Word * | Part of Speech | Definition | Audio Available? |
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laurel | Noun | An evergreen shrub having aromatic leaves with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers, also called sweet bay. The fruit is a purple berry | Yes |
laurel | Noun | A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame - especially in the plural laurels | Yes |
drizzle | Verb | To rain lightly | Yes |
drizzle | Verb | To pour slowly and evenly, especially with oil in cooking | Yes |
drizzle | Noun | Light rain | Yes |
drizzle | Noun | Very small, numerous, and uniformly dispersed water drops, mist, or sprinkle | Yes |
tickle | Noun | The act of tickling | Yes |
tickle | Noun | A feeling resembling the result of tickling | Yes |
tickle | Verb | To touch someone in a manner that causes itching and usually laughing | Yes |
tickle | Verb | To feel like the body part in question is being tickled | Yes |
tickle | Verb | Appeal to someone's taste, curiosity, etc. | Yes |
tickle | Verb | To cause delight or amusement | Yes |
twinkle | Verb | To shine with a flickering light; to glimmer | Yes |
twinkle | Verb | To be bright with delight | Yes |
twinkle | Verb | To bat, blink, or wink the eyes | Yes |
twinkle | Verb | To flit to and fro | Yes |
twinkle | Noun | A sparkle or glimmer of light | Yes |
twinkle | Noun | A sparkle of delight in the eyes | Yes |
twinkle | Noun | A flitting movement | Yes |
thimble | Noun | A pitted, now usually metal, cap for the fingers, used in sewing to push the needle | Yes |
thimble | Noun | A similarly shaped socket in machinery | Yes |
thimble | Noun | A thimbleful | Yes |
villain | Noun | A vile, wicked person | Yes |
villain | Noun | A man extremely depraved, or capable or guilty of great crimes | Yes |
villain | Noun | A deliberate scoundrel | Yes |
villain | Noun | The bad person in a stage or screen play | Yes |
soda | Noun | Sodium carbonate | Yes |
soda | Noun | Sodium in chemical combination | Yes |
soda | Noun | Carbonated water | Yes |
soda | Noun | Any carbonated soft drink | Yes |
soda | Noun | A glass, bottle or can of this drink | Yes |
sofa | Noun | An upholstered seat, typically having sides and a back, long enough to seat two or more people | Yes |
sober | Adjective | Not drunk; not intoxicated | Yes |
sober | Adjective | Not given to excessive drinking of alcohol | Yes |
sober | Adjective | In character; moderate; realistic; serious; not playful; not passionate; cool; self-controlled | Yes |
sober | Adjective | Dull; not bright or colorful | Yes |
sober | Verb | To make or become sober | Yes |
sober | Verb | To overcome or lose a state of intoxication | Yes |
topaz | Noun | A clear, yellowish-brown gemstone | Yes |
topaz | Noun | A yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone | Yes |
topaz | Adjective | Of a yellowish-brown color, like that of the gemstone | Yes |
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