accord | (noun) sympathetic compatibility | - |
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(noun) concurrence of opinion | Synonyms: accordance, conformity |
(noun) a written agreement between two states or sovereigns | Synonyms: pact, treaty |
(noun) harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: agreement |
(verb) allow to have | Synonyms: allot, grant |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: agree, concord, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
afford | (verb) be able to spare or give up | - |
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(verb) be the cause or source of | Synonyms: give, yield |
(verb) afford access to | Synonyms: give, open |
(verb) have the financial means to do something or buy something | - |
backsword | (noun) a sword with only one cutting edge | - |
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(noun) a stick used instead of a sword for fencing | Synonyms: fencing stick, singlestick |
broadsword | (noun) a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab | - |
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buzzword | (noun) stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition | Synonyms: cant |
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byword | (noun) a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people | Synonyms: adage, proverb, saw |
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catchword | (noun) a favorite saying of a group, organization or individual | Synonyms: motto, shibboleth, slogan |
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(noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: guide word, guideword |
chord | (noun) a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together | - |
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(noun) a straight line connecting two points on a curve | - |
(verb) bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing | Synonyms: harmonise, harmonize |
(verb) play chords on (a stringed instrument) | - |
clavichord | (noun) an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound | - |
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concord | (noun) agreement of opinions | Synonyms: concordance, harmony |
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(noun) the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations | Synonyms: agreement |
(noun) a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole | Synonyms: concordance, harmony |
(verb) be in accord; be in agreement | Synonyms: agree, concur, hold |
(verb) arrange the words of a text so as to create a concordance | - |
(verb) arrange by concord or agreement | - |
(verb) go together | Synonyms: accord, agree, consort, fit in, harmonise, harmonize |
cord | (noun) a line made of twisted fibers or threads | - |
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(noun) a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton | Synonyms: corduroy |
(noun) a light insulated conductor for household use | Synonyms: electric cord |
(noun) a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet | - |
(verb) stack in cords | - |
(verb) bind or tie with a cord | - |
crossword | (noun) a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle | Synonyms: crossword puzzle |
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disaccord | (verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disagree, discord |
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discord | (noun) strife resulting from a lack of agreement | Synonyms: discordance |
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(noun) a harsh mixture of sounds | Synonyms: discordance |
(noun) disagreement among those expected to cooperate | Synonyms: dissension |
(noun) lack of agreement or harmony | Synonyms: strife |
(verb) be different from one another | Synonyms: disaccord, disagree |
fiord | (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway | Synonyms: fjord |
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fjord | (noun) a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway | Synonyms: fiord |
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ford | (noun) the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse | Synonyms: fording |
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(noun) a shallow area in a stream that can be forded | Synonyms: crossing |
(verb) cross a river where it's shallow | - |
foreword | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: preface, prolusion |
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guideword | (noun) a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page | Synonyms: catchword, guide word |
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harpsichord | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: cembalo |
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headword | (noun) a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) | - |
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(noun) a content word that can be qualified by a modifier | Synonyms: head word |
landlord | (noun) a landowner who leases to others | - |
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loanword | (noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English | Synonyms: loan |
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lord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: master, overlord |
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(verb) make a lord of someone | - |
milord | (noun) a term of address for an English lord | - |
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notochord | (noun) a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates | - |
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overlord | (noun) a person who has general authority over others | Synonyms: lord, master |
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oxford | (noun) a low shoe laced over the instep | - |
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password | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, watchword, word |
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patchcord | (noun) a length of wire that has a plug at each end; used to make connections at a patchboard | - |
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prerecord | (verb) record before presentation, as of a broadcast | - |
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record | (noun) an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport) | - |
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(noun) the sum of recognized accomplishments | Synonyms: track record |
(noun) sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove | Synonyms: disc, disk, phonograph record, phonograph recording, platter |
(noun) a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted | Synonyms: criminal record |
(noun) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone | Synonyms: book, record book |
(noun) anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events | - |
(noun) a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction | - |
(noun) the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had | - |
(verb) make a record of; set down in permanent form | Synonyms: enter, put down |
(verb) register electronically | Synonyms: tape |
(verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: read, register, show |
(verb) be aware of | Synonyms: register |
reword | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: paraphrase, rephrase |
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ripcord | (noun) a cord that is pulled to open a parachute from its pack during a descent | - |
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(noun) a cord that is pulled to open the gasbag of a balloon wide enough to release gas and so causes the balloon to descend | - |
rutherford | (noun) a unit strength of a radioactive source equal to one million disintegrations per second | - |
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silversword | (noun) low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem | Synonyms: Argyroxiphium sandwicense |
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smorgasbord | (noun) an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal | - |
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(noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, variety |
swearword | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing |
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sword | (noun) a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | Synonyms: blade, brand, steel |
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urochord | (noun) a notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region | - |
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(noun) primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva | Synonyms: tunicate, urochordate |
warlord | (noun) supreme military leader exercising civil power in a region especially one accountable to nobody when the central government is weak | - |
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watchword | (noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, word |
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(noun) a slogan used to rally support for a cause | Synonyms: battle cry, cry, rallying cry, war cry |
whipcord | (noun) a strong worsted or cotton fabric with a diagonal rib | - |
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(noun) closely twisted hard cord used for the lashes of whips | - |
word | (noun) a unit of language that native speakers can identify | - |
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(noun) a promise | Synonyms: parole, word of honor |
(noun) information about recent and important events | Synonyms: intelligence, news, tidings |
(noun) a brief statement | - |
(noun) an exchange of views on some topic | Synonyms: discussion, give-and-take |
(noun) a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group | Synonyms: countersign, parole, password, watchword |
(noun) a verbal command for action | - |
(noun) a string of bits stored in computer memory | - |
(verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, phrase |