noun, verb

A computer simulation of such a system of recording tabular data, with totals and other formulas calculated automatically. (+2 more)

noun, verb

(chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy. (+60 more)

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A burst of speed or activity. (+3 more)

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A brace strengthening a post and some connected part, such as a rafter or crossbeam (+28 more)

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A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage). (+9 more)

noun, verb

A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members. (+4 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(1950s slang) A socially conventional or conservative person (+71 more)

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A place or a situation where people have limited space to move. (+18 more)

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(epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry. (+20 more)

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A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire. (+13 more)

noun

The condition of being stable or in equilibrium, and thus resistant to change. (+1 more)

adjective, noun, verb

(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner. (+14 more)

noun, verb

(heading) A pile. (+22 more)

noun

A graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope. (+5 more)

noun, verb

(plural staff or staffs) The employees of a business. (+15 more)

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A degree of advancement in a journey (+27 more)

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A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling (+10 more)

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A blemish on one's character or reputation. (+11 more)

noun

A series of steps (+2 more)

noun, verb

(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned. (+13 more)

noun, verb

(of an engine) To stop suddenly. (+39 more)