apogee | (noun) apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth | - |
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(noun) a final climactic stage | Synonyms: culmination |
bargee | (noun) someone who operates a barge | Synonyms: bargeman, lighterman |
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bungee | (noun) an elasticized rope | Synonyms: bungee cord |
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congee | (noun) formal permission to depart | Synonyms: conge |
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(noun) an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | Synonyms: conge |
(noun) (architecture) a concave molding | Synonyms: conge |
(noun) a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast | Synonyms: jook |
(verb) perform a ceremonious bow | Synonyms: conge |
(verb) depart after obtaining formal permission | - |
dragee | (noun) pill that is a sugar-coated medicated candy | - |
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(noun) sugar-coated nut or fruit piece | - |
(noun) silvery candy beads used for decorating cakes | - |
gee | (noun) a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated | Synonyms: g-force, g |
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(verb) give a command to a horse to turn to the right side | - |
(verb) turn to the right side | - |
gidgee | (noun) scrubby Australian acacia having extremely foul-smelling blossoms | Synonyms: Acacia cambegei, stinking wattle |
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mortgagee | (noun) the person who accepts a mortgage | Synonyms: mortgage holder |
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muggee | (noun) a victim of a mugging | - |
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negligee | (noun) a loose dressing gown for women | Synonyms: housecoat, neglige, peignoir, wrapper |
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ogee | (noun) a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the convex part above and the concave part below | Synonyms: cyma reversa |
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perigee | (noun) periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is nearest to the Earth | - |
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pledgee | (noun) someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom something is deposited as a pledge | - |
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pongee | (noun) a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation) | - |
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protegee | (noun) a woman protege | - |
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ragee | (noun) East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient | Synonyms: African millet, coracan, corakan, Eleusine coracana, finger millet, kurakkan, ragi |
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refugee | (noun) an exile who flees for safety | - |
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squeegee | (noun) T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing windows) | - |
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(verb) wipe with a squeegee | - |
thuggee | (noun) murder and robbery by thugs | - |
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