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noun
- A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.
- A declined offer in a sales transaction when acceptance was presumed.
- An impromptu guest used to fill in for another guest spot who is a no-show or who has cancelled last minute.
- The person who declines such an offer.
- The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.
- The particles themselves.
noun
- The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
- A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
- A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
- A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
- A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
- A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
noun
- An unintended negative outcome or loss in regards to a deal or action.
- A bruise-like mark made during petting by pressing the mouth to the skin on one’s partner’s body and sucking.
- A serif or other ornamentation on type.
- A tool for making smooth, semicircular bends in conduit and pipe.
- A printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface resulting in a ring where the ink is missing, appearing as a spot of ink surrounded by a halo, or as an unprinted spot within a solid printed area.
- Local swelling in a tissue area, especially skin, often due to injury.
- An object whose name is unknown or cannot be recalled.
noun
- An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
- Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
- A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
- A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
- A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
- An instance of incontinence.
- Chance; random chance.
- Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
- An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
- A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
- A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
- An unintended pregnancy.
- Any chance event.
- casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
adj
noun
- The tendency to increase ones value of or commitment to something when it involves unanticipated negative side effects.
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- A set of circumstances in which one phenomenon (such as a group of people) opposes or undermines another phenomenon that produces or sustains it (for example, peasants deforesting hillsides in order to expand cultivatable land, resulting in flooding and the loss of the same).
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noun
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that leads to a favorable outcome
- an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
- a large amount of wealth or prosperity
- your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you)
verb
- To have significant effect, often negative.
- To attack with the teeth.
- To cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing.
- To behave aggressively; to reject advances.
- To take or keep a firm hold.
- To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to.
- To take hold; to establish firm contact with.
- To sting.
- To cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent.
- To cause sharp pain or damage to; to hurt or injure.
- To perform oral sex on. Used in invective.
- To hold something by clamping one's teeth.
- To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
- To lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck.
- To plagiarize, to imitate.
- To bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught.
- To accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the acceptor.
noun
- A small meal or snack.
- The wound left behind after having been bitten.
- Something unpleasant.
- The swelling of one's skin caused by an insect's mouthparts or sting.
- aggression
- A cut, a proportion of profits; an amount of money.
- The act of biting.
- A piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful.
- The hold which the short end of a lever has upon the thing to be lifted, or the hold which one part of a machine has upon another.
- A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.
- An act of plagiarism.
adv
- As the result of some undesigned, unintended, unrelated, natural, or random occurrence; as the unexpected and unforeseen result of formerly unrelated factors.
- By chance; unexpectedly; as the result of an unrelated series of events.
- Accidentally; unintentionally; without meaning to; as the result of an event not expected, aided, or willingly planned.
adj
verb
- To be relatable in a negative way; to cause negative emotions by being similar or reminding; to be uncomfortably alike one's personal negative experiences.
- To occur too close for comfort; to happen dangerously or uncomfortably near.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hit, too, close, to, home.
noun
- A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which subjects a person or thing to increased risk of danger.
- In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
- A mistake or error.
- An illegal serve.
- A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
- Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
- A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- A weakness of character; a failing.
- A minor offense.
- A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
- An abnormal connection in a circuit.
verb
verb
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- cause to move by striking
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- encounter by chance
- cause to experience suddenly
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- drive something violently into a location
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- hit the intended target or goal
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
noun
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- a connection made via the internet to another website
verb
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- stop work in order to press demands
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- attain
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- find unexpectedly
- produce by ignition or a blow
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cause to experience suddenly
- drive something violently into a location
- occupy or take on
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- pierce with force
- hook by a pull on the line
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
noun
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a conspicuous success
noun
- A result of actions, especially if such a result is unwanted or unpleasant.
- That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause.
- A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.
- Chain of causes and effects; consecution.
- Importance with respect to what comes after.
- The power to influence or produce an effect.
- Importance, value, or influence.
verb
adj
- Occurring earlier than something else; (also, usually, especially) being an influence on something else; causing a consequence for something else.
- In a direction against the flow of a current or stream of fluid (typically water); upriver.
- In the direction from the client to the server.
- Maintained, owned, or associated with the original developers of the given software; in contrast to a modified version downstream.
- Towards the leading end (5′ end) of a DNA molecule.
- Involving exploration and pre-production rather than refining and selling.
noun
- Part of the river towards the upstream direction.
- The original developers or maintainers of software.
verb
- To have (a software library, patch, etc.) accepted by the original developers of the related software, so that they maintain and distribute it.
- To stream upward.
adv
noun
- A negative reaction, objection or outcry, especially of a violent or abrupt nature.
- A sudden backward motion.
- The jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.
- The looseness through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, gear, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, or a measurement of the distance moved thereby; either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).
verb
noun
- The acquisition of something, generally negative.
- A period of economic decline or negative growth.
- Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
- A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
- A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
- A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
- A reversible reduction in size.
- A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
- The process of contracting a disease.
- A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
- A shortening of a muscle during its use.
noun
- A positive thing, or a time or situation when things are going well.
- The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
- An up quark.
- An upstairs room of a two story house.
verb
- To upload.
- To physically raise or lift.
- To increase the level or amount of.
- To promote.
- To rise to a standing position; hence, by extension, to act suddenly; see also up and.
prep
- From south to north of.
- At (a given place, especially one imagined to be higher or more distant from a central location).
- From the mouth towards the source of (a river or waterway).
- Further along (in any direction).
- Of a man: having sex with.
- Toward the center, source, or main point of reference; toward the end at which something is attached.
- Toward the top of.
adj
- Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.
- Traveling towards a major terminus.
- At university (especially Oxford or Cambridge).
- Aloft.
- Larger; greater in quantity, volume, value etc.
- Functional; working.
- Raised; lifted.
- Above the horizon, in the sky.
- well-known; renowned
- Awake and out of bed.
- Willing; ready.
- Indicating a larger or higher quantity.
- Headed or designated to go upward (as an escalator, stairway, elevator etc.) or toward (as a run-up).
- Finished, to an end
- On or at a physically higher level.
- Chilled and served without ice.
- Erect.
- Ahead; leading; winning.
- Happening; new; of concern. See also what's up, what's up with.
- Facing upwards.
- Well-informed; current.
- In a good mood.
- Built, constructed.
- Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
- Available to view or use; made public; posted.
- Riding the horse; mounted.
- Standing; upright.
- Next in a sequence.
adv
- Away from the surface of the Earth or other planet; in opposite direction to the downward pull of gravity.
- Aside or away, so as no longer to be present or in use.
- Towards or at a central place, or any place that is visualised as 'up' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.
- To or from one's possession or consideration.
- To or at a physically higher or more elevated position.
- Used as an aspect marker to indicate a completed action or state; thoroughly, completely.
- To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, etc.; usually followed by to or with.
- Towards the principal terminus, towards milepost zero.
- In a positive vertical direction.
- North.
- Against the wind or current.
- To a higher level of some quantity or notional quantity, such as price, volume, pitch, happiness, etc.
- Without additional ice.
- Relatively close to the batsman.
adj
- Occurring later than something else; (also, usually, especially) influenced by something else; being a consequence of something else.
- Further along in the flow of current, in relation to a river, stream, bloodstream, or other flow of fluid.
- In the direction from the server to the client.
- Towards the 3′ end of a DNA molecule.
verb
adv
noun
- The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
- A possible adverse event or outcome.
- A borrower (such as a mortgage-holder or person with a credit card).
- An entity insured by an insurer.
- The potential negative effect of an event, determined by multiplying the likelihood of the event occurring with its magnitude should it occur.
- The magnitude of possible loss consequent to a decision or event.
- A type of adverse event covered under an insurance policy.
- A financial product (typically an investment).
- A thing (from the perspective of how likely or unlikely it is to cause an adverse effect).
verb
adj
- Unpleasant; disagreeable; likely to cause trouble or loss.
- Displeasing to the ear or some other sense.
- Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing.
- Ill-natured; crossgrained; quarrelsome.
- Offensive to one's sensibilities or morality.
noun
- An ugly person or thing.
- Any product whose size and shape prevents it from fitting neatly on a pallet.
- Ugliness.
verb
verb
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- participate in games or sport
- act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- play on an instrument
- play a role or part
- be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- replay (as a melody)
- perform music on (a musical instrument)
- pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- bet or wager (money)
- engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- emit recorded sound
- perform on a certain location
- put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- behave in a certain way
- cause to emit recorded audio or video
- manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- use to one's advantage
- consider not very seriously
- be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- behave carelessly or indifferently
- cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- perform on a stage or theater
- be performed or presented for public viewing
- discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- make bets
- stake on the outcome of an issue
- shoot or hit in a particular manner
- use or move
- employ in a game or in a specific position
- contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
noun
- a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
- a theatrical performance of a drama
- a preset plan of action in team sports
- a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
- a state in which action is feasible
- utilization or exercise
- an attempt to get something
- activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
- (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
- the removal of constraints
- a weak and tremulous light
- verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously)
- movement or space for movement
- gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
- (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
- the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
verb
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- cause to come into a particular state or condition
- go or come after and bring or take back
- bring into a different state
- be accompanied by
- advance or set forth in court
- bestow a quality on
- be sold for a certain price
- attract the attention of
- induce or persuade
adj
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
- Not covered by funds on account.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Not appropriate, of manners etc.
- Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Bold and daring.
- Malodorous; foul.
- Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
- Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
- Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
- Of poor physical appearance.
- False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
- Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
- Evil; wicked.
- Severe, urgent.
- Overly promiscuous, licentious.
- Very attractive; hot, sexy.
- Faulty; not functional.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
adv
verb
intj
noun
verb
- take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs
- carry out
- require (time or space)
- take somebody somewhere
- get into one's hands, take physically
- take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- take something or somebody with oneself somewhere
- take into one's possession
- travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route
- pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives
- receive willingly something given or offered
- assume, as of positions or roles
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- require as useful, just, or proper
- experience or feel or submit to
- make a film or photograph of something
- remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
- serve oneself to, or consume regularly
- accept or undergo, often unwillingly
- make use of or accept for some purpose
- conquer by force
- occupy or take on
- admit into a group or community
- ascertain or determine by measuring, computing or take a reading from a dial
- be a student of a certain subject
- head into a specified direction
- point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
- be seized or affected in a specified way
- have with oneself; have on one's person
- engage for service under a term of contract
- receive or obtain regularly
- buy, select
- to get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort
- have sex with; archaic use
- lay claim to; as of an idea
- be designed to hold or take
- be capable of holding or containing
- develop a habit
- proceed along in a vehicle
- obtain by winning
- be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness
noun
verb
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- be employed
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform as expected when applied
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- proceed along a path
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- move in an agitated manner
- cause to work
- prepare for crops
- behave in a certain way when handled
- have and exert influence or effect
- operate in or through
- cause to operate or function
- provoke or excite
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- make something, usually for a specific function
- move into or onto
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- cause to undergo fermentation
- go sour or spoil
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
noun
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- the occupation for which you are paid
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- a place where work is done
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
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