carpel | (noun) a simple pistil or one element of a compound pistil | - |
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chapel | (noun) a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar | Synonyms: chapel service |
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(noun) a place of worship that has its own altar | - |
compel | (verb) force somebody to do something | Synonyms: obligate, oblige |
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(verb) necessitate or exact | - |
cupel | (noun) a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead | Synonyms: bone-ash cup, refractory pot |
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dispel | (verb) force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings | Synonyms: chase away, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back |
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(verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions | Synonyms: break up, disperse, dissipate, scatter |
estoppel | (noun) a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled | - |
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expel | (verb) eliminate (a substance) | Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release |
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(verb) cause to flee | Synonyms: rout, rout out |
(verb) force to leave or move out | Synonyms: kick out, throw out |
(verb) remove from a position or office | Synonyms: boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out |
gospel | (noun) a doctrine that is believed to be of great importance | - |
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(noun) the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group | Synonyms: church doctrine, creed, religious doctrine |
(noun) an unquestionable truth | Synonyms: gospel truth |
(noun) folk music consisting of a genre of a cappella music originating with Black slaves in the United States and featuring call and response; influential on the development of other genres of popular music (especially soul) | Synonyms: gospel singing |
impel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: propel |
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(verb) urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | Synonyms: force |
lapel | (noun) lap at the front of a coat; continuation of the coat collar | - |
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pel | (noun) (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot) | Synonyms: picture element, pixel |
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propel | (verb) cause to move forward with force | Synonyms: impel |
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(verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, move, prompt |
rappel | (noun) (mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body | Synonyms: abseil |
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(verb) descend by means of a rappel | Synonyms: abseil, rope down |
repel | (verb) reject outright and bluntly | Synonyms: rebuff, snub |
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(verb) force or drive back | Synonyms: drive back, fight off, rebuff, repulse |
(verb) cause to move back by force or influence | Synonyms: beat back, drive, force back, push back, repulse |
(verb) be repellent to; cause aversion in | Synonyms: repulse |
(verb) fill with distaste | Synonyms: disgust, gross out, revolt |
sapropel | (noun) sludge (rich in organic matter) that accumulates at the bottom of lakes or oceans | - |
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scalpel | (noun) a thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery | - |
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