briar | (noun) a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath | Synonyms: briar pipe |
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(noun) evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes | Synonyms: brier, Erica arborea, tree heath |
(noun) a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries | Synonyms: brier, bullbrier, catbrier, greenbrier, horse-brier, horse brier, Smilax rotundifolia |
(noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbriar, sweetbrier |
caviar | (noun) salted roe of sturgeon or other large fish; usually served as an hors d'oeuvre | Synonyms: caviare |
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familiar | (adjective) well known or easily recognized | - |
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(adjective) within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange | - |
(adjective) having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship | Synonyms: intimate |
(adjective) (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly | Synonyms: conversant |
(noun) a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard | Synonyms: familiar spirit |
(noun) a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support | - |
(noun) a friend who is frequently in the company of another | Synonyms: associate, companion, comrade, fellow |
friar | (noun) a male member of a religious order that originally relied solely on alms | Synonyms: mendicant |
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justiciar | (noun) formerly a high judicial officer | Synonyms: justiciary |
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liar | (noun) a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly | Synonyms: prevaricator |
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overfamiliar | (adjective) taking undue liberties | - |
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peculiar | (adjective) characteristic of one only; distinctive or special | - |
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(adjective) unique or specific to a person or thing or category | Synonyms: particular, special |
(adjective) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected | Synonyms: curious, funny, odd, queer, rum, rummy, singular |
(adjective) markedly different from the usual; special | - |
sweetbriar | (noun) Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips | Synonyms: briar, brier, eglantine, Rosa eglanteria, sweetbrier |
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unfamiliar | (adjective) not known or well known | - |
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