airbrake | (noun) a small parachute or articulated flap to reduce the speed of an aircraft | Synonyms: dive brake |
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(noun) a vehicular brake that operates by compressed air; especially for heavy vehicles | - |
airlike | (adjective) resembling air or having the form of air | Synonyms: aeriform |
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alike | (adverb) equally | Synonyms: likewise |
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(adverb) in a like manner | - |
(adjective) having the same or similar characteristics | Synonyms: similar, like |
apelike | (adjective) resembling apes | Synonyms: anthropoid, anthropoidal |
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(adjective) being or given to servile imitation | Synonyms: apish |
archduke | (noun) a sovereign prince of the former ruling house of Austria | - |
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armlike | (adjective) resembling an arm | - |
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artichoke | (noun) Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head | Synonyms: globe artichoke, Cynara scolymus, artichoke plant |
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(noun) a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart | Synonyms: globe artichoke |
ashcake | (noun) corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern) | Synonyms: corn tash, ash cake |
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automatonlike | (adjective) resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine | Synonyms: robotic, robotlike, machinelike, automatic |
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awake | (verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awaken, arouse, wake, wake up, waken, come alive |
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(adjective) not in a state of sleep; completely conscious | - |
(adjective) mentally perceptive and responsive | Synonyms: alert, alive |
babelike | (adjective) like a baby especially in dependence | - |
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backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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(noun) a swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back | - |
bake | (verb) cook and make edible by putting in a hot oven | - |
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(verb) prepare with dry heat in an oven | - |
(verb) heat by a natural force | Synonyms: broil |
(verb) be very hot, due to hot weather or exposure to the sun | Synonyms: broil |
bannerlike | (adverb) like a banner | - |
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battercake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: hot cake, hotcake, pancake, griddlecake, flannel cake, flannel-cake, flapcake, flapjack |
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beadlike | (adjective) small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button | Synonyms: beady, buttonlike, buttony |
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beaklike | (adjective) resembling the beak of a bird | - |
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beefcake | (noun) a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire | - |
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belike | (adverb) with considerable certainty; without much doubt | Synonyms: in all likelihood, in all probability, probably, likely |
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beltlike | (adjective) resembling a belt around something | Synonyms: belt-like |
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berrylike | (adjective) resembling a berry | Synonyms: baccate |
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bespoke | (adjective) (of clothing) custom-made | Synonyms: made-to-order, bespoken, tailor-made, tailored |
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bike | (verb) ride a bicycle | Synonyms: pedal, wheel, cycle, bicycle |
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(noun) a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame | Synonyms: motorcycle |
(noun) a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | Synonyms: cycle, wheel, bicycle |
blacksnake | (noun) large harmless shiny black North American snake | Synonyms: mountain blacksnake, pilot blacksnake, Elaphe obsoleta, black rat snake |
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(noun) blackish racer of the eastern United States that grows to six feet | Synonyms: Coluber constrictor, black racer |
bladderlike | (adjective) resembling a bladder | Synonyms: bladdery |
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bladelike | (adjective) shaped like a sword blade | Synonyms: ensiform, sword-shaped, swordlike |
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bloke | (noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: chap, gent, cuss, blighter, fella, feller, fellow, lad |
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bonelike | (adjective) resembling bone | - |
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boxlike | (adjective) resembling a box in rectangularity | Synonyms: box-shaped, boxy |
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boylike | (adverb) like a boy | Synonyms: boyishly |
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(adjective) befitting or characteristic of a young boy | Synonyms: schoolboyish, boyish |
brake | (verb) stop travelling by applying a brake | - |
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(verb) cause to stop by applying the brakes | - |
(noun) a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle | - |
(noun) any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants | - |
(noun) large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan | Synonyms: Pteridium aquilinum, pasture brake, bracken |
(noun) an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant | - |
(noun) anything that slows or hinders a process | - |
brasslike | (adjective) resembling the sound of a brass instrument | Synonyms: brassy |
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breaststroke | (verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
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(noun) a swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick | - |
bridecake | (noun) a rich cake with two or more tiers and covered with frosting and decorations; served at a wedding reception | Synonyms: wedding cake |
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bristlelike | (adjective) resembling a bristle | - |
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broke | (adjective) lacking funds | Synonyms: skint, stone-broke, stony-broke, bust |
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brotherlike | (adjective) like or characteristic of or befitting a brother | Synonyms: brotherly, fraternal |
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brushlike | (adjective) resembling a brush | - |
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bulblike | (adjective) shaped like a bulb | Synonyms: bulb-shaped, bulbous |
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burke | (verb) murder without leaving a trace on the body | - |
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(verb) get rid of, silence, or suppress | - |
burrlike | (adjective) resembling a burr; especially in being prickly | - |
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businesslike | (adjective) exhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business | - |
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(adjective) not distracted by anything unrelated to the goal | Synonyms: earnest |
buttonlike | (adjective) small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button | Synonyms: beadlike, beady, buttony |
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cake | (noun) a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax) | Synonyms: bar |
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(noun) small flat mass of chopped or ground food | Synonyms: patty |
(noun) baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat | - |
(verb) form a coat over | Synonyms: coat |
canebrake | (noun) a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane) | - |
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chafflike | (adjective) abounding in or covered with or resembling or consisting of chaff | Synonyms: chaffy |
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chainlike | (adjective) having a chainlike form | Synonyms: catenulate |
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chantlike | (adjective) uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting | Synonyms: intoned, singsong |
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cheesecake | (noun) made with sweetened cream cheese and eggs and cream baked in a crumb crust | - |
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(noun) a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire | - |
cheeselike | (adjective) having the consistency of cheese | - |
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childlike | (adjective) befitting a young child | Synonyms: childly |
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(adjective) exhibiting childlike simplicity and credulity | Synonyms: round-eyed, dewy-eyed, wide-eyed, simple |
choke | (verb) breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion | - |
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(verb) be too tight; rub or press | Synonyms: fret, gag |
(verb) wring the neck of | Synonyms: scrag |
(verb) constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing | Synonyms: strangle |
(verb) struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake | Synonyms: strangle, suffocate, gag |
(verb) fail to perform adequately due to tension or agitation | - |
(verb) check or slow down the action or effect of | - |
(verb) become or cause to become obstructed | Synonyms: back up, foul, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, crap up |
(verb) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of | Synonyms: stifle, suffocate, asphyxiate |
(verb) become stultified, suppressed, or stifled | Synonyms: suffocate |
(verb) suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of | Synonyms: suffocate |
(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: go, pass, pop off, exit, conk, die, decease, drop dead, pass away, perish, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, expire, snuff it, cash in one's chips, croak, buy the farm |
(verb) reduce the air supply | Synonyms: throttle |
(verb) cause to retch or choke | Synonyms: gag |
(noun) a coil of low resistance and high inductance used in electrical circuits to pass direct current and attenuate alternating current | Synonyms: choke coil, choking coil |
(noun) a valve that controls the flow of air into the carburetor of a gasoline engine | - |
christlike | (adjective) resembling or showing the spirit of Christ | Synonyms: christly |
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clambake | (noun) a cookout at the seashore where clams and fish and other foods are cooked--usually on heated stones covered with seaweed | - |
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clawlike | (adjective) resembling a claw | - |
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cloudlike | (adjective) resembling a cloud | Synonyms: nebular |
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clownlike | (adjective) like a clown | Synonyms: zany, clownish, buffoonish |
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coffeecake | (noun) a cake or sweet bread usually served with coffee | Synonyms: coffee cake |
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coke | (noun) carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal | - |
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(noun) street names for cocaine | Synonyms: snow, blow, C, nose candy |
(verb) become coke | - |
columnlike | (adjective) having the form of a column | Synonyms: columnar, columniform |
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conelike | (adjective) relating to or resembling a cone | Synonyms: cone-shaped, conic, conical |
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convoke | (verb) call together | Synonyms: convene |
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corncrake | (noun) common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields | Synonyms: Crex crex, land rail |
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counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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cowpoke | (noun) a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on horseback | Synonyms: puncher, cattleman, cowboy, cowhand, cowherd, cowman, cowpuncher |
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crake | (noun) any of several short-billed Old World rails | - |
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crustlike | (adjective) having a hardened crust as a covering | Synonyms: encrusted, crusted, crusty |
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cubelike | (adjective) shaped like a cube | Synonyms: cube-shaped, cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal |
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cuke | (noun) cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons | Synonyms: cucumber |
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cupcake | (noun) small cake baked in a muffin tin | - |
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cuplike | (adjective) resembling the shape of a cup | - |
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daisylike | (adjective) resembling a daisy | - |
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deathlike | (adjective) having the physical appearance of death | Synonyms: deathly |
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decoke | (verb) remove carbon from (an engine) | Synonyms: decarbonise, decarbonize, decarburise, decarburize |
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dike | (noun) (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | Synonyms: dyke, butch |
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(noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | Synonyms: dam, dyke |
(verb) enclose with a dike | Synonyms: dyke |
disclike | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklike |
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disklike | (adjective) having a flat circular shape | Synonyms: disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped |
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dislike | (noun) an inclination to withhold approval from some person or group | Synonyms: disapproval, disfavor, disfavour |
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(noun) a feeling of aversion or antipathy | - |
(verb) have or feel a dislike or distaste for | - |
doglike | (adjective) resembling a dog; especially in devotion | - |
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downlike | (adjective) like down or as soft as down | Synonyms: downy, flossy, fluffy |
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downstroke | (noun) a stroke normally made in a downward direction | - |
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drake | (noun) adult male of a wild or domestic duck | - |
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dreamlike | (adjective) resembling a dream | Synonyms: surreal |
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duke | (noun) a British peer of the highest rank | - |
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(noun) a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank | - |
dustlike | (adjective) as fine and powdery as dust | - |
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dyke | (noun) (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine | Synonyms: dike, butch |
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(noun) a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea | Synonyms: dam, dike |
(verb) enclose with a dike | Synonyms: dike |
earthlike | (adjective) earth colored; of something having a color of soil or earth | - |
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(adjective) resembling or characteristic of earth | - |
earthquake | (noun) shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane or from volcanic activity | Synonyms: quake, seism, temblor |
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(noun) a disturbance that is extremely disruptive | - |
echolike | (adjective) like or characteristic of an echo | Synonyms: echoic |
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eellike | (adjective) resembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous | - |
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eggshake | (noun) a milkshake with egg in it | - |
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elflike | (adjective) small and delicate | Synonyms: elfin |
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evoke | (verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: raise, elicit, arouse, fire, provoke, kindle, enkindle |
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(verb) evoke or provoke to appear or occur | Synonyms: provoke, kick up, call forth |
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: elicit, extract, draw out, educe |
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: raise, conjure, stir, arouse, bring up, put forward, invoke, call down, call forth, conjure up |
(verb) call to mind | Synonyms: paint a picture, suggest |
eyelike | (adjective) suggesting an eye or eyes | - |
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fake | (noun) something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be | Synonyms: postiche, sham |
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(noun) a person who makes deceitful pretenses | Synonyms: fraud, sham, role player, imposter, impostor, pretender, pseud, pseudo, shammer, faker |
(noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player | Synonyms: juke |
(verb) make a copy of with the intent to deceive | Synonyms: forge, counterfeit |
(verb) tamper, with the purpose of deception | Synonyms: falsify, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle, cook, fudge |
(verb) speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths | Synonyms: bull, bullshit, talk through one's hat |
(adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: phoney, phony, bastard, bogus |
(adjective) not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article | Synonyms: imitation, simulated, false, faux |
fanlike | (adjective) resembling a fan | - |
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fatherlike | (adjective) like or befitting a father or fatherhood; kind and protective | Synonyms: fatherly |
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featherlike | (adjective) resembling or suggesting a feather or feathers | Synonyms: feathery |
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fencelike | (adjective) resembling a fence | - |
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fernlike | (adjective) resembling ferns especially in leaf shape | Synonyms: ferny |
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