| nightstick | (noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen | Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, truncheon |
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| nightwork | (noun) work to be done at night | - |
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| nitpick | (verb) be overly critical; criticize minor details | - |
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| nock | (verb) make small marks into the surface of | Synonyms: mark, score |
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| nonstick | (adjective) (of surfaces especially of cooking utensils) permitting easy removal of adherent food particles | - |
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| nook | (noun) an interior angle formed by two meeting walls | Synonyms: corner |
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| (noun) a sheltered and secluded place | - |
| notebook | (noun) a small compact portable computer | Synonyms: notebook computer |
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| (noun) a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda | - |
| nudnick | (noun) (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest | Synonyms: nudnik |
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| nudnik | (noun) (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest | Synonyms: nudnick |
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| oak | (noun) a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves | Synonyms: oak tree |
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| (noun) the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring | - |
| oarlock | (noun) a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing | Synonyms: peg, pin, rowlock, thole, tholepin |
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| obelisk | (noun) a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top | - |
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| (noun) a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used | Synonyms: dagger |
| oink | (noun) the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs | Synonyms: grunt |
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| (verb) utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs | Synonyms: squeal |
| ok | (adjective) being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition | Synonyms: all right, cool, fine, hunky-dory, o.k., okay |
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| openwork | (noun) ornamental work (such as embroidery or latticework) having a pattern of openings | - |
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| outback | (adjective) inaccessible and sparsely populated | Synonyms: remote |
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| (noun) the bush country of the interior of Australia | - |
| outbreak | (noun) a sudden violent spontaneous occurrence (usually of some undesirable condition) | Synonyms: eruption, irruption |
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| outflank | (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, scoop, trump |
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| (verb) go around the flank of (an opposing army) | Synonyms: go around |
| outlook | (noun) the act of looking out | Synonyms: lookout |
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| (noun) belief about (or mental picture of) the future | Synonyms: expectation, prospect |
| (noun) a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations | Synonyms: mentality, mind-set, mindset |
| outrank | (verb) take precedence or surpass others in rank | Synonyms: rank |
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| outwork | (noun) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area | - |
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| overclock | (verb) To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer. | - |
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| overcook | (verb) cook too long | - |
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| overlook | (noun) a high place affording a good view | - |
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| (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, omit, overleap, pretermit |
| (verb) watch over | - |
| (verb) look past, fail to notice | - |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overtop |
| (verb) be oriented in a certain direction | Synonyms: look across, look out on, look out over |
| overstock | (verb) stock excessively | - |
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| overthink | (verb) to spend to much time considering something and thus reach the wrong conclusion | - |
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| overwork | (noun) the act of working too much or too long | Synonyms: overworking |
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| (verb) use too much | - |
| (verb) work excessively hard | Synonyms: exploit |
| pack | (noun) a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film) | - |
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| (noun) a bundle (especially one carried on the back) | - |
| (noun) a sheet or blanket (either dry or wet) to wrap around the body for its therapeutic effect | - |
| (noun) a cream that cleanses and tones the skin | Synonyms: face pack |
| (noun) a group of hunting animals | - |
| (noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose | Synonyms: camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle |
| (noun) an association of criminals | Synonyms: gang, mob, ring |
| (noun) a complete collection of similar things | - |
| (noun) a large indefinite quantity | Synonyms: battalion, large number, multitude, plurality |
| (verb) treat the body or any part of it by wrapping it, as with blankets or sheets, and applying compresses to it, or stuffing it to provide cover, containment, or therapy, or to absorb blood | - |
| (verb) arrange in a container | - |
| (verb) load with a pack | Synonyms: load down |
| (verb) compress into a wad | Synonyms: bundle, compact, wad |
| (verb) seal with packing | - |
| (verb) press down tightly | Synonyms: tamp, tamp down |
| (verb) carry, as on one's back | - |
| (verb) have the property of being packable or of compacting easily | Synonyms: compact |
| (verb) press tightly together or cram | Synonyms: jam, mob, pile, throng |
| (verb) hike with a backpack | Synonyms: backpack |
| (verb) fill to capacity | - |
| (verb) set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome | - |
| (verb) have with oneself; have on one's person | Synonyms: carry, take |
| packsack | (noun) a bag carried by a strap on your back or shoulder | Synonyms: back pack, backpack, haversack, knapsack, rucksack |
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| padauk | (noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | Synonyms: amboyna, padouk, Pterocarpus indicus |
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| (noun) the wood of any of the padauk trees, used in decorative cabinetwork. | - |
| paddock | (noun) pen where racehorses are saddled and paraded before a race | - |
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| padlock | (noun) a detachable lock; has a hinged shackle that can be passed through the staple of a hasp or the links in a chain and then snapped shut | - |
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| (verb) fasten with a padlock | - |
| padouk | (noun) tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain | Synonyms: amboyna, padauk, Pterocarpus indicus |
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| paperback | (adjective) (of books) having a flexible binding | Synonyms: paperbacked |
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| (noun) a book with paper covers | Synonyms: paper-back book, paperback book, soft-cover, soft-cover book, softback, softback book |
| paperwork | (noun) work that involves handling papers: forms or letters or reports etc. | - |
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| park | (noun) a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games) | Synonyms: ballpark |
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| (noun) a gear position that acts as a parking brake | - |
| (noun) a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property | Synonyms: parkland |
| (noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area | Synonyms: common, commons, green |
| (noun) a lot where cars are parked | Synonyms: car park, parking area, parking lot |
| (verb) place temporarily | - |
| (verb) maneuver a vehicle into a parking space | - |
| passbook | (noun) a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks | Synonyms: bankbook |
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| patchwork | (noun) sewing consisting of pieces of different materials sewn together in a pattern | - |
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| (noun) a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together | Synonyms: patchwork quilt |
| (noun) a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas | Synonyms: hodgepodge, jumble |
| payback | (noun) the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | Synonyms: retribution, vengeance |
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| (noun) financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) | - |
| paycheck | (noun) a check issued in payment of wages or salary | Synonyms: payroll check |
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| peacenik | (noun) someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations | Synonyms: dove |
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| peachick | (noun) a young peafowl | Synonyms: pea-chick |
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| peacock | (noun) male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots | - |
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| (noun) European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot | Synonyms: Inachis io, peacock butterfly |
| peak | (noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor |
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| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, crown, summit, tip, top |
| (noun) the highest point (of something) | Synonyms: acme, apex, vertex |
| (noun) the most extreme possible amount or value | Synonyms: extremum |
| (noun) a V shape | Synonyms: point, tip |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top |
| (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, prime |
| (verb) to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity | Synonyms: top out |
| peck | (noun) a light kiss | - |
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| (noun) bite by a bird | - |
| (noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad |
| (noun) a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches | - |
| (noun) a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons | - |
| (verb) bother persistently with trivial complaints | Synonyms: hen-peck, nag |
| (verb) eat by pecking at, like a bird | Synonyms: pick up |
| (verb) eat like a bird | Synonyms: peck at, pick at |
| (verb) kiss lightly | Synonyms: smack |
| (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, pick |
| peek | (noun) a secret look | Synonyms: peep |
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| (verb) throw a glance at; take a brief look at | Synonyms: glance, glint |
| penstock | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: sluice, sluiceway |
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| (noun) regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice | Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate |
| perk | (noun) an incidental benefit awarded for certain types of employment (especially if it is regarded as a right) | Synonyms: fringe benefit, perquisite |
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| (verb) gain or regain energy | Synonyms: gain vigor, percolate, perk up, pick up |
| petcock | (noun) regulator consisting of a small cock or faucet or valve for letting out air or releasing compression or draining | - |
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| phonebook | (noun) a directory containing an alphabetical list of telephone subscribers and their telephone numbers | Synonyms: phone book, telephone book, telephone directory |
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| pick | (noun) the act of choosing or selecting | Synonyms: choice, option, selection |
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| (noun) a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body | - |
| (noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends | Synonyms: pickax, pickaxe |
| (noun) a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material | - |
| (noun) the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving | Synonyms: filling, weft, woof |
| (noun) a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument | Synonyms: plectron, plectrum |
| (noun) the person or thing chosen or selected | Synonyms: choice, selection |
| (noun) the best people or things in a group | Synonyms: cream |
| (noun) the quantity of a crop that is harvested | Synonyms: picking |
| (verb) remove in small bits | - |
| (verb) remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits | Synonyms: clean |
| (verb) select carefully from a group | - |
| (verb) harass with constant criticism | Synonyms: blame, find fault |
| (verb) eat intermittently; take small bites of | Synonyms: nibble, piece |
| (verb) hit lightly with a picking motion | Synonyms: beak, peck |
| (verb) look for and gather | Synonyms: cull, pluck |
| (verb) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example | Synonyms: break up |
| (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pluck, plunk |
| (verb) provoke | - |
| (verb) pay for something | Synonyms: foot |
| (verb) pilfer or rob | - |
| pickaback | (adverb) on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | Synonyms: pig-a-back, piggyback |
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| (adverb) on a railroad flatcar | Synonyms: pig-a-back, piggyback |
| piddock | (noun) marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells | - |
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| piecework | (noun) work paid for according to the quantity produced | - |
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| piggyback | (noun) the act of carrying something piggyback | - |
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| (adverb) on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip | Synonyms: pickaback, pig-a-back |
| (adverb) on a railroad flatcar | Synonyms: pickaback, pig-a-back |
| (verb) bring into alignment with | - |
| (verb) support on the back and shoulders | - |
| (verb) haul by railroad car | - |
| (verb) haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars | - |
| (verb) ride on someone's shoulders or back | - |
| pillock | (noun) a person who is not very bright | Synonyms: dolt, dullard, poor fish, pudden-head, pudding head, stupe, stupid, stupid person |
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| pinchbeck | (adjective) serving as an imitation or substitute | - |
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| (noun) an alloy of copper and zinc that is used in cheap jewelry to imitate gold | - |
| pink | (adjective) of a light shade of red | Synonyms: pinkish |
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| (noun) a light shade of red | - |
| (noun) a person with mildly leftist political views | Synonyms: pinko |
| (noun) any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers | Synonyms: garden pink |
| (verb) cut in a zigzag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing | - |
| (verb) make light, repeated taps on a surface | Synonyms: knock, rap, tap |
| (verb) sound like a car engine that is firing too early | Synonyms: knock, ping |
| pinprick | (noun) small puncture (as if made by a pin) | - |
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| (noun) a minor annoyance | - |
| pipework | (noun) the flues and stops on a pipe organ | Synonyms: organ pipe, pipe |
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| pitchfork | (noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay | - |
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| (verb) lift with a pitchfork | Synonyms: fork |
| plank | (noun) an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party | - |
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| (noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: board |
| (verb) cook and serve on a plank | - |
| (verb) cover with planks | Synonyms: plank over |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| plasterwork | (noun) a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) | Synonyms: plaster |
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| playback | (noun) the act of reproducing recorded sound | - |
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| (noun) electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material | - |
| playbook | (noun) a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign | - |
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| (noun) a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays | - |
| (noun) a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team) | - |
| plonk | (noun) the noise of something dropping (as into liquid) | - |
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| (noun) a cheap wine of inferior quality | - |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plop, plump, plump down, plunk, plunk down |
| pluck | (noun) the act of pulling and releasing a taut cord | - |
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| (noun) the trait of showing courage and determination in spite of possible loss or injury | Synonyms: gutsiness, pluckiness |
| (verb) pull or pull out sharply | Synonyms: pick off, pull off, tweak |
| (verb) look for and gather | Synonyms: cull, pick |
| (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pick, plunk |
| (verb) strip of feathers | Synonyms: deplumate, deplume, displume, pull, tear |
| (verb) rip off; ask an unreasonable price | Synonyms: fleece, gazump, hook, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge |
| (verb) sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity | Synonyms: hustle, roll |
| plunk | (noun) (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly | Synonyms: plunker |
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| (noun) a hollow twanging sound | - |
| (adverb) with a short hollow thud | Synonyms: plop |
| (verb) pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion | Synonyms: pick, pluck |
| (verb) set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise | Synonyms: flump, plank, plonk, plop, plump, plump down, plunk down |
| (verb) drop steeply | Synonyms: dive, plunge |
| (verb) make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground | Synonyms: clop, clump, clunk |
| pock | (noun) a pustule in an eruptive disease | - |
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| (verb) mark with a scar | Synonyms: mark, pit, scar |
| pocketbook | (noun) a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women) | Synonyms: bag, handbag, purse |
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| (noun) pocket-sized paperback book | Synonyms: pocket book, pocket edition |
| (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, notecase, wallet |
| (noun) your personal financial means | - |
| pockmark | (noun) a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease | - |
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| (verb) mark with or as if with pockmarks | - |
| polack | (noun) a person of Polish descent | - |
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| politick | (verb) engage in political activities | - |
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| pollack | (noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod | Synonyms: Pollachius pollachius, pollock |
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| (noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | Synonyms: pollock |
| pollock | (noun) important food and game fish of northern seas (especially the northern Atlantic); related to cod | Synonyms: Pollachius pollachius, pollack |
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| (noun) lean white flesh of North Atlantic fish; similar to codfish | Synonyms: pollack |
| poppycock | (noun) senseless talk | Synonyms: hooey, stuff, stuff and nonsense |
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| pork | (noun) meat from a domestic hog or pig | Synonyms: porc |
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| (noun) a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents | Synonyms: pork barrel |
| postmark | (noun) a cancellation mark stamped on mail by postal officials; indicates the post office and date of mailing | - |
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| (verb) stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing | Synonyms: frank |
| pothook | (noun) an S-shaped hook to suspend a pot over a fire | - |
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| potluck | (noun) whatever happens to be available especially when offered to an unexpected guest or when brought by guests and shared by all | - |
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| prank | (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, caper, joke, put-on, trick |
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| (noun) acting like a clown or buffoon | Synonyms: buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, japery |
| (verb) dress up showily | - |
| (verb) dress or decorate showily or gaudily | - |
| prayerbook | (noun) a book containing prayers | Synonyms: prayer book |
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| precook | (verb) cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long | - |
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| pressmark | (noun) a mark consisting of characters written on a book; used to indicate shelf location | Synonyms: call mark, call number |
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| prick | (noun) the act of puncturing with a small point | Synonyms: pricking |
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| (noun) obscene terms for penis | Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, putz, shaft, tool |
| (noun) insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous | Synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, shit, SOB, son of a bitch, whoreson |
| (noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface | Synonyms: dent, incision, scratch, slit |
| (verb) make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn | Synonyms: prickle |
| (verb) deliver a sting to | Synonyms: bite, sting |
| (verb) stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick | Synonyms: goad |
| (verb) to cause a sharp emotional pain | - |
| (verb) to stick up | Synonyms: cock up, prick up |
| (verb) cause a stinging pain | Synonyms: sting, twinge |
| (verb) cause a prickling sensation | Synonyms: prickle |
| prickleback | (noun) small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines | - |
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| (noun) small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research | Synonyms: stickleback |
| prink | (verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive | Synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up |
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| (verb) dress very carefully and in a finicky manner | - |
| prisonbreak | (noun) an escape from jail | Synonyms: break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking |
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| promptbook | (noun) the copy of the playscript used by the prompter | Synonyms: prompt copy |
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| prongbuck | (noun) fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns | Synonyms: American antelope, Antilocapra americana, pronghorn, pronghorn antelope |
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| pronk | (verb) jump straight up | - |
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| puck | (noun) a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used instead of a ball in ice hockey | Synonyms: hockey puck |
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| pullback | (noun) (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) | - |
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| (noun) a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back | Synonyms: tieback |
| punk | (adjective) of very poor quality; flimsy | Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny |
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| (noun) rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock | Synonyms: punk rock |
| (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
| (noun) a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture | Synonyms: punk rocker |
| (noun) substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks) | - |
| (noun) material for starting a fire | Synonyms: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood |
| pussyfuck | (verb) to have vaginal intercourse | - |
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| quack | (adjective) medically unqualified | - |
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| (noun) the harsh sound of a duck | - |
| (noun) an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice | - |
| (verb) act as a medical quack or a charlatan | - |
| (verb) utter quacking noises | - |
| quark | (noun) fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet | Synonyms: quark cheese |
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| (noun) (physics) hypothetical truly fundamental particle in mesons and baryons; there are supposed to be six flavors of quarks (and their antiquarks), which come in pairs; each has an electric charge of +2/3 or -1/3 | - |
| quarterback | (noun) (American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
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| (noun) (football) the person who plays quarterback | Synonyms: field general, signal caller |
| (verb) play the quarterback | - |
| quarterdeck | (noun) the stern area of a ship's upper deck | - |
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| quick | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: agile, nimble, spry |
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| (adjective) easily aroused or excited | Synonyms: warm |
| (adjective) accomplished rapidly and without delay | Synonyms: speedy |
| (adjective) hurried and brief | Synonyms: fast, flying |
| (adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | Synonyms: ready |
| (adjective) performed with little or no delay | Synonyms: immediate, prompt, straightaway |
| (noun) any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail) | - |
| (adverb) with little or no delay | Synonyms: promptly, quickly |