greek_fire
- noun a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries; catches fire when wetted
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whiting
- noun flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- noun flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
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chain
- noun a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
concatenation.
- the chain of command
- a complicated concatenation of circumstances
- noun (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
chemical chain.
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mackerel
- noun flesh of very important usually small (to 18 in) fatty Atlantic fish
- noun any of various fishes of the family Scombridae
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jewfish
- noun large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
mulloway; Sciaena antarctica.
- noun large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
Mycteroperca bonaci.
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dynamic
- noun an efficient incentive
moral force.
- they hoped it would act as a spiritual dynamic on all churches
- adjective characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality
dynamical.
- a dynamic market
- a dynamic speaker
- the dynamic president of the firm
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yellow
- noun yellow color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of sunflowers or ripe lemons
yellowness.
- verb turn yellow
- The pages of the book began to yellow
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cobia
- noun large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters
Rachycentron canadum; sergeant fish.
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saury
- noun slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
billfish; Scomberesox saurus.
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asian
Of or pertaining to Asia; Asiatic. "
Asian princes."
Jer. Taylor. --
n. An Asiatic.
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wrasse
- noun chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
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crappie
- noun small sunfishes of the genus Pomoxis of central United States rivers
- noun small sunfishes of central United States rivers
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pen
- noun a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
- noun an enclosure for confining livestock
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to
The preposition to primarily indicates approach and arrival, motion made in the direction of a place or thing and attaining it, access; and also, motion or tendency without arrival; movement toward; -- opposed to from. "
To Canterbury they wend."
Chaucer. Stay with us, go not to Wittenberg. Shak.
So to the sylvan lodge They came, that like Pomona's arbor smiled. Milton.
I'll to him again, . . . He'll tell me all his purpose. She stretched her arms to heaven. Dryden.
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spearhead
- noun someone who leads or initiates an activity (attack or campaign etc.)
- noun the leading military unit in an attack
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ribauldequin
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shaft
- noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
gibe; shot; dig; barb; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
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whitefish
- noun any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
- noun flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the northern hemisphere
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baton
- noun a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir
wand.
- noun a short stout club used primarily by policemen
nightstick; billy club; billystick; billy; truncheon.
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jack
- noun a small worthless amount
diddlyshit; squat; shit; diddly-squat; diddly-shit; diddly; diddley; diddlysquat; doodly-squat.
- noun a man who serves as a sailor
Jack-tar; tar; old salt; sea dog; seaman; gob; seafarer; mariner.
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porkfish
- noun black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
pork-fish; Anisotremus virginicus.
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rock_sunfish
- noun game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
rock bass; Ambloplites rupestris.
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porgy
- noun lean flesh of fish found in warm waters of southern Atlantic coast of the United States
scup.
- noun important deep-bodied food and sport fish of warm and tropical coastal waters; found worldwide
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extrusion
- noun something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
protrusion; bulge; gibbousness; hump; prominence; bump; swelling; excrescence; jut; gibbosity; protuberance.
- the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge
- the hump of a camel
- he stood on the rocky prominence
- the occipital protuberance was well developed
- the bony excrescence between its horns
- noun squeezing out by applying pressure
expulsion.
- an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube
- the expulsion of pus from the pimple
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drumfish
- noun small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise
drum.
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largemouth
- noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
largemouthed black bass; largemouth bass; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
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gun
- noun a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
- noun large but transportable armament
heavy weapon; ordnance; artillery.
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pork-fish
- noun black and gold grunt found from Bermuda to Caribbean to Brazil
Anisotremus virginicus; porkfish.
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pout
- noun a disdainful grimace
wry face; moue.
- noun marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
eelpout.
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sand
- noun a loose material consisting of grains of rock or coral
- noun French writer known for works concerning women's rights and independence (1804-1876)
Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin; Baroness Dudevant; George Sand.
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red
- noun red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood
redness.
- noun a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana
Red River.
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garpike
- noun primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
billfish; garfish; gar; Lepisosteus osseus.
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biological
- adjective pertaining to biology or to life and living things
biologic.
- adjective of parents and children; related by blood
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smallmouth
- noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
smallmouth bass; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; smallmouthed black bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
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pork
- noun meat from a domestic hog or pig
porc.
- noun a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate legislators with their constituents
pork barrel.
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billfish
- noun primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
garpike; garfish; gar; Lepisosteus osseus.
- noun giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
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mudcat
- noun flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
catfish.
- noun large catfish of central United States having a flattened head and projecting jaw
Pylodictus olivaris; goujon; spoonbill catfish; shovelnose catfish; flathead catfish.
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jump
- noun a sudden and decisive increase
leap.
- noun an abrupt transition
leap; saltation.
- a successful leap from college to the major leagues
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quebec
- noun the French-speaking capital of the province of Quebec; situated on the Saint Lawrence River
Quebec City.
- noun the largest province of Canada; a French colony from 1663 to 1759 when it was lost to the British
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pick
- noun the person or thing chosen or selected
selection; choice.
- noun the quantity of a crop that is harvested
picking.
- he sent the first picking of berries to the market
- it was the biggest peach pick in years
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blue
- noun blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
blueness.
- he had eyes of bright blue
- noun blue clothing
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fictional_character
- noun an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
character; fictitious character.
- she is the main character in the novel
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mojarra
- noun small silvery schooling fishes with protrusible mouths found in warm coastal waters
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whale
- noun a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
giant; heavyweight; hulk.
- noun any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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black_bass
- noun bluish black-striped sea bass of the Atlantic coast of the United States
Centropistes striata; black sea bass.
- noun widely distributed and highly prized American freshwater game fishes (sunfish family)
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heat-seeking_missile
- noun a missile with a guidance system that directs it toward targets emitting infrared radiation (as the emissions of a jet engine)
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toll
- noun a fee levied for the use of roads or bridges (used for maintenance)
- noun value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something
price; cost.
- the cost in human life was enormous
- the price of success is hard work
- what price glory?
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new
- adjective not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
- a new law
- new cars
- a new comet
- a new friend
- a new year
- the New World
- adjective satellite original and of a kind not seen before
fresh; novel.
- the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem
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technology
- noun the practical application of science to commerce or industry
engineering.
- noun the discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical problems
engineering science; engineering; applied science.
- he had trouble deciding which branch of engineering to study
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chemical_weapon
- noun chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants
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dory
- noun a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled
rowboat; dinghy.
- noun pike-like freshwater perches
walleyed pike; walleye; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum.
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pearl-fish
- noun found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
pearlfish.
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fluke
- noun a stroke of luck
good luck; good fortune.
- noun a barb on a harpoon or arrow
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trunk
- noun the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
bole; tree trunk.
- noun luggage consisting of a large strong case used when traveling or for storage
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crossbow
- noun a bow fixed transversely on a wooden stock grooved to direct the arrow (quarrel)
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boy
- noun a youthful male person
male child.
- the baby was a boy
- she made the boy brush his teeth every night
- most soldiers are only boys in uniform
- noun a friendly informal reference to a grown man
- he likes to play golf with the boys
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great
- noun a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
- he is one of the greats of American music
- adjective satellite relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
- a great juicy steak
- a great multitude
- the great auk
- a great old oak
- a great ocean liner
- a great delay
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lake_trout
- noun flesh of large trout of northern lakes
- noun large fork-tailed trout of lakes of Canada and the northern United States
salmon trout; Salvelinus namaycush.
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grey_mullet
- noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
mullet; gray mullet.
- noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
mullet; gray mullet.
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bow
- noun a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
bowknot.
- noun a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
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pick
- noun the person or thing chosen or selected
selection; choice.
- noun the quantity of a crop that is harvested
picking.
- he sent the first picking of berries to the market
- it was the biggest peach pick in years
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york
- noun the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
House of York.
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longbow
- noun a powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England
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throw_stick
- noun a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
boomerang; throwing stick.
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bayonet
- noun a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon
- verb stab or kill someone with a bayonet
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white_perch
- noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
Morone americana; silver perch.
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county
- noun (United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government
- the county has a population of 12,345 people
- noun (United States) the largest administrative district within a state
- the county plans to build a new road
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thrust
- noun the force used in pushing
push.
- the push of the water on the walls of the tank
- the thrust of the jet engines
- noun a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
knife thrust; stab.
- one strong stab to the heart killed him
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pearlfish
- noun found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
pearl-fish.
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hartshead
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herring
- noun valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
- noun commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific
Clupea harangus.
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firearm
- noun a portable gun
small-arm; piece.
- he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster
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market
- noun the world of commercial activity where goods and services are bought and sold
market place; marketplace.
- without competition there would be no market
- they were driven from the marketplace
- noun the customers for a particular product or service
- before they publish any book they try to determine the size of the market for it
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taper
- noun a convex shape that narrows toward a point
- noun the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone)
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tautog
- noun large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
blackfish; Tautoga onitis.
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fee
- noun a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
- noun an interest in land capable of being inherited
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blue_walleye
- noun variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
Strizostedion vitreum glaucum; blue pickerel; blue pike; blue pikeperch.
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hake
- noun the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
- noun any of several marine food fishes related to cod
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sport
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
athletics.
- noun the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
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pearl
- noun a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel
- noun a shade of white the color of bleached bones
ivory; off-white; bone.
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indiana
- noun a state in midwestern United States
Hoosier State; IN.
- noun United States pop artist (born 1928)
Robert Indiana.
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expressway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; pike; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway.
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snook
- noun large tropical American food and game fishes of coastal and brackish waters; resemble pike
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knuckle
- noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
metacarpophalangeal joint; knuckle joint.
- verb press or rub with the knuckles
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diamond
- noun a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem
- noun very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
adamant.
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saber
- noun a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
sabre.
- noun a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
cavalry sword; sabre.
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buttermere
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beauty
- noun the qualities that give pleasure to the senses
- noun a very attractive or seductive looking woman
sweetheart; peach; knockout; lulu; smasher; stunner; ravisher; mantrap; dish; looker.
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scafell
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flame_fish
- noun a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
flamefish; Apogon maculatus.
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surmullet
- noun brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
Mullus surmuletus; goatfish; red mullet.
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spontoon
(Mil.) A kind of half-pike, or halberd, formerly borne by inferior officers of the British infantry, and used in giving signals to the soldiers.
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flak
- noun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
flack; flack catcher; flak catcher.
- noun intense adverse criticism
fire; flack; attack; blast.
- Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
- the government has come under attack
- don't give me any flak
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town
- noun an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city
- they drive through town on their way to work
- noun the people living in a municipality smaller than a city
townspeople; townsfolk.
- the whole town cheered the team
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conchfish
- noun found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch
Astropogon stellatus.
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duster
- noun a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
sandstorm; sirocco; dust storm.
- it was the kind of duster not experienced in years
- noun a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
gabardine; smock; dust coat; gaberdine.
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blade
- noun especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole
leaf blade.
- noun a dashing young man
- gay young blades bragged of their amorous adventures
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worm
- noun any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae
- noun a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
dirt ball; insect; louse.
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muskellunge
- noun flesh of very large North American pike; a game fish
- noun large (60 to 80 pounds) sport fish of North America
Esox masquinongy.
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dollarfish
- noun small food fish of Atlantic coast
Poronotus triacanthus.
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
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new_hampshire
- noun a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies
NH; Granite State.
- noun one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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have
- noun a person who possesses great material wealth
rich person; wealthy person.
- verb have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
hold; have got.
- She has $1,000 in the bank
- He has got two beautiful daughters
- She holds a Master's degree from Harvard
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combtooth_blenny
- noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
blenny.
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plunger
- noun someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
speculator.
- noun someone who dives (into water)
diver.
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nuclear_weapon
- noun a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
atomic weapon.
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stream
- noun a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth
watercourse.
- noun dominant course (suggestive of running water) of successive events or ideas
current; flow.
- two streams of development run through American history
- stream of consciousness
- the flow of thought
- the current of history
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programming
- noun setting an order and time for planned events
scheduling; programing.
- noun creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
computer programing; computer programming; programing.
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dolphin
- noun large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
mahimahi; dolphinfish.
- noun any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
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anemone
- noun any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves
windflower.
- noun marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton
sea anemone.
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high
- noun a lofty level or position or degree
- summer temperatures reached an all-time high
- noun an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
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hog
- noun a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
pig.
- noun a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
hogget; hogg.
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sea_chub
- noun schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic
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divided
- adjective separated into parts or pieces
- verb separate into parts or portions
divide; separate; split up; split; carve up; dissever.
- divide the cake into three equal parts
- The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I
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rachycentron_canadum
- noun large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters
sergeant fish; cobia.
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hampshire
- noun a county of southern England on the English Channel
- noun British breed of hornless dark-faced domestic sheep
Hampshire down.
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chemical
- noun material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules
chemical substance.
- adjective relating to or used in chemistry
chemic.
- chemical engineer
- chemical balance
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oceanic_bonito
- noun fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
bonito; Katsuwonus pelamis.
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forest
- noun the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
woods; wood.
- noun land that is covered with trees and shrubs
timberland; woodland; timber.
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sword
- noun a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
steel; brand; blade.
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pudding
- noun any of various soft thick unsweetened baked dishes
- noun (British) the dessert course of a meal (`pud' is used informally)
pud.
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ocyurus_chrysurus
- noun superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
yellowtail snapper; yellowtail.
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sea_bream
- noun flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
bream.
- noun any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
bream.
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buffalofish
- noun large carp-like North American fish
- noun any of several large suckers of the Mississippi valley
buffalo fish.
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variant
- noun an event that departs from expectations
variance; discrepancy.
- noun (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups
strain; var.; form.
- a new strain of microorganisms
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motorway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
thruway; pike; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
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dolphinfish
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)
mahimahi.
- noun large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
mahimahi; dolphin.
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choice
- noun the person or thing chosen or selected
selection; pick.
- noun the act of choosing or selecting
pick; selection; option.
- your choice of colors was unfortunate
- you can take your pick
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catalufa
- noun brightly colored carnivorous fish of western Atlantic and West Indies waters
Priacanthus arenatus.
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pike
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
- noun highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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light
- noun (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
visible light; visible radiation.
- the light was filtered through a soft glass window
- noun any device serving as a source of illumination
light source.
- he stopped the car and turned off the lights
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fictional
- adjective related to or involving literary fiction
- clever fictional devices
- a fictional treatment of the train robbery
- adjective satellite formed or conceived by the imagination
fictitious; fabricated; fancied.
- a fabricated excuse for his absence
- a fancied wrong
- a fictional character
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euthynnus_pelamis
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack; skipjack tuna.
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turnpike
- noun (from 16th to 19th centuries) gates set across a road to prevent passage until a toll had been paid
- noun an expressway on which tolls are collected
toll road.
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margate
- noun a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
Haemulon album.
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hake
- noun the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
- noun any of several marine food fishes related to cod
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soapfish
- noun fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America
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bracket
- noun a category falling within certain defined limits
- noun either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
angle bracket.
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silver_perch
- noun small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
mademoiselle; Bairdiella chrysoura.
- noun small silvery food and game fish of eastern United States streams
Morone americana; white perch.
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move
- noun the act of deciding to do something
- he didn't make a move to help
- his first move was to hire a lawyer
- noun the act of changing your residence or place of business
relocation.
- they say that three moves equal one fire
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moonfish
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; dollarfish; Atlantic moonfish.
- noun large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
Lampris regius; opah.
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cold
- noun a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)
common cold.
- will they never find a cure for the common cold?
- noun the absence of heat
frigidness; coldness; frigidity; low temperature.
- the coldness made our breath visible
- come in out of the cold
- cold is a vasoconstrictor
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sunfish
- noun the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
- noun among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
mola; headfish; ocean sunfish.
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largemouth_bass
- noun flesh of largemouth bass
- noun a large black bass; the angle of the jaw falls behind the eye
largemouthed black bass; largemouth; largemouth black bass; largemouthed bass; Micropterus salmoides.
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group
- noun any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
grouping.
- noun (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
radical; chemical group.
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pellet
- noun a small sphere
- noun a solid missile discharged from a firearm
shot.
- the shot buzzed past his ear
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brook
- noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
creek.
- the creek dried up every summer
- verb put up with something or somebody unpleasant
stomach; support; put up; tolerate; bear; abide; endure; stick out; suffer; digest; stand.
- I cannot bear his constant criticism
- The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
- he learned to tolerate the heat
- She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
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minute
- noun a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
min.
- noun an indefinitely short time
moment; bit; mo; second.
- wait just a moment
- in a mo
- it only takes a minute
- in just a bit
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bypass
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; ring road; beltway.
- noun a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part)
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sailor's-choice
- noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
pinfish; Lagodon rhomboides; squirrelfish.
- noun a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
Haemulon parra; sailors choice.
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main
- noun any very large body of (salt) water
briny.
- noun a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage
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wrymouth
- noun eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
Cryptacanthodes maculatus; ghostfish.
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cusp
- noun point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch)
- noun a thin triangular flap of a heart valve
leaflet.
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broadsword
- noun a sword with a broad blade and (usually) two cutting edges; used to cut rather than stab
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lagodon_rhomboides
- noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
pinfish; sailor's-choice; squirrelfish.
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sucker
- noun a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
fool; soft touch; gull; patsy; fall guy; mug; chump; mark.
- noun a shoot arising from a plant's roots
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clingfish
- noun very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
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matchet
- noun a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
machete; panga.
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band
- noun an unofficial association of people or groups
circle; set; lot.
- the smart set goes there
- they were an angry lot
- noun instrumentalists not including string players
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yellow_bass
- noun North American freshwater bass resembling the larger marine striped bass
Morone interrupta.
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panga
- noun a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
machete; matchet.
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eelpout
- noun marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
pout.
- noun elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth
burbot; ling; cusk; Lota lota.
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bream
- noun flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
freshwater bream.
- noun flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
sea bream.
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cusk
- noun the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters
- noun large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod
torsk; Brosme brosme.
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cunner
- noun common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
Tautogolabrus adspersus; bergall.
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silver
- noun a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal; occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and jewelry and tableware and photography
atomic number 47; Ag.
- noun coins made of silver
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hairtail
- noun long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
cutlassfish; frost fish.
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rocky
- adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
bouldery; stony; bouldered.
- rocky fields
- stony ground
- bouldery beaches
- adjective causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
jumpy; jolty; jolting; bumpy; rough.
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raytheon
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morris
A Moorish dance, usually performed by a single dancer, who accompanies the dance with castanets.
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arrow
- noun a mark to indicate a direction or relation
pointer.
- noun a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow
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rock
- noun a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
stone.
- noun material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
stone.
- that mountain is solid rock
- stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries
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bigeye
- noun red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales
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razor-fish
- noun any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
razor fish.
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butterfly_fish
- noun small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
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fish
- noun any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- the shark is a large fish
- in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
- noun the flesh of fish used as food
- in Japan most fish is eaten raw
- after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat
- they have a chef who specializes in fish
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wolf_fish
- noun large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
catfish; wolffish.
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cichlid
- noun freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
cichlid fish.
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pertuisan
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navy
- noun an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare
naval forces.
- noun a dark shade of blue
dark blue; navy blue.
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amusement
- noun a feeling of delight at being entertained
- noun an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
entertainment.
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canada
A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. Local, Western U. S.
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trench
- noun a ditch dug as a fortification having a parapet of the excavated earth
- noun a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
oceanic abyss; deep.
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armor
- noun protective covering made of metal and used in combat
armour.
- noun a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
armour.
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grey_snapper
- noun found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
Lutjanus griseus; gray snapper; mangrove snapper.
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frost_fish
- noun long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
hairtail; cutlassfish.
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yellowtail
- noun superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
yellowtail snapper; Ocyurus chrysurus.
- noun game fish of southern California and Mexico having a yellow tail fin
Seriola dorsalis.
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hill
- noun a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia
- noun structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
mound.
- they built small mounds to hide behind
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stun
- verb make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
stupefy.
- verb hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag
sandbag.
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archerfish
- noun any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
Toxotes jaculatrix.
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puddingwife
- noun bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
Halicoeres radiatus; pudding-wife.
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bass
- noun the lowest part of the musical range
- noun the lowest part in polyphonic music
bass part.
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brass_knuckles
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
knuckle duster; knuckles; knucks; brass knucks.
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hog_snapper
- noun large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
Lachnolaimus maximus; hogfish.
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carp
- noun the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised
- noun any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
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centrarchid
- noun small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed
sunfish.
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xiphias_gladius
- noun large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
swordfish.
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sergeant_major
- noun a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative officer of a headquarters unit of the Army
command sergeant major.
- noun large blue-grey black-striped damselfish; nearly worldwide
Abudefduf saxatilis.
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crackow
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mudskipper
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
mudspringer.
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bolti
- noun important food fish of the Nile and other rivers of Africa and Asia Minor
Tilapia nilotica.
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language
- noun a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
linguistic communication.
- he taught foreign languages
- the language introduced is standard throughout the text
- the speed with which a program can be executed depends on the language in which it is written
- noun (language) communication by word of mouth
oral communication; spoken language; voice communication; speech communication; speech; spoken communication.
- his speech was garbled
- he uttered harsh language
- he recorded the spoken language of the streets
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scombroid_fish
- noun important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
scombroid.
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gaff
- noun a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
- noun a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
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british
Of or pertaining to Great Britain or to its inhabitants; -- sometimes restrict to the original inhabitants.
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round
- noun a charge of ammunition for a single shot
one shot; unit of ammunition.
- noun an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
rhythm; cycle.
- the never-ending cycle of the seasons
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flaminian_way
- noun an ancient Roman road in Italy built by Gaius Flaminius in 220 BC; extends north from Rome to cisalpine Gaul
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place
- noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region
spot; topographic point.
- this is a nice place for a picnic
- a bright spot on a planet
- noun any area set aside for a particular purpose
property.
- who owns this place?
- the president was concerned about the property across from the White House
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projectile
- noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
missile.
- noun any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
rocket.
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cannonball
- noun a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
cannon ball; round shot.
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sand_stargazer
- noun small pallid fishes of shoal tropical waters of North America and South America having eyes on stalks atop head; they burrow in sand to await prey
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arterial
- adjective of or involving or contained in the arteries
- arterial disease
- the arterial system
- arterial blood
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major
- noun a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
- noun British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943)
John Roy Major; John Major; John R. Major.
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bioweapon
- noun any weapon usable in biological warfare
bioarm; biological weapon.
- they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon
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clougha
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set_gun
- noun a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off
spring gun.
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river
- noun a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek)
- the river was navigable for 50 miles
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beaugregory
- noun a blue and yellow damselfish of Bermuda and Florida and the West Indies
Pomacentrus leucostictus.
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western
- noun a sandwich made from a western omelet
western sandwich.
- noun a film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
horse opera.
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ring
- noun a characteristic sound
- it has the ring of sincerity
- noun a toroidal shape
annulus; anchor ring; doughnut; halo.
- a ring of ships in the harbor
- a halo of smoke
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tuna
- noun tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica
Opuntia tuna.
- noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
tuna fish; tunny.
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city
- noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
metropolis; urban center.
- Ancient Troy was a great city
- noun an incorporated administrative district established by state charter
- the city raised the tax rate
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horse
- noun solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
Equus caballus.
- noun a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs
gymnastic horse.
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district
- noun a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
territory; territorial dominion; dominion.
- verb regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
zone.
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bonito
- noun flesh of mostly Pacific food fishes of the genus Sarda of the family Scombridae; related to but smaller than tuna
- noun fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
Katsuwonus pelamis; oceanic bonito.
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system
- noun instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
- he bought a new stereo system
- the system consists of a motor and a small computer
- noun a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
scheme.
- a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
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new_york
- noun the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center
New York City; Greater New York.
- noun a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
NY; Empire State; New York State.
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ballistic
- adjective relating to or characteristic of the motion of objects moving under their own momentum and the force of gravity
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sergeant
- noun any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal
- noun a lawman with the rank of sergeant
police sergeant.
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white
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
whiteness.
- noun a member of the Caucasoid race
White person; Caucasian.
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okrug
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pagellus_centrodontus
- noun food fish of European coastal waters
European sea bream.
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beltway
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; ring road; bypass.
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ack-ack
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
pom-pom; antiaircraft; antiaircraft gun; ack-ack gun; flack; flak.
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moscow
- noun a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation
capital of the Russian Federation; Russian capital.
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park
- noun a large area of land preserved in its natural state as public property
parkland.
- there are laws that protect the wildlife in this park
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
green; commons; common.
- they went for a walk in the park
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pompon
- noun decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
pom-pom.
- noun dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
Anisotremus surinamensis; black margate.
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grunt
- noun the short low gruff noise of the kind made by hogs
oink.
- noun an unskilled or low-ranking soldier or other worker
- infantrymen in Vietnam were called grunts
- he went from grunt to chairman in six years
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royal
- noun a sail set next above the topgallant on a royal mast
- noun stag with antlers of 12 or more branches
royal stag.
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steel
- noun an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range
- noun a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard
brand; blade; sword.
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grey
- noun any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
gray.
- the Confederate army was a vast grey
- noun United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
Zane Grey.
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flame
- noun the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
fire; flaming.
- fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
- verb shine with a sudden light
flare.
- The night sky flared with the massive bombardment
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demoiselle
- noun a young unmarried woman
damoiselle; damosel; damsel; damozel.
- noun small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs
damselfish.
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goby
- noun small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
gudgeon.
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garrison
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
fort.
- noun United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)
William Lloyd Garrison.
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gempylid
- noun snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
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and
A particle which expresses the relation of connection or addition. It is used to conjoin a word with a word, a clause with a clause, or a sentence with a sentence. (a) It is sometimes used emphatically; as, "there are women and women," that is, two very different sorts of women. (b) By a rhetorical figure, notions, one of which is modificatory of the other, are connected by and; as, "the tediousness and process of my travel," that is, the tedious process, etc.; "thy fair and outward character," that is, thy outwardly fair character, Schmidt's Shak. Lex.
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surname
- noun the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
last name; family name; cognomen.
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combtooth
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slasher
- noun someone who slashes another person
- noun a weapon (a sword or dagger) used for slashing
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head
- noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
caput.
- he stuck his head out the window
- noun a single domestic animal
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blue_pike
- noun variety inhabiting the Great Lakes
Strizostedion vitreum glaucum; blue pickerel; blue pikeperch; blue walleye.
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threadfin
- noun mullet-like tropical marine fishes having pectoral fins with long threadlike rays
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halfpike
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mountain
- noun a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
mount.
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum; mass.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
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louvar
- noun large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
Luvarus imperialis.
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goatfish
- noun brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
Mullus surmuletus; surmullet; red mullet.
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gunnel
- noun wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel
gunwale; gun rest.
- noun small eellike fishes common in shallow waters of the northern Atlantic
bracketed blenny.
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schoolmaster
- noun presiding officer of a school
headmaster; master.
- noun any person (or institution) who acts as an educator
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sleeper
- noun a rester who is sleeping
slumberer.
- noun a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal
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butterfly
- noun diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
- noun a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down
butterfly stroke.
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shchukino
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stun_baton
- noun a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock
stun gun.
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equipping
- noun the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
armament; arming.
- verb provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose
equip; fit out; fit; outfit.
- The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities
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blennioid
- noun elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
blennioid fish.
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cipher
- noun a message written in a secret code
cypher.
- noun a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number
0; zero; nought; cypher.
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position
- noun the particular portion of space occupied by something
place.
- he put the lamp back in its place
- noun a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons
military position.
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alpha
- noun the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
- noun the beginning of a series or sequence
- the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--Revelations
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machete
- noun a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a weapon or for cutting vegetation
panga; matchet.
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america
- noun North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
USA; the States; U.S.A.; U.S.; United States; US; United States of America.
- noun North America and South America and Central America
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class
- noun a collection of things sharing a common attribute
category; family.
- there are two classes of detergents
- noun a body of students who are taught together
grade; course; form.
- early morning classes are always sleepy
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infantry
- noun an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
foot.
- there came ten thousand horsemen and as many fully-armed foot
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ctenoluciidae
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knucks
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
knuckle duster; knuckles; brass knuckles; brass knucks.
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freeway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; pike; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
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barred
- adjective satellite preventing entry or exit or a course of action
barricaded; blockaded.
- a barricaded street
- barred doors
- the blockaded harbor
- verb prevent from entering; keep out
debar; bar; exclude.
- He was barred from membership in the club
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pointy
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perch
- noun support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- noun a linear measure of 16.5 feet
pole; rod.
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shot
- noun the act of firing a projectile
shooting.
- his shooting was slow but accurate
- noun a solid missile discharged from a firearm
pellet.
- the shot buzzed past his ear
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sailfish
- noun a saltwater fish with lean flesh
- noun large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
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armament
- noun weaponry used by military or naval force
- noun the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
arming; equipping.
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hamlet
- noun a community of people smaller than a village
crossroads.
- noun the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
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sheepshead
- noun large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico
Archosargus probatocephalus.
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liza
- noun similar to the striped mullet and takes its place in the Caribbean region
Mugil liza.
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shoe
- noun footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
- noun (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
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flack
- noun a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer
flack catcher; flak; flak catcher.
- noun intense adverse criticism
fire; attack; blast; flak.
- Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party
- the government has come under attack
- don't give me any flak
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taxonomic
- adjective of or relating to taxonomy
taxonomical; systematic.
- taxonomic relations
- a taxonomic designation
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pacific
- adjective satellite disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature
peaceable.
- the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force
- a quiet and peaceable person
- in a peaceable and orderly manner
- noun the largest ocean in the world
Pacific Ocean.
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ground
- noun the solid part of the earth's surface
dry land; land; terra firma; earth; solid ground.
- the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land
- the earth shook for several minutes
- he dropped the logs on the ground
- noun a rational motive for a belief or action
reason.
- the reason that war was declared
- the grounds for their declaration
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polly_fish
- noun gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
pollyfish; parrotfish.
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giant
- noun any creature of exceptional size
- noun a person of exceptional importance and reputation
colossus; titan; heavyweight; behemoth.
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northern
- adjective in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
- Northern liberals
- northern industry
- northern cities
- noun a dialect of Middle English that developed into Scottish Lallans
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hatchet
- noun weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
tomahawk.
- noun a small ax with a short handle used with one hand (usually to chop wood)
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dick
- noun someone who is a detective
gumshoe; hawkshaw.
- noun obscene terms for penis
shaft; prick; cock; tool; putz; peter; pecker.
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black
- noun the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
inkiness; blackness.
- noun total absence of light
lightlessness; pitch blackness; blackness; total darkness.
- they fumbled around in total darkness
- in the black of night
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sciaenid_fish
- noun widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
sciaenid.
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darter
- noun fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill
snakebird; anhinga.
- noun a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
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guided
- adjective subject to guidance or control especially after launching
- verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
maneuver; head; point; direct; guide; channelise; manoeuvre; channelize; manoeuver; steer.
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interstate
- noun one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
interstate highway.
- adjective involving and relating to the mutual relations of states especially of the United States
- Interstate Highway Commission
- interstate highways
- Interstate Commerce Commission
- interstate commerce
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hip
- noun either side of the body below the waist and above the thigh
- noun the structure of the vertebrate skeleton supporting the lower limbs in humans and the hind limbs or corresponding parts in other vertebrates
pelvis; pelvic girdle; pelvic arch.
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cannon
- noun a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels
- noun heavy gun fired from a tank
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speckled
- adjective satellite having a pattern of dots
flecked; specked; stippled; dotted.
- verb produce a mottled effect
stipple; speckle.
- The sunlight stippled the trees
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blackfish
- noun large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America
tautog; Tautoga onitis.
- noun female salmon that has recently spawned
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atomic_weapon
- noun a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction
nuclear weapon.
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lutjanus_blackfordi
- noun an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico
red snapper.
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syntax
- noun the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
sentence structure; phrase structure.
- noun a systematic orderly arrangement
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striped
- adjective satellite marked or decorated with stripes
stripy.
- verb mark with stripes
stripe.
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minute_gun
- noun (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)
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weapon_system
- noun any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
weapon; arm.
- he was licensed to carry a weapon
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sciaenid
- noun widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound
sciaenid fish.
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gray
- noun a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
grayness; greyness; grey.
- noun clothing that is a grey color
grey.
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surf_fish
- noun a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
surffish; yellowfin croaker; Umbrina roncador.
- noun small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
surfperch; surffish.
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horse-head
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horsefish; horsehead; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
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bay
- noun an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
embayment.
- noun the sound of a hound on the scent
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skipjack
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack tuna; Euthynnus pelamis.
- noun medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna
Atlantic bonito; Sarda sarda.
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fire_ship
- noun a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships
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common
- noun a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
green; park; commons.
- they went for a walk in the park
- adjective belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
- for the common good
- common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
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hogfish
- noun large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
Lachnolaimus maximus; hog snapper.
- noun found from Long Island southward
Orthopristis chrysopterus; pigfish.
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ack-ack_gun
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
pom-pom; antiaircraft; ack-ack; antiaircraft gun; flack; flak.
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clinid
- noun mostly small blennioid fishes of coral reefs and seagrass beds
clinid fish.
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set
- noun a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used
- a set of books
- a set of golf clubs
- a set of teeth
- noun (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols
- the set of prime numbers is infinite
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spitball
- noun a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
- noun an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
spitter.
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throw
- noun the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the catcher made a good throw to second base
- noun a single chance or instance
- he couldn't afford $50 a throw
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national
- noun a person who owes allegiance to that nation
subject.
- a monarch has a duty to his subjects
- adjective of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country
- national hero
- national anthem
- a national landmark
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knuckle_duster
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
knuckles; knucks; brass knuckles; brass knucks.
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barb
- noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
shaft; gibe; shot; dig; slam; jibe.
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
- noun the pointed part of barbed wire
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sea
- noun a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land
- noun anything apparently limitless in quantity or volume
ocean.
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antiaircraft_gun
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
pom-pom; antiaircraft; ack-ack; ack-ack gun; flack; flak.
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pi
- noun the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
- noun someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information
private investigator; private eye; private detective; sherlock; shamus; operative.
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arm
- noun a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb
- noun any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
limb; branch.
- the arm of the record player
- an arm of the sea
- a branch of the sewer
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oceanic
- adjective relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
pelagic.
- oceanic islands like Bermuda
- oceanic currents
- oceanic birds
- pelagic organisms
- pelagic whaling
- noun an eastern subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
Eastern Malayo-Polynesian.
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federal
- adjective satellite national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units
- the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- federal courts
- the federal highway program
- federal property
- noun a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War
Union soldier; Federal soldier.
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nuclear
- adjective (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
atomic.
- nuclear war
- nuclear weapons
- atomic bombs
- adjective of or relating to or constituting the nucleus of an atom
- nuclear physics
- nuclear fission
- nuclear forces
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partisan
- noun a fervent and even militant proponent of something
zealot; drumbeater.
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
enthusiast; partizan.
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state
- noun the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
province.
- his state is in the deep south
- noun the way something is with respect to its main attributes
- the current state of knowledge
- his state of health
- in a weak financial state
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interstate_highway
- noun one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States
interstate.
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dollywaggon
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scombroid
- noun important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
scombroid fish.
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explosive
- noun a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
- adjective serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
- an explosive device
- explosive gas
- explosive force
- explosive violence
- an explosive temper
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tomahawk
- noun weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American Indians
hatchet.
- verb cut with a tomahawk
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throughway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; pike; freeway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
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carangid
- noun a percoid fish of the family Carangidae
carangid fish.
- adjective of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae
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mahimahi
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish found in warm waters (especially in Hawaii)
dolphinfish.
- noun large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii)
dolphinfish; dolphin.
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come
- noun the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
semen; ejaculate; seminal fluid; seed; cum.
- verb move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
come up.
- He came singing down the road
- Come with me to the Casbah
- come down here!
- come out of the closet!
- come into the room
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nunavut
- noun an Arctic territory in northern Canada created in 1999 and governed solely by the Inuit; includes the eastern part of what was the Northwest Territories and most of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago
- Nunavut is the homeland of the Inuit people
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flathead
- noun food fish of the Indonesian region of the Pacific; resembles gurnards
- noun pallid bottom-dwelling flat-headed fish with large eyes and a duck-like snout
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drum
- noun a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end
tympan; membranophone.
- noun the sound of a drum
- he could hear the drums before he heard the fifes
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poleaxe
- noun an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
poleax.
- noun a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick
poleax.
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brook_trout
- noun a delicious freshwater food fish
speckled trout.
- noun North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
speckled trout; Salvelinus fontinalis.
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fraternity
- noun a social club for male undergraduates
frat.
- noun people engaged in a particular occupation
sodality; brotherhood.
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pikeville
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genus
- noun a general kind of something
- ignore the genus communism
- noun (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species
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throwing_stick
- noun a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
spear thrower; dart thrower; throwing board.
- noun a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
boomerang; throw stick.
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cutlass
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlas.
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surffish
- noun a fish of the Pacific coast of North America
surf fish; yellowfin croaker; Umbrina roncador.
- noun small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
surfperch; surf fish.
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pikehead
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spear
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
lance; shaft.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; lance.
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munition
- noun weapons considered collectively
weapons system; weaponry; implements of war; arms.
- noun military supplies
ordnance; ordnance store.
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pomfret
- noun deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
Brama raii.
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ca
- noun a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals
calcium; atomic number 20.
- noun a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes
Calif.; California; Golden State.
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javelin
- noun an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible
- noun a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events
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wasdale
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wolffish
- noun large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
wolf fish; catfish.
- noun large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
lancet fish; lancetfish.
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extinct
- adjective no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives
nonextant.
- an extinct species of fish
- an extinct royal family
- extinct laws and customs
- adjective (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
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whaling_gun
- noun a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale
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yellowtail_snapper
- noun superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail
yellowtail; Ocyurus chrysurus.
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bergall
- noun common in north Atlantic coastal waters of the United States
Tautogolabrus adspersus; cunner.
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percoidean
- noun any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoid fish; percoid.
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expedition
- noun a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country
military expedition; hostile expedition.
- noun an organized group of people undertaking a journey for a particular purpose
- an expedition was sent to explore Mars
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submarine
- noun a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
U-boat; sub; pigboat.
- noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; zep; Cuban sandwich; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
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khukuri
- noun a curved steel knife with a razor-sharp edge used in combat by the Gurkhas; has cultural and religious significance in Nepal
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chub
- noun European freshwater game fish with a thick spindle-shaped body
Leuciscus cephalus.
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superhighway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; pike; freeway; throughway; state highway; expressway.
- noun an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form
information superhighway.
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fire
- noun the event of something burning (often destructive)
- they lost everything in the fire
- noun the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
firing.
- hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes
- they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire
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gas
- noun the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container
gaseous state.
- noun a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
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bermuda_chub
- noun food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
Kyphosus sectatrix; rudderfish.
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parrotfish
- noun gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
pollyfish; polly fish.
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ring_road
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ringway; bypass; beltway.
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pol
- noun a person active in party politics
political leader; politician; politico.
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stromateid
- noun small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
stromateid fish; butterfish.
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spring_gun
- noun a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off
set gun.
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launcher
- noun armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket
rocket launcher.
- noun a device that launches aircraft from a warship
catapult.
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plain
- noun extensive tract of level open land
champaign; field.
- they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain
- he longed for the fields of his youth
- noun a basic knitting stitch
plain stitch; knit; knit stitch.
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bill
- noun a statute in draft before it becomes law
measure.
- they held a public hearing on the bill
- noun an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
account; invoice.
- he paid his bill and left
- send me an account of what I owe
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britain
- noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
U.K.; Great Britain; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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air
- noun a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
- air pollution
- a smell of chemicals in the air
- open a window and let in some air
- I need some fresh air
- noun the region above the ground
- her hand stopped in mid air
- he threw the ball into the air
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slippery
- adjective causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide
slippy.
- slippery sidewalks
- a slippery bar of soap
- the streets are still slippy from the rain
- adjective satellite not to be trusted
tricky.
- how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
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freshwater_bass
- noun any of various North American freshwater fish with lean flesh (especially of the genus Micropterus)
bass.
- noun North American food and game fish
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swordfish
- noun flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
- noun large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
Xiphias gladius.
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tuck
- noun eatables (especially sweets)
- noun (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest
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pickerel
- noun flesh of young or small pike
- noun any of several North American species of small pike
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atlantic_moonfish
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; dollarfish; moonfish.
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sticker
- noun a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
pricker; spine; thorn; prickle; spikelet.
- noun an adhesive label
gummed label; paster.
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pikelike
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surface
- noun the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
- there is a special cleaner for these surfaces
- the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface
- noun the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object
- they skimmed over the surface of the water
- a brush small enough to clean every dental surface
- the sun has no distinct surface
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vitreus
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escolar
- noun large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes
Lepidocybium flavobrunneum.
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freshwater_bream
- noun flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
bream.
- noun any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
bream.
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croaker
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.
- noun any of several fishes that make a croaking noise
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dual
- adjective satellite consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs
double; duple.
- an egg with a double yolk
- a double (binary) star
- double doors
- dual controls for pilot and copilot
- duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure
- adjective satellite having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
treble; twofold; two-fold; double; three-fold; threefold.
- a double (or dual) role for an actor
- the office of a clergyman is twofold
- every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
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seattle
- noun a major port of entry and the largest city in Washington; located in west central Washington on the protected waters of Puget Sound with the snow-capped peaks of the Cascade Range and Mount Ranier visible to the south and east; an aerospace and computer center; site of the University of Washington
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percoid
- noun any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
percoid fish; percoidean.
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ship
- noun a vessel that carries passengers or freight
- verb transport commercially
send; transport.
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jawfish
- noun small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes
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cuisine
- noun the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
culinary art.
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pompano
- noun flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
- noun any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
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redfin
(Zoöl.) A small North American dace (Minnilus cornutus, or Notropis megalops). The male, in the breeding season, has bright red fins. Called also red dace, and shiner. Applied also to Notropis ardens, of the Mississippi valley.
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doctor
- noun a licensed medical practitioner
MD; medico; physician; doc; Dr..
- I felt so bad I went to see my doctor
- noun (Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching
Doctor of the Church.
- the Doctors of the Church greatly influenced Christian thought down to the late Middle Ages
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fortification
- noun defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it
munition.
- noun the art or science of strengthening defenses
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prickleback
- noun small elongate fishes of shallow northern seas; a long dorsal fin consists entirely of spines
- noun small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research
stickleback.
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seeking
- noun the act of searching for something
quest.
- noun an attempt to acquire or gain something
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cross
- noun a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece
- noun a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
crisscross; mark.
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catfish
- noun flesh of scaleless food fish of the southern United States; often farmed
mudcat.
- noun large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
wolf fish; wolffish.
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mulloway
- noun large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
jewfish; Sciaena antarctica.
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speckled_trout
- noun a delicious freshwater food fish
brook trout.
- noun North American freshwater trout; introduced in Europe
brook trout; Salvelinus fontinalis.
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ball
- noun round object that is hit or thrown or kicked in games
- the ball travelled 90 mph on his serve
- the mayor threw out the first ball
- the ball rolled into the corner pocket
- noun a solid projectile that is shot by a musket
musket ball.
- they had to carry a ramrod as well as powder and ball
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snail
- noun freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
- noun edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
escargot.
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rainbow
- noun an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain
- noun an illusory hope
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nib
- noun the writing point of a pen
pen nib.
- noun horny projecting mouth of a bird
pecker; bill; neb; beak.
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carriageway
- noun one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes
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main_road
- noun a major road for any form of motor transport
highway.
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character
- noun an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
fictional character; fictitious character.
- she is the main character in the novel
- noun a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
lineament; quality.
- each town has a quality all its own
- the radical character of our demands
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military
- noun the military forces of a nation
armed forces; armed services; military machine; war machine.
- their military is the largest in the region
- the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker
- adjective of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare
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lake_herring
- noun cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
cisco.
- noun important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
cisco; Coregonus artedi.
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destruction
- noun the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
devastation.
- noun an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
wipeout; demolition.
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toe
- noun one of the digits of the foot
- noun the part of footwear that provides a covering for the toes
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weapon
- noun any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
arm; weapon system.
- he was licensed to carry a weapon
- noun a means of persuading or arguing
artillery.
- he used all his conversational weapons
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swiss
A native or inhabitant of Switzerland; a Switzer; the people of Switzerland.
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alabama
- noun a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
Camellia State; AL; Heart of Dixie.
- noun a member of the Muskhogean people formerly living in what is now the state of Alabama
- the Alabamas were members of the Creek Confederacy
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snake
- noun limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous
ophidian; serpent.
- noun a deceitful or treacherous person
snake in the grass.
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hesk
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arming
- noun the act of equiping with weapons in preparation for war
armament; equipping.
- verb prepare oneself for a military confrontation
build up; gird; fortify; arm.
- The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East
- troops are building up on the Iraqi border
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brass_knucks
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
knuckle duster; knuckles; knucks; brass knuckles.
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armour
- noun a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles
armor.
- noun protective covering made of metal and used in combat
armor.
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divided_highway
- noun a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions
dual carriageway.
- in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway
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competitive
- adjective involving competition or competitiveness
competitory.
- competitive games
- to improve one's competitive position
- adjective satellite subscribing to capitalistic competition
private-enterprise; free-enterprise.
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cumbria
- noun a former Celtic kingdom in northwestern England; the name continued to be used for the hilly northwestern region of England including the Lake District and the northern Pennines
- noun a county of northwestern England
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atomic
- adjective of or relating to or comprising atoms
- atomic structure
- atomic hydrogen
- adjective (weapons) deriving destructive energy from the release of atomic energy
nuclear.
- nuclear war
- nuclear weapons
- atomic bombs
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township
- noun an administrative division of a county
town.
- the town is responsible for snow removal
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bluehead
- noun small Atlantic wrasse the male of which has a brilliant blue head
Thalassoma bifasciatum.
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smallmouth_bass
- noun flesh of smallmouth bass
- noun a variety of black bass; the angle of the jaw falls below the eye
smallmouth; smallmouth black bass; smallmouthed bass; smallmouthed black bass; Micropterus dolomieu.
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point
- noun a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a point is defined by its coordinates
- noun the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street
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character
- noun an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
fictional character; fictitious character.
- she is the main character in the novel
- noun a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
lineament; quality.
- each town has a quality all its own
- the radical character of our demands
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lake
- noun a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
- noun a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
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selene_setapinnis
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
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east
- noun the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees
eastward; E; due east.
- noun the countries of Asia
Orient.
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kick
- noun the act of delivering a blow with the foot
kicking; boot.
- he gave the ball a powerful kick
- the team's kicking was excellent
- noun the swift release of a store of affective force
rush; thrill; boot; charge; bang; flush.
- they got a great bang out of it
- what a boot!
- he got a quick rush from injecting heroin
- he does it for kicks
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ro
- noun an artificial language for international use that rejects all existing words and is based instead on an abstract analysis of ideas
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government
- noun the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
authorities; regime.
- the government reduced taxes
- the matter was referred to higher authorities
- noun the act of governing; exercising authority
administration; government activity; governance; governing.
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
- he had considerable experience of government
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sailor
- noun any member of a ship's crew
crewman.
- noun a serviceman in the navy
bluejacket; navy man; sailor boy.
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virginia
One of the States of the United States of America. --
a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
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dart
- noun a small narrow pointed missile that is thrown or shot
- noun a tapered tuck made in dressmaking
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pointedness
- noun the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
point.
- noun the quality of being obviously directed at a particular person or thing
- the pointedness of his sarcasm was unmistakable
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brama_raii
- noun deep-bodied sooty-black pelagic spiny-finned fish of the northern Atlantic and northern Pacific; valued for food
pomfret.
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stargazer
- noun someone indifferent to the busy world
lotus-eater.
- in the Odyssey Homer tells of lotus-eaters who live in dreamy indolence
- noun a physicist who studies astronomy
astronomer; uranologist.
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spadefish
- noun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
angelfish; Chaetodipterus faber.
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gade
(Zoöl.) (a) A small British fish (Motella argenteola) of the Cod family. (b) A pike, so called at Moray Firth; -- called also gead. Prov. Eng.
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pole
- noun a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
- noun a native or inhabitant of Poland
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eel
- noun the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
- noun voracious snakelike marine or freshwater fishes with smooth slimy usually scaleless skin and having a continuous vertical fin but no ventral fins
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stun_gun
- noun a weapon designed to disable a victim temporarily by delivering a nonlethal high-voltage electric shock
stun baton.
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popular
- adjective regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
- a popular tourist attraction
- a popular girl
- cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular
- adjective satellite carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
- the popular vote
- popular representation
- institutions of popular government
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angelfish
- noun a butterfly fish of the genus Pomacanthus
- noun deep-bodied disk-shaped food fish of warmer western Atlantic coastal waters
Chaetodipterus faber; spadefish.
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surf
- noun waves breaking on the shore
breaker; breakers.
- verb ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard
surfboard.
- Californians love to surf
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round_shot
- noun a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
cannon ball; cannonball.
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cisco
- noun cold-water fish caught in Lake Superior and northward
lake herring.
- noun important food fish of cold deep lakes of North America
lake herring; Coregonus artedi.
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creek
- noun a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
brook.
- the creek dried up every summer
- noun any member of the Creek Confederacy (especially the Muskogee) formerly living in Georgia and Alabama but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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antiaircraft
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
pom-pom; ack-ack; antiaircraft gun; ack-ack gun; flack; flak.
- adjective satellite designed for defense from a surface position against air attack
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people
- noun (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
- old people
- there were at least 200 people in the audience
- noun the body of citizens of a state or country
citizenry.
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spring
- noun the season of growth
springtime.
- the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
- he will hold office until the spring of next year
- noun a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed
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ringway
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
ring road; bypass; beltway.
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ghostfish
- noun eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
Cryptacanthodes maculatus; wrymouth.
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toxotes_jaculatrix
- noun any of several small freshwater fishes that catch insects by squirting water at them and knocking them into the water; found in Indonesia and Australia
archerfish.
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thruway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; pike; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
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gymnastics
- noun a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
gymnastic exercise.
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blennioid_fish
- noun elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins
blennioid.
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diving
- noun an athletic competition that involves diving into water
diving event.
- noun a headlong plunge into water
dive.
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sidewinder
- noun small pale-colored desert rattlesnake of southwestern United States; body moves in an s-shaped curve
Crotalus cerastes; horned rattlesnake.
- noun air-to-air missile with infrared homing device
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sarissa
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pinpoint
- noun a very brief moment
- they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together
- noun a very small spot
speck.
- the plane was just a speck in the sky
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horsefish
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsehead; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
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delaware
(Bot.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.
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rock_bass
- noun a kind of sea bass
Centropristis philadelphica; rock sea bass.
- noun game and food fish of upper Mississippi and Great Lakes
rock sunfish; Ambloplites rupestris.
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backsword
- noun a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
fencing stick; singlestick.
- noun a sword with only one cutting edge
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guided_missile
- noun a rocket-propelled missile whose path can be controlled during flight either by radio signals or by internal homing devices
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esk
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dual_carriageway
- noun a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions
divided highway.
- in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway
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knife
- noun edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle
- noun a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point
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trout
- noun flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
- noun any of various game and food fishes of cool fresh waters mostly smaller than typical salmons
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squirrelfish
- noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
pinfish; sailor's-choice; Lagodon rhomboides.
- noun very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
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state_highway
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; pike; freeway; throughway; superhighway; expressway.
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rudderfish
- noun food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships
Kyphosus sectatrix; Bermuda chub.
- noun fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters
banded rudderfish; Seriola zonata.
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butterfish
- noun any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- noun small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
stromateid; stromateid fish.
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reaching
- noun the act of physically reaching or thrusting out
stretch; reach.
- noun accomplishment of an objective
arrival.
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snapper
- noun (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback
center.
- the center fumbled the handoff
- noun flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas
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fictional_character
- noun an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)
character; fictitious character.
- she is the main character in the novel
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buckethead
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sparid
- noun spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
sparid fish.
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black_margate
- noun dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward
Anisotremus surinamensis; pompon.
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slug
- noun a projectile that is fired from a gun
bullet.
- noun a unit of mass equal to the mass that accelerates at 1 foot/sec/sec when acted upon by a force of 1 pound; approximately 14.5939 kilograms
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blenny
- noun small usually scaleless fishes with comb-like teeth living about rocky shores; are territorial and live in holes between rocks
combtooth blenny.
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mullet
- noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
grey mullet; gray mullet.
- noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
grey mullet; gray mullet.
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ack
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island
- noun a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
- noun a zone or area resembling an island
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wolf
- noun any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
- noun Austrian composer (1860-1903)
Hugo Wolf.
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cupid's_bow
- noun the double curve of the upper lip when considered to resemble Cupid's bow
- noun a curved bow with reversed curve ends
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partizan
- noun an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
enthusiast; partisan.
- noun a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral projections; 16th and 17th centuries
partisan.
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road
- noun an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
route.
- noun a way or means to achieve something
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pigfish
- noun found around the Great Barrier Reef
giant pigfish; Achoerodus gouldii.
- noun found from Long Island southward
Orthopristis chrysopterus; hogfish.
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mudspringer
- noun found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins
mudskipper.
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dagger
- noun a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing
sticker.
- noun a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote
obelisk.
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colorado
- noun a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains
Centennial State; CO.
- noun a river in Texas; flows southeast into the Gulf of Mexico
Colorado River.
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down
- noun soft fine feathers
down feather.
- noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football
- you have four downs to gain ten yards
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pike
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
- noun highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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square
- noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
foursquare.
- you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
- noun the product of two equal terms
second power.
- nine is the second power of three
- gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
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mangrove
- noun a tropical tree or shrub bearing fruit that germinates while still on the tree and having numerous prop roots that eventually form an impenetrable mass and are important in land building
Rhizophora mangle.
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pinfish
- noun similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
sailor's-choice; Lagodon rhomboides; squirrelfish.
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sander
- noun a power tool used for sanding wood; an endless loop of sandpaper is moved at high speed by an electric motor
electric sander; smoother; drum sander.
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knuckles
- noun a small metal weapon; worn over the knuckles on the back of the hand
knuckle duster; knucks; brass knuckles; brass knucks.
- noun a joint of a finger when the fist is closed
metacarpophalangeal joint; knuckle; knuckle joint.
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sabre
- noun a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle
saber.
- noun a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back
cavalry sword; saber.
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harvestfish
- noun butterfish up to a foot long of Atlantic waters from Chesapeake Bay to Argentina
Paprilus alepidotus.
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anderson
- noun United States author whose works were frequently autobiographical (1876-1941)
Sherwood Anderson.
- noun United States physicist who studied the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-)
Philip Warren Anderson; Philip Anderson; Phil Anderson.
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seeker
- noun someone making a search or inquiry
quester; searcher.
- they are seekers after truth
- noun a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
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music
- noun an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
- noun any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds
euphony.
- he fell asleep to the music of the wind chimes
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morrison
- noun United States rock singer (1943-1971)
James Douglas Morrison; Jim Morrison.
- noun United States writer whose novels describe the lives of African-Americans (born in 1931)
Toni Morrison; Chloe Anthony Wofford.
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gudgeon
- noun small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
goby.
- noun small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
Gobio gobio.
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walleye
- noun strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward
divergent strabismus; exotropia.
- noun pike-like freshwater perches
walleyed pike; dory; jack salmon; Stizostedion vitreum.
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brand
- noun a name given to a product or service
marque; trade name; brand name.
- noun a recognizable kind
make.
- there's a new brand of hero in the movies now
- what make of car is that?
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frost
- noun ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
hoarfrost; hoar; rime.
- noun weather cold enough to cause freezing
freeze.
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sea_bass
- noun the lean flesh of a saltwater fish of the family Serranidae
bass.
- noun any of various food and sport fishes of the Atlantic coast of the United States having an elongated body and long spiny dorsal fin
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gray_mullet
- noun highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
grey mullet; mullet.
- noun freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body; found worldwide
grey mullet; mullet.
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heat
- noun a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature
heat energy.
- noun the presence of heat
high temperature; hotness.
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cannon_ball
- noun a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon
cannonball; round shot.
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hm
- noun a metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
hectometer; hectometre.
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russian
Of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language. --
n. A native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia.
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skipjack_tuna
- noun oceanic schooling tuna of considerable value in Pacific but less in Atlantic; reaches 75 pounds; very similar to if not the same as oceanic bonito
skipjack; Euthynnus pelamis.
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lake_district
- noun a popular tourist area in northwestern England including England's largest lake and highest mountain
Lakeland.
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fort
- noun a fortified military post where troops are stationed
garrison.
- noun a fortified defensive structure
fortress.
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throw
- noun the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
- the catcher made a good throw to second base
- noun a single chance or instance
- he couldn't afford $50 a throw
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place
- noun a point located with respect to surface features of some region
spot; topographic point.
- this is a nice place for a picnic
- a bright spot on a planet
- noun any area set aside for a particular purpose
property.
- who owns this place?
- the president was concerned about the property across from the White House
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luvarus_imperialis
- noun large silvery fish found worldwide in warm seas but nowhere common; resembles a whale and feeds on plankton
louvar.
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sailor
- noun any member of a ship's crew
crewman.
- noun a serviceman in the navy
bluejacket; navy man; sailor boy.
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us
- noun North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
USA; the States; U.S.A.; U.S.; United States; United States of America; America.
- noun a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
U; uracil.
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west
- noun the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees
due west; W; westward.
- noun the countries of (originally) Europe and (now including) North America and South America
Occident.
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exploration
- noun to travel for the purpose of discovery
geographic expedition.
- noun a careful systematic search
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boomerang
- noun a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
throwing stick; throw stick.
- noun a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
backfire.
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cutlas
- noun a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors
cutlass.
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piece
- noun a separate part of a whole
- an important piece of the evidence
- noun an item that is an instance of some type;
- he designed a new piece of equipment
- she bought a lovely piece of china
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similar
- adjective marked by correspondence or resemblance
- similar food at similar prices
- problems similar to mine
- they wore similar coats
- adjective having the same or similar characteristics
alike; like.
- all politicians are alike
- they looked utterly alike
- friends are generally alike in background and taste
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spike
- noun a transient variation in voltage or current
- noun sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes
- spikes provide greater traction
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jenny
- noun female donkey
jennet; jenny ass.
- noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
William Le Baron Jenny.
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stick
- noun an implement consisting of a length of wood
- he collected dry sticks for a campfire
- the kid had a candied apple on a stick
- noun a small thin branch of a tree
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forearm
- noun the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist
- verb arm in advance of a confrontation
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cutlassfish
- noun long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
hairtail; frost fish.
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pike
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
- noun highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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razor_fish
- noun any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
razor-fish.
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flamefish
- noun a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
flame fish; Apogon maculatus.
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pikey
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pike
- noun a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
motorway; thruway; freeway; throughway; superhighway; state highway; expressway.
- noun highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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driftfish
- noun larger butterfishes of the western Atlantic from the New York area to the northern Gulf of Mexico
- noun small (6 inches) tropical butterfishes found worldwide
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gray_snapper
- noun found in shallow waters off the coast of Florida
grey snapper; Lutjanus griseus; mangrove snapper.
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cavalry
- noun troops trained to fight on horseback
horse; horse cavalry.
- noun a highly mobile army unit
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pollyfish
- noun gaudy tropical fishes with parrotlike beaks formed by fusion of teeth
parrotfish; polly fish.
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sea_trout
- noun flesh of marine trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
salmon trout.
- noun any of several sciaenid fishes of North American coastal waters
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fencing
- noun a barrier that serves to enclose an area
fence.
- noun material for building fences
fencing material.
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tilefish
- noun important marine food fishes
blanquillo.
- noun yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters
Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps.
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tip
- noun the extreme end of something; especially something pointed
- noun a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter)
baksheesh; pourboire; bakshis; bakshish; gratuity; backsheesh.
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katsuwonus_pelamis
- noun fish whose flesh is dried and flaked for Japanese cookery; may be same species as skipjack tuna
bonito; oceanic bonito.
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horsehead
- noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
Selene setapinnis; horse-head; horsefish; dollarfish; moonfish; Atlantic moonfish.
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glair
The white of egg. It is used as a size or a glaze in bookbinding, for pastry, etc.
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summit
- noun the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
superlative; pinnacle; acme; top; height; peak; elevation; tiptop; meridian.
- his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
- the artist's gifts are at their acme
- at the height of her career
- the peak of perfection
- summer was at its peak
- ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
- the summit of his ambition
- so many highest superlatives achieved by man
- at the top of his profession
- noun the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
crown; top; tip; peak; crest.
- the view from the peak was magnificent
- they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
- the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
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sandfish
- noun either of two small silvery scaleless fishes of the northern Pacific that burrow into sand
- noun fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
beaked salmon; Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus.
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haycock
- noun a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick
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seaperch
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sergeant_fish
- noun large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters
Rachycentron canadum; cobia.
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flexion
- noun the state of being flexed (as of a joint)
flection; flexure.
- noun deviation from a straight or normal course
inflection; flection.
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lance
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
shaft; spear.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; spear.
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surfperch
- noun small to medium-sized shallow-water fishes of the Pacific coast of North America
surffish; surf fish.
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appian_way
- noun an ancient Roman road in Italy extending south from Rome to Brindisi; begun in 312 BC
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sling
- noun a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice
- noun a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones
catapult; slingshot.
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cichlid_fish
- noun freshwater fishes of tropical America and Africa and Asia similar to American sunfishes; some are food fishes; many small ones are popular in aquariums
cichlid.
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tunny
- noun important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae; usually served as steaks
tuna; tuna fish.
- noun any very large marine food and game fish of the genus Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters
tuna.
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rifle
- noun a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired
- verb steal goods; take as spoils
pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; loot; reave; ransack.
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
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fell
- noun the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
hide.
- noun seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges
felled seam.
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stab
- noun a sudden sharp feeling
twinge; pang.
- pangs of regret
- she felt a stab of excitement
- twinges of conscience
- noun a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
thrust; knife thrust.
- one strong stab to the heart killed him
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peak
- noun the most extreme possible amount or value
extremum.
- noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
prime; flower; blossom; efflorescence; flush; bloom; heyday.
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fish
- noun any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
- the shark is a large fish
- in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish
- noun the flesh of fish used as food
- in Japan most fish is eaten raw
- after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat
- they have a chef who specializes in fish
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pom-pom
- noun decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat
pompon.
- noun artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
antiaircraft; ack-ack; antiaircraft gun; ack-ack gun; flack; flak.
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brass
- noun an alloy of copper and zinc
- noun a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
brass instrument.
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missile
- noun a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
- noun a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
projectile.
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bluefish
- noun bluish warm-water marine food and game fish that follow schools of small fishes into shallow waters
Pomatomus saltatrix.
- noun fatty bluish flesh of bluefish
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bullet
- noun a projectile that is fired from a gun
slug.
- noun a high-speed passenger train
bullet train.
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potato
- noun an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland
spud; murphy; Irish potato; tater; white potato.
- noun annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous
Solanum tuberosum; white potato; white potato vine.
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tripletail
- noun large food fish of warm waters worldwide having long anal and dorsal fins that with a caudal fin suggest a three-lobed tail
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biological_weapon
- noun any weapon usable in biological warfare
bioweapon; bioarm.
- they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon
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pudding-wife
- noun bluish and bronze wrasse; found from Florida keys to Brazil
Halicoeres radiatus; puddingwife.
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mass
- noun the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
- noun (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
plenty; great deal; pot; sight; flock; mint; slew; mountain; deal; wad; muckle; pile; lot; mickle; raft; quite a little; passel; hatful; mess; spate; heap; peck; stack; good deal; batch; tidy sum.
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
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sleeper_goby
- noun tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
sleeper.
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red_mullet
- noun brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
Mullus surmuletus; surmullet; goatfish.
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bioarm
- noun any weapon usable in biological warfare
bioweapon; biological weapon.
- they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon
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red_snapper
- noun highly esteemed reddish lean flesh of snapper from Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico
- noun an esteemed food fish with pinkish red head and body; common in the Atlantic coastal waters of North America and the Gulf of Mexico
Lutjanus blackfordi.