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noun
- A term used to characterize a person or thing.
- A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
- A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.
- A term used as a qualifier of the name of a deity in order to designate said deity in a particular aspect or role.
- One of many formulaic words or phrases used in the Iliad and Odyssey to characterize a person, a group of people, or a thing.
- An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
verb
noun
adj
noun
- a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- the general outward appearance of something
- the striking or working surface of an implement
- a surface forming part of the outside of an object
- the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object)
- a contorted facial expression
- a specific size and style of type within a type family
- status in the eyes of others
- impudent aggressiveness
- a vertical surface of a building or cliff
verb
- deal with (something unpleasant) head on
- oppose, as in hostility or a competition
- be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
- be opposite
- turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction
- present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize
- turn so as to expose the face
- line the edge (of a garment) with a different material
- cover the front or surface of
noun
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- A nickname or epithet.
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
noun
- Something that differentiates a thing or person.
- The third step in OPQRST where the responder investigates what the NOI/MOI feels like.
- A newspaper with relatively serious, high-quality content.
- Level of excellence.
- The degree to which a man-made object or system is free from bugs and flaws, as opposed to scope of functions or quantity of items.
- In a two-phase liquid–vapor mixture, the ratio of the mass of vapor present to the total mass of the mixture.
adj
noun
- A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person.
- An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race.
- A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals.
- A field on which a game is played; a playing field.
- A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep.
- A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc.
- A toad.
- An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races.
- A frog.
- A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items.
verb
verb
noun
- A contemptible person or thing.
- Something of poor quality.
- Any of several species of large Antarctic petrels which feed on blubber and carrion and have an offensive odour, such as the giant fulmar.
- One who stinks.
- Something difficult (e.g. a given puzzle) or unpleasant (e.g. negative review, nasty letter).
- A chemist.
- A hot day.
noun
- Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end.
- A gallery.
- An instance of pawning something.
- A pawnshop; pawnbroker.
- The state of being held as security for a loan, or as a pledge.
- The most numerous chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess, each side starts with eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only diagonally or en passant.
verb
noun
- A person of any kind (particularly as a term of abuse).
- A fish, the luderick (Girella tricuspidata).
- A friend, particularly a fellow black person, often used as an informal term of address.
- A member of any typically dark-skinned people (now especially in combinations like prairie nigger or sand nigger).
- A person of black African descent who acts in an unapproved manner (whether positive or negative).
- A black person; a person of black African descent.
verb
noun
noun
- Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something.
- One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing.
- A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc.
- A primary key.
- A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star).
- Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else.
- A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document.
noun
- A person who creates a profile for something or someone, especially a psychological profile for an unknown criminal.
- A mechanical device that cuts complex, irregular shapes by tracing a pattern.
- A software program that measures the performance of different portions of another program in order to locate bottlenecks.
verb
- To identify (someone as a particular type of person or as having a particular role).
- To choose or intend (someone) for a particular end or purpose.
- To focus one's attention on (something or someone); to pay attention to, to take note of.
- To catch the ball directly from a kick of 15 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- To have a long-lasting negative impact on (someone or something).
- To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
- To leave a mark (often an undesirable or unwanted one) on (something).
- To indicate (something) in writing or by other symbols.
- To be a point in time or space at which something takes place; to accompany or be accompanied by (an event, action, etc.); to coincide with.
- To create (a mark) on a surface.
- To hold (someone) in one's line of sight.
- To celebrate or acknowledge (an event) through an action of some kind.
- To indicate the correctness of and give a score to (a school assignment, exam answers, etc.).
- To record that (someone) has a particular status.
- To put a marker in the place of one's ball.
- To sing softly, sometimes an octave lower than usual, in order to protect one's voice during a rehearsal.
- To create an indication of (a location).
- To keep account of; to enumerate and register; to keep score.
- To assign (someone) to a particular category or class.
- To be an indication of (something); to show where (something) is located.
- To follow a player not in possession of the ball when defending, to prevent them receiving a pass easily.
- To be typical or characteristic of (something).
- To distinguish (one person or thing from another).
noun
- A particular design or make of an item (now usually with following numeral).
- A score for a sporting achievement.
- A stamp or other indication of provenance, quality etc.
- A stone or post used to indicate position and guide travellers.
- A half pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to 226.8 g.
- A common, or area of common land, especially among early Germanic peoples.
- Importance, noteworthiness. (Generally in postmodifier “of mark”.)
- A catch of the ball directly from a kick of 10 metres or more without having been touched in transit, resulting in a free kick.
- A visible impression or sign; a blemish, scratch, or stain, whether accidental or intentional.
- A sign or brand on a person.
- A target for shooting at with a projectile.
- Other similar currencies notionally equal to a mark of silver or gold.
- The model number of a device; a device model.
- A specified level on a scale denoting gas-powered oven temperatures.
- An omen; a symptomatic indicator of something.
- A characteristic or essential attribute; a differential.
- An official note that is added to a record kept about someone's behavior or performance.
- The target or intended victim of a swindle, fixed game or con game.
- One of the bits of leather or coloured bunting placed upon a sounding line at intervals of from two to five fathoms. (The unmarked fathoms are called "deeps".)
- An indication or sign used for reference or measurement.
- Attention.
- Badge or sign of honour, rank, or official station.
- A characteristic feature.
- A written character or sign.
- A half pound, a former English and Scottish currency equivalent to 13 shillings and fourpence and notionally equivalent to a mark of sterling silver.
- The line indicating an athlete's starting-point.
- Similar half-pound units in other measurement systems, chiefly used for gold and silver.
- A score for finding the correct answer, or other academic achievement; the sum of such points gained as out of a possible total.
- Limit or standard of action or fact.
- A former currency of Germany and West Germany.
noun
- A person or thing who enjoys special regard or favour.
- A short curl dangling over the temples, fashionable in the reign of Charles II.
- A person who is preferred or trusted above all others.
- A contestant or competitor thought most likely to win.
- A bookmark in a web browser.
verb
- To favour.
- To bookmark.
- To add to one's list of favourite items on a website that allows users to compile such lists.
adj
noun
- A person who is extremely abnormal in appearance due to a severe medical condition (originally, a freak of nature); later extended to meaning a person who is extremely abnormal in social behavior, sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or business practices; an oddball, especially in physiology (e.g., "circus freak"); a unique person, originally in a displeasing or alienating way.
- A drug addict.
- An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
- A person whose physique has grown far beyond the normal limits of muscular development; often a bodybuilder weighing more than 260 pounds (117.934 kilos).
- A very sexually perverse individual.
- A man, particularly a bold, strong, vigorous man.
- A fellow; a petulant young man.
- A hippie.
adj
verb
noun
- the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
- someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force
- any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage
- a male subordinate
- an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent)
- a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his employer
- a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman
- game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games
- all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
verb
article
- Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
- One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
- Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope;
- One certain or particular; any single.
- Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
- Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
- The same; one.
prep
symbol
- Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
- allele (recessive)
- specific rotation
- specific absorption coefficient
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character
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noun
- A contemptible, annoying, or unpleasant person.
- A bullet (projectile).
- An inlet on the coast; a small tidal pool or bay.
- A small, usually round or cylindrical object designed for easy swallowing, usually containing some sort of medication.
- A rounded rectangle indicating the tag or category that an item belongs to.
- Contraceptive medication, usually in the form of a pill to be taken by a woman; an oral contraceptive pill.
- A comical or entertaining person.
- A small piece of any substance, for example a ball of fibres formed on the surface of a textile fabric by rubbing. Colloquially known as a bobble, fuzzball, or lint ball.
- Hyponyms: tablet, caplet, capsule, lozenge
- Such an object that is of solid constitution (usually of compressed, bonded powder) rather than a capsule (with a shell containing loose powder or liquid).
- Something offensive, unpleasant or nauseous which must be accepted or endured.
verb
verb
- refer (a word or name) to a person or thing
- put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- ask (for something)
- coat, cover or smear a surface with
- be applicable to; as to an analysis
- give or convey physically
- avail oneself to
- ensure observance of laws and rules
- apply oneself to
adj
- Relating to something a person is referring to in the very context, with a deictic use similar to the demonstrative adjective this.
- Located in the immediate vicinity.
- Attentive; alert; focused.
- Neither for or against (used in voting to express abstention)
- Relating to now, for the time being; current.
verb
- To come forward, appear in a particular place or before a particular person, especially formally.
- To nominate (a member of the clergy) for an ecclesiastical benefice; to offer to the bishop or ordinary as a candidate for institution.
- To put (something) forward in order for it to be seen; to show, exhibit.
- To offer (a problem, complaint) to a court or other authority for consideration.
- To give a gift or presentation to (someone).
- To offer oneself for mental consideration; to occur to the mind.
- To give (a gift or presentation) to someone; to bestow.
- To bring (someone) into the presence of (a person); to introduce formally.
- In omegaverse fiction, to have one's secondary sex (alpha, omega, or beta) become apparent, typically at puberty.
- To deliver (something abstract) as though as a gift; to offer.
- To hand over (a bill etc.) to be paid.
- To appear or represent oneself (as having a certain gender).
- To make clear to one's mind or intelligence; to put forward for consideration.
- To put on, stage (a play etc.).
- To come to the attention of medical staff, especially with a specific symptom.
- To appear (in a specific way) for delivery (of a fetus); to appear first at the mouth of the uterus during childbirth.
- To act as presenter on (a radio, television programme etc.).
- To point (a firearm) at something, to hold (a weapon) in a position ready to fire.
- To display one's female genitalia in a way that signals to others that one is ready for copulation. Also referred to as lordosis behaviour.
noun
verb
- Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.
- To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.
- To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.
- To cause to become; to bring about.
- To kill.
- To receive.
- To be able, be permitted, or have the opportunity (to do something desirable or ironically implied to be desirable).
- To getter.
- To obtain; to acquire.
- To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).
- To begin (doing something or to do something).
- To have. See usage notes.
- To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).
- To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
- To cause to do.
- To fetch, bring, take.
- To become, or cause oneself to become.
- To understand. (compare get it)
- To catch out, trick successfully.
- To find as an answer.
- To hear completely; catch.
- To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).
- To go, to leave; to scram.
- To become ill with or catch (a disease).
- To measure.
- To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
- To perplex, stump.
- To cause to come or go or move.
noun
noun
- A name-calling word, generally for a person who is perceived to be inept, deficient or peculiar
- The plastic cord used in the plaiting and knotting craft Scoubidou (lanyard making); or, the process itself.
- Any coarse or reinforced thread, such as a glazed thread employed in lacemaking to outline designs, or silk thread used as a fishing leader, protected from the bite of fish by a wrapping of fine wire.
- A crippled leg.
- A character or ability that is underpowered.
- A limp or a limping gait.
- A sexual submissive, almost always male, dressed generally in a black leather suit. See Gimp (sadomasochism) in Wikipedia.
- A narrow ornamental fabric or braid of silk, wool, or cotton, often stiffened with metallic wire or coarse cord running through it, used as trimming for dresses, curtains, furniture, etc. Also guimpe.
- A person who is lame due to a crippling of the legs or feet.
verb
- To limp; to hobble.
- To make underpowered; to limit or restrict the useful effects of.
- To wrap or wind (surround) with another length of yarn or wire in a tight spiral, often by means of a gimping machine, creating 'gimped yarn', etc. Also, generally, to wrap or twist with string or wire. See gimped.
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