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emperor's new clothes
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stunner
invade
mire
out of nowhere
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rip
lowlight
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kicker
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augury
stumble
trip
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walk on the wild side
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armpit
trial
development
visitation
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cunt
tribulation
background
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pisser
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edition
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sign
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noun
- An embarrassing or unedifying scene or situation.
- A frame with different coloured lenses on a semaphore signal through which light from a lamp shines at night, often a part of the signal arm.
- The brille of a snake.
- An exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
- An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, worn to assist sight, or to protect the eyes from bright light.
noun
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
verb
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To film.
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
intj
noun
- A comical, embarrassing, or hypocritical event or action.
- A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
- A type of strong, rough tide or current.
- Data or audio copied from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc. to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- A handful of unthreshed grain.
- A tear (in paper, etc.).
- A black mark given for substandard schoolwork.
- A hit (dose) of marijuana.
- Something ripped off or stolen; a work resulting from plagiarism.
- A wicker basket for fish.
- A rip current: a strong outflow of surface water, away from the shore, that returns water from incoming waves.
- Something unfairly expensive, a rip-off.
- A joyride.
verb
- To mock or criticize (someone or something). (often used with on and into)
- To steal; to rip off.
- To fart.
- To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.
- To tear apart; to rapidly become two parts.
- To surf extremely well.
- To get by, or as if by, cutting or tearing.
- To take a "hit" of marijuana.
- To copy data from a CD, DVD, Internet stream, etc., to a hard drive, portable device, etc.
- To move or act fast; to rush headlong.
- To move quickly and destructively.
- To cut wood along (parallel to) the grain.
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
noun
- an incident (real or imaginary)
- the place where some action occurs
- the visual percept of a region
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- a situation treated as an observable object
- a subdivision of an act of a play or performance
- a display of bad temper
- graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept
- the context and environment in which something is set
- the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale
noun
- An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
- An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
- An outboard motor.
- A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
- A relaxed party.
- The kicking strap.
- The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
- The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- A practitioner of the kicking performance art.
- One who takes kicks.
- An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
- One who kicks.
- Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”)
- A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
- Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
- A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
- A backlight positioned at an angle.
- A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
- A launch ramp.
- A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.
noun
- an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
- a journey for some purpose (usually including the return)
- a hallucinatory experience induced by drugs
- an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall
- an exciting or stimulating experience
- a catch mechanism that acts as a switch
- a light or nimble tread
verb
noun
- a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation
- act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining
- a process in which something passes by degrees to a different stage (especially a more advanced or mature stage)
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
- the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful
- a district that has been developed to serve some purpose
- a state in which things are improving; the result of developing (as in the early part of a game of chess)
- processing a photosensitive material in order to make an image visible
- (music) the section of a composition or movement (especially in sonata form) where the major musical themes are developed and elaborated
noun
- An unpleasant or difficult experience or incident.
- A woman, women, or bottom (i.e. submissive partner, not the top) as a source of sex.
- An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand more usually a man).
- (with words funny, good) A person (mostly between male friends); compare bastard.
- The female genitalia, especially the vulva.
- An objectionable object or item.
noun
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- scenery hung at back of stage
verb
noun
- 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.
- The probability of a negative outcome 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
noun
- An event that is terrible, horrific or unexpected.
- A flash of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
- Vehement threatening or censure; especially, ecclesiastical denunciation; fulmination.
- A very powerful shot.
- A belemnite, or thunderstone.
- A daring or irresistible hero.
- A charge in the form of two joined bundles with four rays of lightning emerging from them, resembling the thunderbolt of Jupiter.
noun
- An unfavorable point or characteristic.
- Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto
- A repetition performed with a weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
- The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
- A right of veto.
- A word that indicates negation.
- A negative quantity.
- An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
verb
intj
adj
- Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
- Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
- Less than zero degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit.
- Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
- Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
- Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles
- Denying a proposition.
- Not positive nor neutral.
- HIV negative.
- COVID-19 negative.
- Pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
- Of a number: less than zero
- Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
noun
adj
noun
- an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- a public display of a message
- any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
- structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted
- (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
- (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease
- having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)
- a gesture that is part of a sign language
- a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified
- a character indicating a relation between quantities
adj
verb
- mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)
- approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation
- be engaged by a written agreement
- engage by written agreement
- communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
- place signs, as along a road
- communicate in sign language
- make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
noun
- an event
- a special situation
- an action
- a special abstraction
- an artifact
- a vaguely specified concern
- a statement regarded as an object
- an entity that is not named specifically
- any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
- a special objective
- a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
- a separate and self-contained entity
noun
- A distressing or dangerous situation.
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- A malfunction.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
verb
noun
- An encounter between people, even accidental.
- A place or instance of junction or intersection; a confluence.
- The people at such a gathering.
- A gathering of persons for a purpose; an assembly.
- The act of persons or things that meet.
- An administrative unit in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).
adj
- Unfortunate or unfavorable.
- Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste.
- Peevish or bad-tempered.
- Off-pitch, out of tune.
- Made rancid by fermentation, etc.
- Excessively acidic and thus infertile.
- Tasting or smelling rancid.
- Containing excess sulfur.
verb
- To make sour.
- To become sour.
- To spoil or mar; to make disenchanted.
- To become disenchanted.
- To make (soil) cold and unproductive.
- To macerate (lime) and render it fit for plaster or mortar.
- To process (fabric) after bleaching, using hydrochloric acid or sulphuric acid to wash out the lime.
noun
adj
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
noun
- A fact or event considered very unusual, curious, or astonishing by those who witness it.
- An experienced object whose constitution reflects the order and conceptual structure imposed upon it by the human mind (especially by the powers of perception and understanding).
- A thing or being, event or process, perceptible through senses; or a fact or occurrence thereof.
- A knowable thing or event (eg by inference, especially in science)
- A kind or type of phenomenon (sense 1 or 2)
- A wonderful or very remarkable person or thing.
- Appearance; a perceptible aspect of something that is mutable.
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