scarce
- adjective deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
- fresh vegetables were scarce during the drought
- adverb only a very short time before
scarcely; barely; hardly; just.
- they could barely hear the speaker
- we hardly knew them
- just missed being hit
- had scarcely rung the bell when the door flew open
- would have scarce arrived before she would have found some excuse to leave"- W.B.Yeats
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scrummage
- noun (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
scrum.
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unsurpassable
- adjective satellite not to be exceeded
- unsurpassable skill
- unsurpassable standards of workmanship
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washables
- noun garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering
wash; washing; laundry.
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tawdrily
- adverb in a tastelessly garish manner
garishly; gaudily.
- the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers
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karat
- noun the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
carat; kt.
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tissuey
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deuced
- adjective satellite expletives used informally as intensifiers
darned; goddamned; goddam; goddamn; blessed; blamed; blame; infernal; damn; damned; blasted.
- he's a blasted idiot
- it's a blamed shame
- a blame cold winter
- not a blessed dime
- I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing
- he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool
- a deuced idiot
- an infernal nuisance
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fescue
- noun grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns
fescue grass; Festuca elatior; meadow fescue.
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juda
- noun an ancient kingdom of southern Palestine with Jerusalem as its center
Judah.
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homebuilding
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swingeing
- adjective satellite severe; punishingly bad
- swingeing taxation
- swingeing damages awarded by the judge
- verb burn superficially or lightly
swinge; singe.
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fettle
- noun a state of fitness and good health
- verb remove mold marks or sand from (a casting)
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fable
- noun a deliberately false or improbable account
fabrication; fiction.
- noun a short moral story (often with animal characters)
parable; allegory; apologue.
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fabler
A writer of fables; a fabulist; a dealer in untruths or falsehoods. Br. Hall.
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frustum
- noun a truncated cone or pyramid; the part that is left when a cone or pyramid is cut by a plane parallel to the base and the apical part is removed
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autotype
- noun process for producing permanent prints in a carbon pigment
autotypy.
- noun an exact copy or reproduction
facsimile.
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sandpaper
- noun stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
emery paper.
- verb rub with sandpaper
sand.
- sandpaper the wooden surface
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gael
(Ethnol.) A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.
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carat
- noun a unit of weight for precious stones = 200 mg
- noun the unit of measurement for the proportion of gold in an alloy; 18-karat gold is 75% gold; 24-karat gold is pure gold
karat; kt.
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hefty
- adjective satellite (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
powerful; brawny; muscular; sinewy.
- a hefty athlete
- a muscular boxer
- powerful arms
- adjective satellite of considerable weight and size
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translunary
- adjective situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth
translunar; superlunar; superlunary.
- who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?
- adjective satellite unworldly or ethereal
translunar; superlunar; superlunary.
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alla
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sandlike
- adjective resembling or containing or abounding in sand; or growing in sandy areas
arenaceous; sandy.
- arenaceous limestone
- arenaceous grasses
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sharpie
- noun an alert and energetic person
sharpy; eager beaver; busy bee; live wire.
- noun a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games
card sharper; sharpy; sharper; card shark; cardsharp; cardsharper; card sharp.
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joust
- noun a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
tilt.
- verb joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback
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corking
- adjective satellite very good
groovy; dandy; bully; not bad; swell; smashing; great; keen; slap-up; neat; cracking; nifty; peachy; bang-up.
- he did a bully job
- a neat sports car
- had a great time at the party
- you look simply smashing
- verb close a bottle with a cork
cork up; cork.
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seaboat
A boat or vessel adapted to the open sea; hence, a vessel considered with reference to her power of resisting a storm, or maintaining herself in a heavy sea; as, a good sea boat.
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agglomerate
- noun volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together
- noun a collection of objects laid on top of each other
cumulus; pile; heap; mound; cumulation.
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tilth
- noun the state of aggregation of soil and its condition for supporting plant growth
- noun arable land that is worked by plowing and sowing and raising crops
cultivated land; farmland; tilled land; ploughland; plowland; tillage.
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fortieth
- noun position 40 in a countable series of things
- adjective satellite the ordinal number of forty in counting order
40th.
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raiment
- noun especially fine or decorative clothing
array; regalia.
- verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
enclothe; garment; fit out; garb; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
- Parents must feed and dress their child
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outstandingly
- adverb in an outstanding manner or to an outstanding degree
- she was outstandingly successful in her profession
- adverb to a remarkable degree or extent
unusually; remarkably; unco.
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ineffably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; unspeakably; indescribably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
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chase
- noun the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
following; pursual; pursuit.
- the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
- noun United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)
Salmon Portland Chase; Salmon P. Chase.
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twelfth
- noun position 12 in a countable series of things
- noun one part in twelve equal parts
duodecimal; twelfth part; one-twelfth.
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ken
- noun range of what one can know or understand
cognizance.
- noun the range of vision
sight.
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michelle
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recusancy
- noun refusal to submit to established authority; originally the refusal of Roman Catholics to attend services of the Church of England
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havana
- noun the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas
capital of Cuba; Cuban capital.
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helluva
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rouletting
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exquisitely
- adverb in a delicate manner
delicately; finely; fine.
- finely shaped features
- her fine drawn body
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casuistry
- noun argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading
- noun moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas
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diatomaceous
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upstanding
- adjective satellite meriting respect or esteem
solid.
- an upstanding member of the community
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dice
- noun a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
die.
- verb cut into cubes
cube.
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aroid
- noun any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
arum.
- adjective relating to a plant of the family Araceae
araceous.
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tuning
- noun (music) calibrating something (an instrument or electronic circuit) to a standard frequency
- verb adjust for (better) functioning
tune up; tune.
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claret
- noun a dark purplish-red color
- noun dry red Bordeaux or Bordeaux-like wine
red Bordeaux.
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julienne
- noun a vegetable cut into thin strips (usually used as a garnish)
julienne vegetable.
- noun a clear soup garnished with julienne vegetables
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sendal
A light thin stuff of silk. Written also cendal, and sendal. Chaucer. Wore she not a veil of twisted sendal embroidered with silver? Sir W. Scott.
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guilder
- noun the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
florin; gulden.
- noun formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents
Dutch florin; florin; gulden.
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cabinetwork
- noun woodwork finished by hand by a cabinetmaker
- noun the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality)
cabinetry.
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chopped
- adjective satellite prepared by cutting
shredded; sliced.
- sliced tomatoes
- sliced ham
- chopped clams
- chopped meat
- shredded cabbage
- verb cut into pieces
chop; chop up.
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crackle
- noun the sharp sound of snapping noises
crepitation; crackling.
- noun glazed china with a network of fine cracks on the surface
crackle china; crackleware.
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sandpaper
- noun stiff paper coated with powdered emery or sand
emery paper.
- verb rub with sandpaper
sand.
- sandpaper the wooden surface
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danged
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indescribably
- adverb to an inexpressible degree
unutterably; unspeakably; ineffably.
- she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton
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tuner
- noun someone who tunes pianos
piano tuner.
- noun an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and amplifies transmitted signals
receiving set; wireless; radio; radio receiver; radio set.
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compile
- verb get or gather together
amass; roll up; collect; accumulate; hoard; pile up.
- I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife
- She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis
- She rolled up a small fortune
- verb put together out of existing material
compose.
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wool
- noun a fabric made from the hair of sheep
woolen; woollen.
- noun fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
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percutaneous
- adjective through the unbroken skin; refers to medications applied directly to the skin (creams or ointments) or in time-release forms (skin patches)
transdermic; transdermal; transcutaneous.
- transdermal estrogen
- percutaneous absorption
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ultimo
- adjective satellite in or of the month preceding the present one
ult.
- your letter received on the 29th ult
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hairlike
- adjective satellite long and slender with a very small internal diameter
capillary.
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derisory
- adjective satellite incongruous; inviting ridicule
ludicrous; idiotic; preposterous; cockeyed; ridiculous; absurd; laughable; nonsensical.
- the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework
- that's a cockeyed idea
- ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer
- a contribution so small as to be laughable
- it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion
- a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history
- her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous
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feltwork
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tun
- noun a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
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