| meagre | (adjective) deficient in amount or quality or extent | Synonyms: meager, meagerly, scrimpy, stingy |
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| measure | (noun) how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify | Synonyms: amount, quantity |
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| (noun) the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule | Synonyms: measurement, measuring, mensuration |
| (noun) any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal | Synonyms: step |
| (noun) measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements | Synonyms: measuring rod, measuring stick |
| (noun) a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance | - |
| (noun) musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats | Synonyms: bar |
| (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, cadence, meter, metre |
| (noun) a statute in draft before it becomes law | Synonyms: bill |
| (noun) a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated | Synonyms: criterion, standard, touchstone |
| (verb) express as a number or measure or quantity | Synonyms: quantify |
| (verb) determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of | Synonyms: measure out, mensurate |
| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: appraise, assess, evaluate, valuate, value |
| (verb) have certain dimensions | - |
| mediocre | (adjective) poor to middling in quality | - |
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| (adjective) moderate to inferior in quality | Synonyms: second-rate |
| (adjective) lacking exceptional quality or ability | Synonyms: average, fair, middling |
| megaspore | (noun) larger of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in ovule into a female gametophyte | Synonyms: macrospore |
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| megathere | (noun) gigantic extinct terrestrial sloth-like mammal of the Pliocene and Pleistocene in America | Synonyms: ground sloth |
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| mere | (adjective) apart from anything else; without additions or modifications | Synonyms: bare, simple |
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| (adjective) being nothing more than specified | - |
| (noun) a small pond of standing water | - |
| mesosphere | (noun) the atmospheric layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere | - |
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| metacentre | (noun) (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship | Synonyms: metacenter |
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| metalware | (noun) household articles made of metal (especially for use at table) | - |
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| metamere | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: somite |
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| metre | (noun) rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration | Synonyms: meter, time |
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| (noun) (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse | Synonyms: beat, cadence, measure, meter |
| (noun) the basic unit of length adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites (approximately 1.094 yards) | Synonyms: m, meter |
| micrometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter | Synonyms: micrometer, micron |
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| micromillimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, millimicron, nanometer, nanometre, nm |
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| microspore | (noun) smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte | - |
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| milliampere | (noun) one thousandth of an ampere | Synonyms: mA |
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| millilitre | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, milliliter, ml |
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| millimetre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter | Synonyms: millimeter, mm |
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| millionaire | (noun) a person whose material wealth is valued at more than a million dollars | - |
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| miniature | (adjective) being on a very small scale | - |
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| (noun) a copy that reproduces a person or thing in greatly reduced size | Synonyms: toy |
| (noun) painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) | Synonyms: illumination |
| mire | (noun) a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot | Synonyms: morass, quag, quagmire, slack |
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| (noun) a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate yourself from | - |
| (noun) deep soft mud in water or slush | Synonyms: slop |
| (verb) soil with mud, muck, or mire | Synonyms: muck, muck up, mud |
| (verb) be unable to move further | Synonyms: bog down, get stuck, grind to a halt |
| (verb) cause to get stuck as if in a mire | Synonyms: bog down |
| (verb) entrap | Synonyms: entangle |
| misadventure | (noun) an instance of misfortune | Synonyms: mischance, mishap |
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| misfire | (noun) an explosion that fails to occur | Synonyms: dud |
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| (noun) a failure to hit (or meet or find etc) | Synonyms: miss |
| (verb) fail to fire or detonate | - |
| mitre | (noun) a liturgical headdress worn by bishops on formal occasions | Synonyms: miter |
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| (noun) the surface of a beveled end of a piece where a miter joint is made | Synonyms: miter |
| (noun) joint that forms a corner; usually both sides are bevelled at a 45-degree angle to form a 90-degree corner | Synonyms: miter, miter joint, mitre joint |
| mixture | (noun) the act of mixing together | Synonyms: admixture, commixture, intermixture, mix, mixing |
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| (noun) an event that combines things in a mixture | Synonyms: mix |
| (noun) any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients | Synonyms: concoction, intermixture |
| (noun) a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | Synonyms: assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety |
| (noun) (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) | - |
| moire | (adjective) (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern | Synonyms: watered |
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| (noun) silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern | Synonyms: watered-silk |
| moisture | (noun) wetness caused by water | Synonyms: wet |
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| monoculture | (noun) the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country) | - |
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| more | (adjective) (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; above; more than | Synonyms: more than |
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| (adjective) (comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number | - |
| (adverb) used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is more of something | Synonyms: to a greater extent |
| (adverb) comparative of much; to a greater degree or extent | - |
| murre | (noun) black-and-white diving bird of northern seas | - |
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| musculature | (noun) the muscular system of an organism | Synonyms: muscle system, muscular structure |
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| myriametre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to 10,000 meters | Synonyms: mym, myriameter |
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| nacre | (noun) the iridescent internal layer of a mollusk shell | Synonyms: mother-of-pearl |
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| nanometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromillimeter, micromillimetre, millimicron, nanometer, nm |
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| nature | (noun) the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions | - |
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| (noun) the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized | - |
| (noun) a particular type of thing | - |
| (noun) the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc. | - |
| (noun) a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe | - |
| nervure | (noun) one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | Synonyms: vein |
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| (noun) any of the vascular bundles or ribs that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ | Synonyms: vein |
| nevermore | (adverb) at no time hereafter | Synonyms: never again |
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| nightmare | (noun) a terrifying or deeply upsetting dream | - |
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| (noun) a situation resembling a terrifying dream | Synonyms: incubus |
| nitre | (noun) (KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive | Synonyms: niter, potassium nitrate, saltpeter, saltpetre |
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| nomenclature | (noun) a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline | Synonyms: language, terminology |
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| nowhere | (noun) an insignificant place | - |
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| (adverb) not anywhere; in or at or to no place | - |
| nurture | (noun) helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community | Synonyms: breeding, bringing up, fosterage, fostering, raising, rearing, upbringing |
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| (noun) the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child | Synonyms: raising, rearing |
| (verb) help develop, help grow | Synonyms: foster |
| (verb) provide with nourishment | Synonyms: nourish, sustain |
| (verb) look after a child until it is an adult | Synonyms: bring up, parent, raise, rear |
| obscure | (adjective) difficult to find | Synonyms: hidden |
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| (adjective) marked by difficulty of style or expression | Synonyms: dark |
| (adjective) not drawing attention | Synonyms: unnoticeable |
| (adjective) not famous or acclaimed | Synonyms: unknown, unsung |
| (adjective) not clearly expressed or understood | Synonyms: vague |
| (adjective) remote and separate physically or socially | Synonyms: apart, isolated |
| (verb) make unintelligible or unclear | Synonyms: bedim, overcloud |
| (verb) make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing | Synonyms: blot out, hide, obliterate, veil |
| (verb) reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa | - |
| (verb) make unclear, indistinct, or blurred | Synonyms: blur, confuse, obnubilate |
| (verb) make less visible or unclear | Synonyms: becloud, befog, cloud, fog, haze over, mist, obnubilate |
| ochre | (adjective) of a moderate orange-yellow color | Synonyms: ocher |
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| (noun) a moderate yellow-orange to orange color | Synonyms: ocher |
| (noun) any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment | Synonyms: ocher |
| oeuvre | (noun) the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it) | Synonyms: body of work, work |
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| offshore | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the land | Synonyms: seaward |
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| (adjective) at some distance from the shore | - |
| (adverb) away from shore; away from land | - |
| ogre | (noun) (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings | - |
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| (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, devil, fiend, monster |
| omnivore | (noun) an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances | - |
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| (noun) a person who eats all kinds of foods | - |
| onshore | (adjective) (of winds) coming from the sea toward the land | Synonyms: inshore, shoreward |
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| (adjective) on the edge of the land | - |
| (adverb) on or toward the land | - |
| oosphere | (noun) a gamete; used especially of lower plants | - |
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| oospore | (noun) a thick-walled sexual spore that develops from a fertilized oosphere in some algae and fungi | - |
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| ordure | (noun) solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels | Synonyms: BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, stool |
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| ore | (noun) a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona | - |
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| (noun) a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined | - |
| orthodonture | (noun) the branch of dentistry dealing with the prevention or correction of irregularities of the teeth | Synonyms: dental orthopaedics, dental orthopedics, orthodontia, orthodontics |
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| outmanoeuvre | (verb) defeat by more skillful maneuvering | Synonyms: outmaneuver, outsmart |
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| outre | (adjective) conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual | Synonyms: bizarre, eccentric, flakey, flaky, freakish, freaky, gonzo, off-the-wall, outlandish |
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| outscore | (verb) score more points than one's opponents | Synonyms: outpoint |
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| outstare | (verb) overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring | Synonyms: outface, stare down |
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| ovenware | (noun) heat-resistant dishware in which food can be cooked as well as served | - |
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| overexposure | (noun) the act of exposing film to too much light or for too long a time | - |
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| (noun) the act of exposing someone excessively to an influencing experience | - |
| overpressure | (noun) a transient air pressure greater than the surrounding atmospheric pressure | - |
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| overtire | (verb) tire excessively | Synonyms: overfatigue, overweary |
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| overture | (noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, approach, feeler |
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| (noun) orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio | - |
| (noun) something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows | Synonyms: preliminary, prelude |
| ozonosphere | (noun) a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun | Synonyms: ozone layer |
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| padre | (noun) a chaplain in one of the military services | Synonyms: Holy Joe, military chaplain, sky pilot |
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| palmature | (noun) an abnormality in which the fingers are webbed | - |
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| pare | (verb) decrease gradually or bit by bit | Synonyms: pare down |
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| (verb) remove the edges from and cut down to the desired size | Synonyms: trim |
| (verb) cut small bits or pare shavings from | Synonyms: whittle |
| (verb) remove the skin from | Synonyms: peel, skin |
| parterre | (noun) seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies) | Synonyms: parquet circle |
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| (noun) an ornamental flower garden; beds and paths are arranged to form a pattern | - |
| pasture | (noun) bulky food like grass or hay for browsing or grazing horses or cattle | Synonyms: eatage, forage, grass, pasturage |
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| (noun) a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock | Synonyms: grazing land, lea, ley, pasture land, pastureland |
| (verb) feed as in a meadow or pasture | Synonyms: browse, crop, graze, range |
| (verb) let feed in a field or pasture or meadow | Synonyms: crop, graze |
| pedicure | (noun) professional care for the feet and toenails | - |
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| (verb) care for one's feet by cutting and shaping the nails, etc. | - |
| peradventure | (noun) doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case | - |
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| (adverb) by chance | Synonyms: maybe, mayhap, perchance, perhaps, possibly |
| perjure | (verb) knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury | - |
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| persevere | (verb) be persistent, refuse to stop | Synonyms: hang in, hang on, hold on, persist |
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| perspire | (verb) excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin | Synonyms: sudate, sweat |
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| philtre | (noun) a drink credited with magical power; can make the one who takes it love the one who gave it | Synonyms: love-philter, love-philtre, love-potion, philter |
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| photogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: rotogravure |
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| (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, heliogravure |
| (noun) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods | - |
| photosphere | (noun) the intensely luminous surface of a star (especially the sun) | - |
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| piastre | (noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria | Synonyms: piaster |
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| (noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey | Synonyms: kurus, piaster |
| picometre | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one trillionth of a meter | Synonyms: micromicron, picometer |
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| picture | (noun) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | Synonyms: icon, ikon, image |
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| (noun) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | Synonyms: painting |
| (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, pic |
| (noun) a clear and telling mental image | Synonyms: impression, mental picture |
| (noun) a typical example of some state or quality | - |
| (noun) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text | Synonyms: pictorial matter |
| (noun) the visible part of a television transmission | Synonyms: video |
| (noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | Synonyms: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show |
| (noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description | Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture |
| (noun) a situation treated as an observable object | Synonyms: scene |
| (verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: depict, render, show |
| (verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize |
| pinafore | (noun) a sleeveless dress resembling an apron; worn over other clothing | Synonyms: jumper, pinny |
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| pismire | (noun) social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers | Synonyms: ant, emmet |
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| pleasure | (noun) sexual gratification | - |
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| (noun) an activity that affords enjoyment | - |
| (noun) something or someone that provides a source of happiness | Synonyms: delight, joy |
| (noun) a formal expression | - |
| (noun) a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience | Synonyms: pleasance |
| ploughshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: plowshare, share |
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| plowshare | (noun) a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil | Synonyms: ploughshare, share |
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| pneumatophore | (noun) an air-filled root (submerged or exposed) that can function as a respiratory organ of a marsh or swamp plant | - |
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| polyplacophore | (noun) primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates | Synonyms: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle |
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| polypore | (noun) woody pore fungi; any fungus of the family Polyporaceae or family Boletaceae having the spore-bearing surface within tubes or pores; the fruiting bodies are usually woody at maturity and persistent | Synonyms: pore fungus, pore mushroom |
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| pore | (noun) any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal | - |
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| (noun) a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass | Synonyms: stoma, stomate |
| (noun) any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas) | - |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, concentrate, focus, rivet |
| portiere | (noun) a heavy curtain hung across a doorway | - |
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| portraiture | (noun) the activity of making portraits | - |
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| (noun) a word picture of a person's appearance and character | Synonyms: portrait, portrayal |
| posture | (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: attitude, position |
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| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, carriage |
| (noun) capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | Synonyms: military capability, military posture, military strength, strength |
| (noun) a rationalized mental attitude | Synonyms: position, stance |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, sit |
| (verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | Synonyms: pose |
| pourboire | (noun) a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter) | Synonyms: backsheesh, baksheesh, bakshis, bakshish, gratuity, tip |
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| prefecture | (noun) the office of prefect | - |
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| (noun) the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
| prefigure | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate |
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| (verb) imagine or consider beforehand | - |
| prelature | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelacy |
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| (noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelacy |
| premature | (adjective) born after a gestation period of less than the normal time | - |
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| (adjective) uncommonly early or before the expected time | Synonyms: untimely |
| (adjective) too soon or too hasty | Synonyms: previous |
| premiere | (adjective) preceding all others in time | Synonyms: premier |
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| (noun) the first public performance of a play or movie | - |
| (verb) perform a work for the first time | Synonyms: premier |
| (verb) be performed for the first time | Synonyms: premier |
| prepare | (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up |
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| (verb) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | Synonyms: train |
| (verb) create by training and teaching | Synonyms: develop, educate, train |
| (verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort | Synonyms: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready |
| (verb) to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | - |
| (verb) lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | - |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: groom, train |
| pressure | (noun) the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure | Synonyms: press, pressing |
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| (noun) a force that compels | - |
| (noun) the somatic sensation that results from applying force to an area of skin | Synonyms: pressure sensation |
| (noun) the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit) | Synonyms: force per unit area, pressure level |
| (noun) the pressure exerted by the atmosphere | Synonyms: air pressure, atmospheric pressure |
| (noun) the state of demanding notice or attention | Synonyms: imperativeness, insistence, insistency, press |
| (noun) an oppressive condition of physical or mental or social or economic distress | - |
| (verb) to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means | Synonyms: coerce, force, hale, squeeze |
| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, blackmail |
| primogeniture | (noun) right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son | - |
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