| argot | (noun) a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves) | Synonyms: cant, jargon, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular |
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| bigot | (noun) a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own | - |
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| ergot | (noun) a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid | Synonyms: Claviceps purpurea |
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| (noun) a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus | - |
| escargot | (noun) edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic | Synonyms: snail |
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| faggot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: fagot |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| (verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot | Synonyms: faggot up, fagot |
| (verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them | Synonyms: fagot |
| (verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch | Synonyms: fagot |
| fagot | (noun) a bundle of sticks and branches bound together | Synonyms: faggot |
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| (noun) offensive term for a homosexual man | Synonyms: fag, faggot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer |
| (verb) bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot | Synonyms: faggot, faggot up |
| (verb) fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them | Synonyms: faggot |
| (verb) ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch | Synonyms: faggot |
| gigot | (noun) lamb leg suitable for roasting | Synonyms: leg of lamb |
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| ingot | (noun) metal that is cast in the shape of a block for convenient handling | - |
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| maggot | (noun) the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter | - |
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| misbegot | (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: bastardly, misbegotten, spurious |
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| spigot | (noun) a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir | Synonyms: faucet |
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| (noun) a plug for a bunghole in a cask | Synonyms: tap |