| afterlife | (noun) life after death | Synonyms: hereafter |
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| alewife | (noun) shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus | Synonyms: Alosa pseudoharengus, Pomolobus pseudoharengus |
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| (noun) flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams | - |
| bouffe | (noun) opera with a happy ending and in which some of the text is spoken | Synonyms: comic opera, opera bouffe, opera comique |
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| cafe | (noun) a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold | Synonyms: coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehouse |
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| carafe | (noun) a bottle with a stopper; for serving wine or water | Synonyms: decanter |
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| chafe | (noun) anger produced by some annoying irritation | Synonyms: annoyance, vexation |
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| (noun) soreness and warmth caused by friction | - |
| (verb) warm by rubbing, as with the hands | - |
| (verb) tear or wear off the skin or make sore by abrading | Synonyms: excoriate |
| (verb) cause friction | Synonyms: fray, fret, rub, scratch |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| (verb) feel extreme irritation or anger | - |
| (verb) become or make sore by or as if by rubbing | Synonyms: fret, gall |
| coiffe | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: arrange, coif, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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| cybercafe | (noun) a cafe whose customers sit at computer terminals and log on to the internet while they eat and drink | - |
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| drawknife | (noun) a woodworker's knife to shave surfaces | Synonyms: drawshave |
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| fife | (noun) a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band | - |
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| fishwife | (noun) someone who sells fish | Synonyms: fishmonger |
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| gaffe | (noun) a socially awkward or tactless act | Synonyms: faux pas, gaucherie, slip, solecism |
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| giraffe | (noun) tallest living quadruped; having a spotted coat and small horns and very long neck and legs; of savannahs of tropical Africa | Synonyms: camelopard, Giraffa camelopardalis |
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| highlife | (noun) the activity of excessive spending | Synonyms: extravagance, high life, lavishness, prodigality |
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| housewife | (noun) a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income | Synonyms: homemaker, lady of the house, woman of the house |
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| jackknife | (noun) a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out | - |
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| (noun) a large knife with one or more folding blades | Synonyms: clasp knife |
| (verb) dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife | - |
| knife | (noun) edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle | - |
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| (noun) a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point | - |
| (noun) any long thin projection that is transient | Synonyms: tongue |
| (verb) use a knife on | Synonyms: stab |
| life | (noun) living things collectively | - |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness |
| (noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: living |
| (noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life | Synonyms: biography, life history, life story |
| (noun) a motive for living | - |
| (noun) a living person | - |
| (noun) the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | - |
| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, animation, living |
| (noun) a characteristic state or mode of living | - |
| (noun) the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living | - |
| (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime |
| (noun) the period between birth and the present time | - |
| (noun) the period from the present until death | - |
| (noun) a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives | Synonyms: life sentence |
| loosestrife | (noun) any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum | - |
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| (noun) any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia | - |
| lowlife | (noun) a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible | Synonyms: bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, scumbag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot |
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| midwife | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: accoucheuse |
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| nightlife | (noun) the activity of people seeking nighttime diversion (as at the theater, a nightclub, etc.) | Synonyms: night life |
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| (noun) the entertainment available to people seeking nighttime diversion | Synonyms: night life |
| oldwife | (noun) tropical Atlantic fish | Synonyms: Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwench, queen triggerfish |
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| (noun) a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States | Synonyms: Clangula hyemalis, old squaw |
| paperknife | (noun) dull knife used to cut open the envelopes in which letters are mailed or to slit uncut pages of books | Synonyms: letter opener, paper knife |
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| penknife | (noun) a small pocketknife; originally used to cut quill pens | - |
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| piaffe | (noun) a cadenced trot executed by the horse in one spot | - |
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| pocketknife | (noun) a knife with a blade that folds into the handle; suitable for carrying in the pocket | Synonyms: pocket knife |
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| pouffe | (noun) thick cushion used as a seat | Synonyms: hassock, ottoman, pouf, puff |
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| puddingwife | (noun) bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil | Synonyms: Halicoeres radiatus, pudding-wife |
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| rechauffe | (noun) warmed leftovers | - |
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| rife | (adjective) excessively abundant | Synonyms: overabundant, plethoric |
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| (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, predominant, prevailing, prevalent |
| safe | (adjective) free from danger or the risk of harm | - |
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| (adjective) having reached a base without being put out | - |
| (adjective) financially safe | Synonyms: dependable, good, secure |
| (adjective) (of an undertaking) secure from risk | - |
| (noun) strongbox where valuables can be safely kept | - |
| (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: condom, prophylactic, rubber, safety |
| (noun) a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests | - |
| strafe | (noun) an attack of machine-gun fire or cannon fire from a low flying airplane | - |
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| (verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane | - |
| strife | (noun) bitter conflict; heated often violent dissension | - |
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| (noun) lack of agreement or harmony | Synonyms: discord |
| unsafe | (adjective) involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm | Synonyms: dangerous |
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| (adjective) lacking in security or safety | Synonyms: insecure |
| (adjective) not safe from attack | Synonyms: insecure |
| vouchsafe | (verb) grant in a condescending manner | - |
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| wife | (noun) a married woman; a man's partner in marriage | Synonyms: married woman |
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| wildlife | (noun) all living things (except people) that are undomesticated | - |
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