb |
| leakproof | (adjective) not subject to leaks | - |
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| leatherleaf | (noun) north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers | Synonyms: Chamaedaphne calyculata |
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| (noun) stiff leathery-leaved fern of western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib | Synonyms: coast polypody, leathery polypody, Polypodium scouleri |
| leitmotif | (noun) a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas) | Synonyms: leitmotiv |
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| lief | (adverb) with pleasure | Synonyms: fain, gladly |
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| liftoff | (noun) the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad | - |
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| lightproof | (adjective) not penetrable by light | Synonyms: light-tight |
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| lilyturf | (noun) Asiatic perennial tufted herb with grasslike evergreen foliage and clusters of dark mauve grapelike flowers; grown as ground cover | Synonyms: lily turf, Liriope muscari |
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| liverleaf | (noun) any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions | Synonyms: hepatica |
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| loaf | (noun) a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating | Synonyms: loaf of bread |
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| (noun) a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape | - |
| (verb) be about a place without any apparent purpose | Synonyms: footle, hang around, lallygag, linger, loiter, lollygag, lounge, lurk, mess about, mill about, mill around, tarry |
| (verb) be lazy or idle | Synonyms: arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, frig around, fuck off, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time |
| looseleaf | (adjective) being or having leaves that can be easily removed or rearranged | - |
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| luff | (noun) the act of sailing close to the wind | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) the forward edge of a fore-and-aft sail that is next to the mast | - |
| (verb) flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides | - |
| (verb) sail close to the wind | Synonyms: point |
| massif | (noun) a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range | - |
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| mastiff | (noun) an old breed of powerful deep-chested smooth-coated dog used chiefly as a watchdog and guard dog | - |
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| meatloaf | (noun) a baked loaf of ground meat | Synonyms: meat loaf |
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| midriff | (noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: diaphragm |
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| (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: middle, midsection |
| miff | (noun) a state of irritation or annoyance | Synonyms: huff, seeing red |
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| (verb) cause to be annoyed | - |
| mischief | (noun) reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others | Synonyms: devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischievousness, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan |
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| (noun) the quality or nature of being harmful or evil | Synonyms: balefulness, maleficence |
| mothproof | (adjective) resistant to damage by moths | Synonyms: moth-resistant |
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| (verb) protect from moths | - |
| motif | (noun) a design or figure that consists of recurring shapes or colors, as in architecture or decoration | Synonyms: motive |
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| (noun) a unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work | Synonyms: theme |
| (noun) a theme that is repeated or elaborated in a piece of music | Synonyms: motive |
| mudhif | (noun) a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq; rare since the marshes were drained | - |
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| muff | (noun) (sports) dropping the ball | Synonyms: fumble |
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| (noun) a warm tubular covering for the hands | - |
| (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, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, screw up, spoil |
| (verb) fail to catch, as of a ball | - |
| naif | (adjective) marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience | Synonyms: naive |
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| (noun) a naive or inexperienced person | - |
| neckerchief | (noun) a kerchief worn around the neck | - |
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| niff | (noun) an unpleasant smell | Synonyms: pong |
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| oaf | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, stumblebum |
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| off | (adjective) not in operation or operational | - |
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| (adjective) (of events) no longer planned or scheduled | Synonyms: cancelled |
| (adjective) not performing or scheduled for duties | - |
| (adjective) in an unpalatable state | Synonyms: sour, turned |
| (adjective) below a satisfactory level | - |
| (adverb) at a distance in space or time | Synonyms: away |
| (adverb) from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete) | Synonyms: away, forth |
| (adverb) no longer on or in contact or attached | - |
| (verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation | Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, polish off, remove, slay |
| overleaf | (adverb) on or to the other side of a page | - |
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| overstuff | (verb) stuff too much | - |
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| payoff | (noun) a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing | Synonyms: reward, wages |
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| (noun) the final payment of a debt | Synonyms: final payment |
| (noun) payment made to a person in a position of trust to corrupt his judgment | Synonyms: bribe |
| (noun) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property | Synonyms: issue, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield |
| pelf | (noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
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| pikestaff | (noun) the staff of a pike | - |
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| pilaf | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaff, pilau, pilaw |
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| pilaff | (noun) rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes tomatoes | Synonyms: pilaf, pilau, pilaw |
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| plaintiff | (noun) a person who brings an action in a court of law | Synonyms: complainant |
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| playoff | (noun) any final competition to determine a championship | - |
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| pontiff | (noun) the head of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: Bishop of Rome, Catholic Pope, Holy Father, pope, Roman Catholic Pope, Vicar of Christ |
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| poof | (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
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| pouf | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouffe, puff |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, queen, queer |
| powderpuff | (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: puff |
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| prof | (noun) someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university | Synonyms: professor |
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| proof | (adjective) (used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand | - |
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| (noun) the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something | Synonyms: substantiation, validation |
| (noun) a trial photographic print from a negative | - |
| (noun) any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something | Synonyms: cogent evidence |
| (noun) a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it | - |
| (noun) (printing) an impression made to check for errors | Synonyms: test copy, trial impression |
| (noun) a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume) | - |
| (verb) make resistant (to harm) | - |
| (verb) activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk | - |
| (verb) read for errors | Synonyms: proofread |
| (verb) knead to reach proper lightness | - |
| (verb) make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset | - |
| puff | (adjective) gathered for protruding fullness | Synonyms: puffed |
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| (noun) a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) | Synonyms: drag, pull |
| (noun) forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth | Synonyms: blow |
| (noun) bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together | Synonyms: comfort, comforter, quilt |
| (noun) a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin | Synonyms: powderpuff |
| (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe |
| (noun) exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) | - |
| (noun) a light inflated pastry or puff shell | - |
| (noun) a short light gust of air | Synonyms: puff of air, whiff |
| (verb) breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted | Synonyms: gasp, heave, pant |
| (verb) blow hard and loudly | Synonyms: chuff, huff |
| (verb) to swell or cause to enlarge | Synonyms: blow up, puff out, puff up |
| (verb) speak in a blustering or scornful manner | - |
| (verb) praise extravagantly | Synonyms: puff up |
| (verb) suck in or take (air) | Synonyms: drag, draw |
| (verb) smoke and exhale strongly | Synonyms: whiff |
| (verb) make proud or conceited | - |
| putoff | (noun) a pretext for delay or inaction | - |
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| quaff | (noun) a hearty draft | - |
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| (verb) to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught | Synonyms: gulp, swig |
| quarterstaff | (noun) a long stout staff used as a weapon | - |
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| quiff | (noun) a prominent forelock (especially one brushed upward from the forehead) | - |
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| rainproof | (adjective) not permitting the passage of water | Synonyms: waterproof, waterproofed |
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| rebuff | (noun) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) | Synonyms: slight |
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| (noun) an instance of driving away or warding off | Synonyms: repulse, snub |
| (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: repel, snub |
| (verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, repel, repulse |
| reef | (noun) one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind | - |
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| (noun) a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water | - |
| (verb) roll up (a portion of a sail) in order to reduce its area | - |
| (verb) reduce (a sail) by taking in a reef | - |
| (verb) lower and bring partially inboard | - |
| ref | (noun) (sports) the chief official (as in boxing or American football) who is expected to ensure fair play | Synonyms: referee |
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| relief | (noun) aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped | - |
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| (noun) the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) | Synonyms: alleviation, easement, easing |
| (noun) assistance in time of difficulty | Synonyms: ministration, succor, succour |
| (noun) the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged | - |
| (noun) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background | Synonyms: embossment, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief |
| (noun) a change for the better | Synonyms: easing, moderation |
| (noun) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | Synonyms: alleviation, assuagement |
| (noun) someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult) | Synonyms: backup, backup man, fill-in, reliever, stand-in, substitute |
| (noun) (law) redress awarded by a court | - |
| (noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: ease |
| (noun) a pause for relaxation | Synonyms: respite, rest, rest period |
| reproof | (noun) an act or expression of criticism and censure | Synonyms: rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproval |
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| (verb) take to task | Synonyms: admonish, reprove |
| riff | (noun) a jazz ostinato; usually provides a background for a solo improvisation | - |
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| (verb) play riffs | - |
| (verb) look through a book or other written material | Synonyms: flick, flip, leaf, riffle, thumb |
| riffraff | (noun) disparaging terms for the common people | Synonyms: rabble, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail |
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| roof | (noun) a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building | - |
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| (noun) protective covering on top of a motor vehicle | - |
| (noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: cap, ceiling |
| (noun) the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space | - |
| (verb) provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof | - |
| ruff | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: trumping |
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| (noun) common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season | Synonyms: Philomachus pugnax |
| (noun) a high tight collar | Synonyms: choker, neck ruff, ruffle |
| (noun) an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal | Synonyms: frill |
| (verb) play a trump | Synonyms: trump |
| runoff | (noun) a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner | - |
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| (noun) the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity | Synonyms: overflow, overspill |
| runproof | (adjective) (of hosiery) resistant to runs or (in Britain) ladders | Synonyms: ladder-proof, run-resistant |
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| rustproof | (adjective) treated against rusting | Synonyms: rustproofed |
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| satinleaf | (noun) tropical American timber tree with dark hard heavy wood and small plumlike purple fruit | Synonyms: caimitillo, Chrysophyllum oliviforme, damson plum, satin leaf |
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| scarf | (noun) a garment worn around the head or neck or shoulders for warmth or decoration | - |
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| (noun) a joint made by notching the ends of two pieces of timber or metal so that they will lock together end-to-end | Synonyms: scarf joint |
| (verb) wrap in or adorn with a scarf | - |
| (verb) masturbate while strangling oneself | - |
| (verb) unite by a scarf joint | - |
| sclaff | (noun) a poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball | - |
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| (verb) strike (a golf ball) such that the ground is scraped first | - |
| (verb) strike (the ground) in making a sclaff | - |
| scoff | (noun) showing your contempt by derision | Synonyms: jeer, jeering, mockery, scoffing |
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| (verb) laugh at with contempt and derision | Synonyms: barrack, flout, gibe, jeer |
| (verb) treat with contemptuous disregard | Synonyms: flout |
| scruff | (noun) the back side of the neck | Synonyms: nape, nucha |
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| scuff | (noun) the act of scuffing (scraping or dragging the feet) | - |
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| (noun) a slipper that has no fitting around the heel | Synonyms: mule |
| (verb) poke at with the foot or toe | - |
| (verb) mar by scuffing | - |
| (verb) get or become scuffed | - |
| (verb) walk without lifting the feet | Synonyms: drag |
| scurf | (noun) (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts | - |
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| (noun) a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin | Synonyms: exfoliation, scale |
| self | (adjective) (used as a combining form) relating to--of or by or to or from or for--the self | - |
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| (noun) your consciousness of your own identity | Synonyms: ego |
| (noun) a person considered as a unique individual | - |
| selloff | (noun) a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade | - |
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| serf | (noun) (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | Synonyms: helot, villein |
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| serif | (noun) a short line at the end of the main strokes of a character | Synonyms: seriph |
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| setoff | (noun) structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly | Synonyms: offset, set-back |
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| shandygaff | (noun) a drink made of beer and lemonade | Synonyms: shandy |
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| shatterproof | (adjective) resistant to shattering or splintering | Synonyms: splinterless, splinterproof |
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| sheaf | (noun) a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing | Synonyms: bundle |
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| shelf | (noun) a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects | - |
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| (noun) a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water | Synonyms: ledge |
| shellproof | (adjective) able to resist the explosive force of bombs and shells | Synonyms: bombproof |
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| sheriff | (noun) the principal law-enforcement officer in a county | - |
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| shinleaf | (noun) North American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplasters | Synonyms: Pyrola elliptica, wild lily of the valley |
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| skiff | (noun) any of various small boats propelled by oars or by sails or by a motor | - |
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| snarf | (verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, sneak, swipe |
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| sniff | (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: snuff |
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| (verb) inhale audibly through the nose | Synonyms: sniffle |
| (verb) perceive by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: whiff |
| snuff | (adjective) snuff colored; of a greyish to yellowish brown | Synonyms: chukker-brown, mummy-brown, snuff-brown |
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| (noun) sensing an odor by inhaling through the nose | Synonyms: sniff |
| (noun) finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose | - |
| (noun) a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time | - |
| (noun) the charred portion of a candlewick | - |
| (verb) inhale (something) through the nose | - |
| (verb) sniff or smell inquiringly | Synonyms: snuffle |
| soundproof | (adjective) impervious to, or not penetrable by, sound | - |
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| (verb) insulate against noise | - |
| spiff | (noun) attractiveness in appearance or dress or manner | - |
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| spliff | (noun) marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking | Synonyms: joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick |
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| splinterproof | (adjective) resistant to shattering or splintering | Synonyms: shatterproof, splinterless |
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| spoof | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, takeoff, travesty |
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| (verb) make a parody of | Synonyms: burlesque, parody |
| staff | (noun) a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose | - |
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| (noun) (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written | Synonyms: stave |
| (noun) a rod carried as a symbol | - |
| (noun) the body of teachers and administrators at a school | Synonyms: faculty |
| (noun) personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task | - |
| (noun) building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration | - |
| (verb) provide with staff | - |
| (verb) serve on the staff of | - |
| standoff | (noun) the act of repulsing or repelling an attack; a successful defensive stand | Synonyms: repulsion |
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| (noun) the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided | Synonyms: draw, tie |
| stiff | (adjective) having a strong physiological or chemical effect | Synonyms: potent, strong |
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| (adjective) rigidly formal | Synonyms: buckram, starchy |
| (adjective) not moving or operating freely | - |
| (adjective) very drunk | Synonyms: besotted, blind drunk, blotto, cockeyed, crocked, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed, pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed, smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy, tight, wet |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) strong, vigorous | - |
| (adjective) incapable of or resistant to bending | Synonyms: rigid |
| (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, corpse, remains |
| (noun) an ordinary man | - |
| (adverb) in a stiff manner | Synonyms: stiffly |
| (adverb) to a great degree | - |
| stormproof | (adjective) protected against or able to withstand storms | - |
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| stuff | (noun) miscellaneous unspecified objects | - |
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| (noun) unspecified qualities required to do or be something | - |
| (noun) a critically important or characteristic component | - |
| (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, poppycock, stuff and nonsense |
| (noun) information in some unspecified form | - |
| (noun) informal terms for personal possessions | Synonyms: clobber |
| (noun) the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object | Synonyms: material |
| (verb) fill with a stuffing while cooking | Synonyms: farce |
| (verb) fill tightly with a material | - |
| (verb) treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting | - |
| (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out |
| (verb) cram into a cavity | - |
| (verb) obstruct | Synonyms: block, choke up, lug |
| (verb) press or force | Synonyms: shove, squeeze, thrust |
| sugarloaf | (noun) a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar | Synonyms: loaf sugar, sugar loaf |
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