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freighter |
Noun
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a cargo ship |
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feed bunk |
Noun
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a long trough for feeding cattle |
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fender |
Noun
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a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact |
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fender |
Noun
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a barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud |
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fender |
Noun
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a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth |
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fender |
Noun
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an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track |
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flying bomb |
Noun
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a small jet-propelled winged missile that carries a bomb |
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funicular railway |
Noun
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a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars |
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frontstall |
Noun
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medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
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front-stall |
Noun
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medieval plate armor to protect a horse's head |
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fraternity house |
Noun
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a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity |
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frat house |
Noun
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a house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity |
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fusain |
Noun
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a stick of black carbon material used for drawing |
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fag |
Noun
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finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper |
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fag |
Noun
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offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
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fag |
Verb
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exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress |
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fag |
Verb
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work hard |
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fag |
Verb
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act as a servant for older boys, in British public schools |
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fowl run |
Noun
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an enclosed yard for keeping poultry |
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four-in-hand |
Noun
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a carriage pulled by four horses with one driver |
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four-in-hand |
Noun
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a long necktie that is tied in a slipknot with one end hanging in front of the other |
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flat cap |
Noun
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a flat woolen cap with a stiff peak |
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face cream |
Noun
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a cream used cosmetically for softening and cleaning the skin |
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foundling hospital |
Noun
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a hospital where foundlings (infant children of unknown parents) are taken in and cared for |
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freezer |
Noun
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electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time |
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fascia |
Noun
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instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls |
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fascia |
Noun
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a sheet or band of fibrous connective tissue separating or binding together muscles and organs etc |
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food shop |
Noun
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a shop selling ready-to-eat food products |
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floss |
Noun
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a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth |
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floss |
Noun
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a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery |
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floss |
Verb
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use dental floss to clean |
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floppy disk |
Noun
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a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit |
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full dress |
Noun
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formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men |
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frock |
Noun
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a one-piece garment for a woman |
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frock |
Noun
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a habit worn by clerics |
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frock |
Verb
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put a frock on |
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food elevator |
Noun
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a small elevator used to convey food (or other goods) from one floor of a building to another |
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fridge |
Noun
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a refrigerator in which the coolant is pumped around by an electric motor |
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fool's cap |
Noun
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a cone-shaped paper hat formerly placed on the head of slow or lazy pupils |
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fetal monitor |
Noun
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an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth |
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foetal monitor |
Noun
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an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth |
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faggot |
Noun
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a bundle of sticks and branches bound together |
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faggot |
Noun
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offensive term for an openly homosexual man |
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faggot |
Verb
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bind or tie up in or as if in a faggot |
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faggot |
Verb
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fasten together rods of iron in order to heat or weld them |
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faggot |
Verb
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ornament or join (fabric) by faggot stitch |
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fagoting |
Noun
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embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches |
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faggoting |
Noun
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embroidery in which groups of parallel threads are tied together with fagot stitches |
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fagot stitch |
Noun
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the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting |
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faggot stitch |
Noun
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the stitch that ties a group of parallel threads together in fagoting |