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- bone of contention
collapse - the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money" related words >
- apple of discord,
- bone to pick,
- casus belli,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- crow to pick,
- crow to pluck,
- debating point,
- demand,
- feeler,
- grounds for war,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- moot point,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- problem,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- rub,
- sore point,
- tender spot,
- ticklish issue,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question
- agent,
- alterant,
- alterative,
- alterer,
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- architect,
- author,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- catalyst,
- catalytic agent,
- creator,
- developer,
- explorer,
- ferment,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovationist,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- leaven,
- maker,
- messenger,
- modificator,
- modifier,
- original,
- originator,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- producer,
- scout,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- transformer,
- transmogrifier,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker,
- yeast
- advance guard,
- airhead,
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- avant-garde,
- battle line,
- beachhead,
- bellwether,
- bridgehead,
- buccinator,
- bushwhacker,
- explorer,
- farthest outpost,
- first line,
- forebear,
- forefront,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- front,
- front line,
- front rank,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- line,
- messenger,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- railhead,
- scout,
- spearhead,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- van,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker
- messenger
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- a person who carries a message related words >
- Hermes,
- Mercury,
- Pheidippides,
- ancestor,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- buccinator novi temporis,
- bushwhacker,
- commissar,
- commissary,
- commissionaire,
- commissioner,
- courier,
- delegate,
- emissary,
- envoy,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerunner,
- foreshadower,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- go-between,
- gofer,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- harbinger,
- herald,
- innovator,
- intermediary,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- legate,
- minister,
- nuncio,
- page,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- premonitor,
- presager,
- runner,
- scout,
- secretary,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker
- blacktop
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- a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock
- coat with blacktop; "blacktop the driveway" related words >
- Tarmac,
- Tarvia,
- asphalt,
- bitumen,
- bituminous macadam,
- brick,
- carpet,
- causeway,
- cement,
- cobble,
- cobblestone,
- concrete,
- curb,
- curbing,
- curbstone,
- edgestone,
- flag,
- flagging,
- flagstone,
- floor,
- gravel,
- kerb,
- kerbstone,
- macadam,
- metal,
- pave,
- pavement,
- pavestone,
- paving,
- paving stone,
- pebble,
- road metal,
- stone,
- tar,
- tarmacadam,
- tile,
- washboard
- Tarmac,
- Tarvia,
- asphalt,
- bitumen,
- bituminous macadam,
- blacktop,
- brick,
- carpet,
- causeway,
- cement,
- cobble,
- concrete,
- curb,
- curbing,
- curbstone,
- edgestone,
- flag,
- flagging,
- flagstone,
- floor,
- gravel,
- kerb,
- kerbstone,
- macadam,
- metal,
- pave,
- pavement,
- pavestone,
- paving,
- paving stone,
- pebble,
- road metal,
- stone,
- tar,
- tarmacadam,
- tile,
- washboard
- ballroom
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- large room used mainly for dancing related words >
- amusement park,
- cabaret,
- cafe chantant,
- cafe dansant,
- casino,
- chamber,
- chambre,
- dance floor,
- dance hall,
- dancery,
- dancing pavilion,
- entertainment industry,
- fun-fair,
- grand ballroom,
- juke joint,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- nitery,
- resort,
- roadhouse,
- room,
- rotunda,
- salle,
- show biz,
- show business,
- tavern,
- theater
- journalist
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- a writer for newspapers and magazines related words >
- anchorman,
- broadcaster,
- city editor,
- columnist,
- commentator,
- copy chief,
- copy editor,
- copyman,
- copyreader,
- correspondent,
- cub reporter,
- diaskeuast,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- feature editor,
- foreign correspondent,
- gazetteer,
- hack,
- interviewer,
- leader writer,
- leg man,
- managing editor,
- news editor,
- newscaster,
- newsman,
- newsmonger,
- newspaperman,
- newspaperwoman,
- newswriter,
- own correspondent,
- paragrapher,
- paragraphist,
- pressman,
- publicist,
- reader,
- reporter,
- reviser,
- rewrite man,
- rewriter,
- scribe,
- slotman,
- sob sister,
- special correspondent,
- sports editor,
- stringer,
- subeditor,
- war correspondent
- heliport
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- an airport for helicopters related words >
- aerodrome,
- air base,
- airdrome,
- airfield,
- airport,
- balcony,
- catafalque,
- dais,
- emplacement,
- estrade,
- field,
- floor,
- gallery,
- hustings,
- island,
- landing,
- landing field,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- launching pad,
- platform,
- podium,
- port,
- pulpit,
- rostrum,
- soapbox,
- stage,
- step terrace,
- stump,
- terrace,
- tribunal,
- tribune
- interrogation
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- formal systematic questioning
- a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder related words >
- Socratic method,
- asking,
- bone of contention,
- bringing into question,
- catechetical method,
- catechism,
- catechization,
- catechizing,
- challenge,
- cross-examination,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- debating point,
- demand,
- dispute,
- examination,
- feeler,
- grilling,
- inquiring,
- inquiry,
- inquisition,
- interpellation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- investigation,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- moot point,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- probing,
- problem,
- pumping,
- query,
- querying,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- questioning,
- quiz,
- quizzing,
- quodlibet,
- seeking,
- third degree,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question
- overpower
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- overcome by superior force related words >
- amaze,
- be strong,
- bear down,
- beat,
- best,
- conquer,
- crush,
- daze,
- deck,
- defeat,
- drown out,
- dumbfound,
- floor,
- jam,
- master,
- nonplus,
- outroar,
- outshout,
- overcome,
- overmaster,
- overmatch,
- overset,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- pack a punch,
- prevail,
- put down,
- quell,
- send flying,
- shout down,
- silence,
- stagger,
- strike,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- surmount,
- trip,
- trip up,
- upset,
- vanquish,
- whelm,
- worst
- blow down,
- blow over,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- bring down,
- bulldog,
- cast down,
- chop down,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- deck,
- down,
- drop,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- floor,
- ground,
- hew down,
- knock down,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- mow down,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- rase,
- raze,
- send headlong,
- spread-eagle,
- supinate,
- take down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- topple,
- trip,
- tumble
- harbinger
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- an indication of the approach of something or someone related words >
- Gabriel,
- ancestor,
- announce,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- augury,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- buccinator novi temporis,
- bushwhacker,
- evangel,
- evangelist,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerun,
- forerunner,
- foreshadower,
- foreshow,
- foretoken,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- give notice,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- herald,
- herald angel,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- notify,
- omen,
- outrider,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- portent,
- preannounce,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- preindicate,
- premonitor,
- presage,
- presager,
- proclaim,
- run before,
- scout,
- sign,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker
- drug
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- a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic
- administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
- use recreational drugs related words >
- Adrenalin,
- Benzedrine,
- Dexamyl,
- Dexedrine,
- KO,
- Methedrine,
- Mickey Finn,
- aloes,
- ammonium carbonate,
- amphetamine,
- amphetamine sulphate,
- analgesic,
- anesthetic,
- anesthetize,
- anoint,
- antidepressant,
- article,
- article of commerce,
- article of merchandise,
- balm,
- balsam,
- bedaze,
- belladonna,
- benumb,
- benzoin,
- besot,
- bismuth,
- blunt,
- caffeine,
- chloroform,
- chocolate,
- cocaine,
- cocoa,
- coffee,
- coldcock,
- colocynth,
- commodity,
- cure,
- cure-all,
- deaden,
- desensitize,
- desoxyephedrine,
- dextroamphetamine sulfate,
- dope,
- dose,
- downer,
- drops,
- dull,
- electuary,
- elixir,
- embrocate,
- entrance,
- ergot,
- etherize,
- ethical drug,
- feature,
- freeze,
- generic name,
- hallucinogenic,
- herbs,
- hop,
- hypnotic,
- hypnotize,
- inhalant,
- item,
- kayo,
- knock out,
- knock senseless,
- knock stiff,
- knock unconscious,
- knockout drop,
- kola,
- kola nut,
- lay out,
- lead item,
- leader,
- lincture,
- linctus,
- loss leader,
- lull to sleep,
- magnetize,
- materia medica,
- medicament,
- medicate,
- medication,
- medicinal,
- medicinal herbs,
- medicine,
- mesmerize,
- methamphetamine hydrochloride,
- mixture,
- narcotic,
- narcotize,
- nonprescription drug,
- numb,
- obtund,
- officinal,
- oil,
- opiate,
- pain-killer,
- palsy,
- panacea,
- paralyze,
- patent medicine,
- pharmaceutical,
- pharmacon,
- physic,
- poison,
- powder,
- preparation,
- prescription drug,
- product,
- proprietary,
- proprietary medicine,
- proprietary name,
- psychedelic,
- put to sleep,
- put under,
- quinine,
- remedy,
- rock to sleep,
- sal ammoniac,
- salve,
- sassafras,
- seconds,
- sedate,
- sedative,
- simple,
- simples,
- sleeping pill,
- soporific,
- special,
- specific,
- standard article,
- staple,
- staple item,
- stimulant,
- strychnine,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- syrup,
- tea,
- theraputant,
- tisane,
- trance,
- tranquilizer,
- treat,
- treatment,
- upper,
- vegetable remedies,
- vendible,
- ware
- A per se,
- ace,
- boss,
- champ,
- champion,
- chief,
- commander,
- conquering hero,
- conqueror,
- conquistador,
- dean,
- defeater,
- doyen,
- doyenne,
- easy winner,
- electronics king,
- fugleman,
- genius,
- head,
- hero,
- high priest,
- higher-up,
- honcho,
- important person,
- king,
- kingfish,
- kingpin,
- laureate,
- lead,
- leader,
- leading light,
- luminary,
- master,
- master spirit,
- nonpareil,
- pancratiast,
- paragon,
- paramount,
- personage,
- prima donna,
- principal,
- prodigy,
- ruler,
- runner-up,
- senior,
- shoo-in,
- star,
- subduer,
- subjugator,
- superior,
- superman,
- superstar,
- sure winner,
- the greatest,
- the most,
- triumpher,
- vanquisher,
- victor,
- virtuoso,
- winner
- catechism
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- an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers
- a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views related words >
- Weltanschauung,
- articles of religion,
- bone of contention,
- credenda,
- credo,
- creed,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- cult,
- debating point,
- demand,
- doctrinal statement,
- faith,
- feeler,
- formulated belief,
- gospel,
- ideology,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- ism,
- issue,
- leader,
- leading question,
- moot point,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- political faith,
- political philosophy,
- problem,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- question mark,
- quodlibet,
- religion,
- school,
- system of belief,
- topic,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question,
- world view
- workhorse
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- a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor
- machine that performs dependably under heavy use; "the IBM main frame computers have been the workhorse of the business world" related words >
- beast of burden,
- bidet,
- buck,
- carriage horse,
- cart horse,
- cavalry horse,
- draft horse,
- dray horse,
- driving horse,
- drudge,
- fag,
- fill horse,
- filler,
- galley slave,
- gigster,
- greasy grind,
- grind,
- grub,
- hack,
- hackney,
- horse,
- hunter,
- jument,
- lead,
- leader,
- mount,
- pack horse,
- palfrey,
- peon,
- plodder,
- plow horse,
- pole horse,
- polo pony,
- post-horse,
- remount,
- rider,
- riding horse,
- road horse,
- roadster,
- rouncy,
- saddle horse,
- saddler,
- sawbuck,
- shaft horse,
- slave,
- slavey,
- slogger,
- stalking-horse,
- sumpter,
- sumpter horse,
- swot,
- thill horse,
- thiller,
- toiler,
- trestle,
- wheeler,
- wheelhorse
- dais
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- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it related words >
- balcony,
- bench,
- catafalque,
- chair,
- curule chair,
- emplacement,
- estrade,
- floor,
- gallery,
- heliport,
- helm,
- hustings,
- landing,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- launching pad,
- platform,
- podium,
- pulpit,
- rostrum,
- saddle,
- seat,
- seat of power,
- seat of state,
- soapbox,
- stage,
- step terrace,
- stump,
- terrace,
- tribunal,
- tribune,
- woolsack
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- bottom,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- infrastructure,
- pavement,
- principle,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction,
- understructure
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- bottom,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- infrastructure,
- pavement,
- principle,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction
- Siberian husky,
- ass,
- beast of burden,
- bidet,
- camel,
- carriage horse,
- cart horse,
- cavalry horse,
- draft animal,
- draft horse,
- dray horse,
- driving horse,
- dromedary,
- elephant,
- fill horse,
- filler,
- gigster,
- hack,
- hackney,
- hinny,
- horse,
- hunter,
- husky,
- jennet,
- jument,
- lead,
- leader,
- llama,
- malamute,
- mount,
- mule,
- ox,
- pack horse,
- palfrey,
- plow horse,
- pole horse,
- polo pony,
- post-horse,
- reindeer,
- remount,
- rider,
- riding horse,
- road horse,
- roadster,
- rouncy,
- saddle horse,
- saddler,
- shaft horse,
- sledge dog,
- stalking-horse,
- sumpter horse,
- sumpter mule,
- thill horse,
- thiller,
- wheeler,
- wheelhorse,
- workhorse
- launching pad
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- a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched related words >
- Mark,
- balcony,
- bazooka,
- calliope,
- catafalque,
- dais,
- emplacement,
- estrade,
- floor,
- gallery,
- hedgehog,
- heliport,
- hustings,
- landing,
- landing pad,
- landing stage,
- launch pad,
- launching platform,
- launching tube,
- mousetrap,
- platform,
- podium,
- projector,
- pulpit,
- rostrum,
- silo,
- soapbox,
- stage,
- step terrace,
- stump,
- terrace,
- tribunal,
- tribune
- scholiast
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- a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author) related words >
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- book reviewer,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- cognoscente,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- faultfinder,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- leader writer,
- lexicographer,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- metaphrast,
- muckraker,
- news analyst,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- publicist,
- reviewer,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- textual critic,
- translator
- staple
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- paper fastener consisting of a short length of U-shaped wire that can fasten papers together
- a short U-shaped wire nail for securing cables
- a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn; "staple fibers vary widely in length"
- necessary foods or commodities; "wheat is a staple crop"
- secure or fasten with a staple or staples; "staple the papers together" related words >
- anchored,
- article,
- article of commerce,
- article of merchandise,
- articulate,
- auto show,
- basic,
- basics,
- batten,
- batten down,
- bazaar,
- boat show,
- body,
- bolt,
- bonanza,
- buckle,
- bulk,
- butt,
- button,
- catalog goods,
- chief,
- clasp,
- cleat,
- clip,
- commercial complex,
- commodities,
- commodity,
- consumer goods,
- consumer items,
- conventional,
- core,
- cornucopia,
- corpus,
- critical,
- customary,
- dovetail,
- drug,
- effects,
- elementary,
- emporium,
- essential,
- essentials,
- exposition,
- eye,
- fair,
- fastened,
- feature,
- fixed,
- flea fair,
- flea market,
- font,
- fount,
- fountain,
- fundamental,
- fundamentals,
- gold mine,
- goods,
- goods for sale,
- habitual,
- hasp,
- hinge,
- hitch,
- hook,
- indispensable,
- inventory,
- item,
- jam,
- job lot,
- joint,
- latch,
- lead item,
- leader,
- line,
- line of goods,
- lock,
- lode,
- loss leader,
- mail-order goods,
- main,
- market,
- market overt,
- marketplace,
- mart,
- mass,
- material resources,
- materials,
- materiel,
- merchandise,
- mine,
- miter,
- mortise,
- nail,
- necessary,
- necessities,
- normal,
- open market,
- ordinary,
- peg,
- pin,
- plaza,
- prevailing,
- primary,
- principal,
- product,
- quarry,
- rabbet,
- raw material,
- required,
- requisite,
- resource,
- rialto,
- ring,
- rivet,
- riveted,
- scarf,
- screw,
- seconds,
- set,
- settled,
- sew,
- shopping center,
- shopping mall,
- shopping plaza,
- show,
- sideline,
- skewer,
- snap,
- source,
- source of supply,
- special,
- spring,
- standard,
- standard article,
- staple item,
- staples,
- stated,
- stick,
- stitch,
- stock,
- stock-in-trade,
- store,
- street market,
- stuff,
- substance,
- substances,
- supply,
- tack,
- toggle,
- trade fair,
- universal,
- usual,
- vein,
- vendible,
- vendibles,
- vital,
- ware,
- wares,
- wedge,
- well,
- wellspring,
- zipper
- expositor
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- a person who explains related words >
- Boanerges,
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- author,
- book reviewer,
- chalk talker,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- critic,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- descanter,
- diaskeuast,
- discourser,
- disquisitor,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- essayist,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expounder,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- homilist,
- interpreter,
- leader writer,
- lecturer,
- lexicographer,
- metaphrast,
- monographer,
- monographist,
- news analyst,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- praelector,
- preacher,
- publicist,
- pulpitarian,
- pulpiteer,
- reader,
- reviewer,
- scholiast,
- sermoner,
- sermonist,
- sermonizer,
- textual critic,
- tractation,
- translator,
- writer
- banker
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- the person in charge of the bank in a gambling game
- someone who owns or is an executive in a bank related words >
- Shylock,
- bank clerk,
- bank manager,
- bank officer,
- bank president,
- banking executive,
- baron,
- big boss,
- big businessman,
- bill broker,
- business leader,
- businessman,
- cambist,
- captain of industry,
- cashier,
- director,
- discounter,
- enterpriser,
- entrepreneur,
- financier,
- industrialist,
- investment banker,
- king,
- lender,
- little businessman,
- loan officer,
- loan shark,
- loaner,
- magnate,
- man of commerce,
- manager,
- money broker,
- money changer,
- money dealer,
- moneylender,
- moneymonger,
- mortgage holder,
- mortgagee,
- note broker,
- pawnbroker,
- teller,
- top executive,
- trust officer,
- tycoon,
- usurer
- question mark
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- a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question related words >
- Chinese puzzle,
- baffling problem,
- bone of contention,
- brain twister,
- catechism,
- cross-interrogatory,
- cross-question,
- crossword puzzle,
- crux,
- debating point,
- demand,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- feeler,
- floorer,
- inquiry,
- interrogation,
- interrogative,
- interrogatory,
- issue,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- leader,
- leading question,
- mind-boggler,
- moot point,
- mystery,
- nut to crack,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- point at issue,
- point in question,
- poser,
- problem,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- puzzler,
- query,
- question,
- question at issue,
- quodlibet,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- sticker,
- stumper,
- topic,
- tough proposition,
- trial balloon,
- vexed question,
- why
- surveyor
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- an engineer who determines the boundaries and elevations of land or structures
- someone who conducts a statistical survey related words >
- Big Brother,
- appraiser,
- assayer,
- assessor,
- auditor,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- cartographer,
- chief,
- chorographer,
- comptroller,
- controller,
- estimator,
- evaluator,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- foreman,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- gauger,
- geodesist,
- head,
- headman,
- inspector,
- land surveyor,
- measurer,
- meter,
- monitor,
- noncommissioned officer,
- oceanographer,
- overman,
- overseer,
- proctor,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- straw boss,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- taskmaster,
- topographer,
- valuator,
- valuer,
- visitor
- L,
- R,
- acting area,
- apron,
- apron stage,
- backstage,
- bandstand,
- board,
- bridge,
- coulisse,
- dock,
- dressing room,
- flies,
- fly floor,
- fly gallery,
- forestage,
- greenroom,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- lightboard,
- orchestra,
- orchestra pit,
- performing area,
- pit,
- proscenium,
- proscenium stage,
- shell,
- stage,
- stage left,
- stage right,
- switchboard,
- the boards,
- wings
- bandstand
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- a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air related words >
- L,
- R,
- acting area,
- apron,
- apron stage,
- backstage,
- band shell,
- board,
- bridge,
- coulisse,
- dock,
- dressing room,
- flies,
- fly floor,
- fly gallery,
- forestage,
- greenroom,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- lightboard,
- orchestra,
- orchestra pit,
- performing area,
- pit,
- proscenium,
- proscenium stage,
- shell,
- stage,
- stage left,
- stage right,
- switchboard,
- the boards,
- wings
- sill
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- structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
- (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock related words >
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- doorsill,
- doorstone,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundsel,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- mudsill,
- pavement,
- principle,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- terra firma,
- threshold,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- underpinning,
- understruction,
- understructure,
- window sill
- story
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- a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events; "he writes stories for the magazines" related words >
- Clio,
- Muse of history,
- account,
- action,
- adventures,
- alibi,
- allegation,
- allegory,
- anagnorisis,
- anecdotage,
- anecdote,
- angle,
- annals,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- argument,
- article,
- assertion,
- atmosphere,
- autobiography,
- back-fence gossip,
- background,
- band,
- beat,
- bed,
- bedding,
- belly laugh,
- belt,
- biographical sketch,
- biography,
- blague,
- blue story,
- book,
- budget of news,
- case history,
- catastrophe,
- characterization,
- chitchat,
- chronicle,
- chronicles,
- chronology,
- clerestory,
- cock-and-bull story,
- color,
- complication,
- confabulation,
- confessions,
- contention,
- continuity,
- contrivance,
- copy,
- couche,
- course,
- curriculum vitae,
- deck,
- denouement,
- description,
- design,
- detective story,
- development,
- device,
- diary,
- dirty joke,
- dirty story,
- dispatch,
- double entendre,
- entresol,
- epic,
- episode,
- epos,
- ethnic joke,
- exaggeration,
- exclusive,
- excuse,
- experiences,
- fable,
- fabliau,
- fabrication,
- facts,
- fairy,
- fairy tale,
- falling action,
- falsehood,
- falsity,
- farfetched story,
- farrago,
- feature,
- fib,
- fiction,
- first floor,
- fish story,
- flam,
- flat,
- flimflam,
- floor,
- folktale,
- fortunes,
- fun,
- funny story,
- gag,
- gallery,
- gest,
- ghost story,
- gimmick,
- good one,
- good story,
- gossip,
- gossiping,
- gossipmongering,
- gossipry,
- ground floor,
- groundless rumor,
- hagiography,
- hagiology,
- half-truth,
- historiography,
- history,
- howler,
- idle talk,
- incident,
- information,
- item,
- jape,
- jest,
- jestbook,
- joke,
- journal,
- laugh,
- layer,
- ledge,
- legal fiction,
- legend,
- level,
- lie,
- life,
- life and letters,
- life story,
- line,
- little white lie,
- local color,
- martyrology,
- measures,
- memoir,
- memoirs,
- memorabilia,
- memorial,
- memorials,
- mendacity,
- mezzanine,
- mezzanine floor,
- mood,
- motif,
- movement,
- mystery,
- myth,
- mythos,
- narration,
- narrative,
- necrology,
- news,
- news item,
- newsmongering,
- obituary,
- overlayer,
- overstory,
- panic,
- parable,
- peripeteia,
- photobiography,
- piece,
- piece of gossip,
- pious fiction,
- plan,
- play,
- plot,
- point,
- prevarication,
- profile,
- recital,
- recognition,
- record,
- recounting,
- release,
- report,
- representation,
- resume,
- rez-de-chaussee,
- rib tickler,
- riot,
- rising action,
- romance,
- saga,
- scenario,
- scheme,
- scoop,
- scream,
- seam,
- secondary plot,
- shelf,
- sick joke,
- sidesplitter,
- sight gag,
- slant,
- slight stretching,
- sport,
- spot news,
- stage,
- statement,
- step,
- stratum,
- street floor,
- structure,
- subject,
- subplot,
- substratum,
- summary,
- superstratum,
- switch,
- tale,
- talebearing,
- taletelling,
- talk,
- tall story,
- tall tale,
- taradiddle,
- tattle,
- testimony,
- thematic development,
- theme,
- theory of history,
- thickness,
- thriller,
- tidings,
- tier,
- tittle-tattle,
- tone,
- topic,
- topsoil,
- trumped-up story,
- twist,
- underlayer,
- understory,
- understratum,
- untruth,
- version,
- visual joke,
- wheeze,
- white lie,
- whodunit,
- wow,
- yarn,
- zone
- foreman
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- a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
- a man who is foreperson of a jury related words >
- Big Brother,
- auditor,
- boatswain,
- boss,
- chief,
- comptroller,
- controller,
- floor manager,
- floorman,
- floorwalker,
- gaffer,
- ganger,
- grand-juror,
- head,
- headman,
- inspector,
- juror,
- jury chancellor,
- juryman,
- jurywoman,
- manager,
- monitor,
- noncommissioned officer,
- overman,
- overseer,
- petit-juror,
- petit-juryman,
- proctor,
- recognitor,
- sirdar,
- slave driver,
- straw boss,
- subforeman,
- super,
- superintendent,
- supervisor,
- surveyor,
- talesman,
- taskmaster,
- veniremen,
- visitor
- base,
- basement,
- basis,
- bearing wall,
- bed,
- bedding,
- bedrock,
- brace,
- buttress,
- column,
- floor,
- flooring,
- fond,
- footing,
- foundation,
- fundament,
- fundamental,
- ground,
- grounds,
- groundwork,
- hardpan,
- infrastructure,
- pavement,
- principle,
- prop,
- radical,
- riprap,
- rock bottom,
- root,
- rudiment,
- seat,
- seating,
- shore,
- sill,
- solid ground,
- solid rock,
- stay,
- stereobate,
- stylobate,
- substratum,
- substruction,
- substructure,
- terra firma,
- underbuilding,
- undercarriage,
- undergirding,
- understruction,
- understructure
- beat down,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bulldog,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- cast down,
- chop down,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- deck,
- down,
- drop,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- flatten,
- floor,
- ground,
- hew down,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- rase,
- raze,
- send headlong,
- smash,
- spread-eagle,
- steamroller,
- supinate,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- topple,
- trip,
- tumble,
- whack down
- chop down
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- cut down; "George chopped down the cherry tree" related words >
- beat down,
- blow down,
- blow over,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- break down,
- bring down,
- bulldog,
- bulldoze,
- burn down,
- cast down,
- cut down,
- dash down,
- deck,
- down,
- drop,
- fell,
- fetch down,
- flatten,
- floor,
- ground,
- hew down,
- knock down,
- knock over,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- level,
- mow down,
- precipitate,
- prostrate,
- pull down,
- rase,
- raze,
- send headlong,
- smash,
- spread-eagle,
- steamroller,
- supinate,
- take down,
- tear down,
- throw,
- throw down,
- topple,
- trip,
- tumble,
- whack down
- Establishment,
- VIP,
- baron,
- big boy,
- big cheese,
- big man,
- big name,
- big noise,
- big shot,
- big wheel,
- bigwig,
- brass,
- brass hat,
- celebrity,
- chief,
- dignitary,
- dignity,
- elder,
- father,
- figure,
- great gun,
- great man,
- high-muck-a-muck,
- important person,
- interests,
- leader,
- lion,
- lords of creation,
- magnate,
- man of mark,
- mogul,
- nabob,
- name,
- notability,
- notable,
- panjandrum,
- person of renown,
- personage,
- personality,
- pillar of society,
- power,
- power elite,
- ruling circle,
- sachem,
- somebody,
- something,
- the great,
- the top,
- top brass,
- top people,
- tycoon,
- very important person,
- worthy
- industrialist
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- someone who manages or has significant financial interest in an industrial enterprise related words >
- ancestors,
- apprentice,
- architect,
- artificer,
- artist,
- author,
- banker,
- baron,
- begetter,
- beginner,
- big boss,
- big businessman,
- builder,
- business leader,
- businessman,
- captain of industry,
- conceiver,
- constructor,
- craftsman,
- creator,
- designer,
- deviser,
- director,
- discoverer,
- effector,
- engenderer,
- engineer,
- enterpriser,
- entrepreneur,
- executor,
- executrix,
- father,
- financier,
- founder,
- generator,
- grower,
- inaugurator,
- initiator,
- instigator,
- institutor,
- introducer,
- inventor,
- journeyman,
- king,
- little businessman,
- magnate,
- maker,
- man of commerce,
- manager,
- manufacturer,
- master,
- master craftsman,
- mother,
- organizer,
- originator,
- past master,
- planner,
- precursor,
- prime mover,
- producer,
- raiser,
- realizer,
- shaper,
- sire,
- smith,
- top executive,
- tycoon,
- wright
- advantage,
- allowance,
- anticipation,
- beginnings,
- bulge,
- coign of vantage,
- deadwood,
- draw,
- drop,
- earliness,
- early hour,
- early stage,
- edge,
- first crack,
- first stage,
- flying start,
- foresight,
- ground floor,
- handicap,
- inside track,
- jump,
- odds,
- prevenience,
- prevision,
- readiness,
- running start,
- something extra,
- something in reserve,
- start,
- time to spare,
- upper hand,
- vantage,
- vantage ground,
- vantage point,
- very beginning,
- whip hand
- amphitheater,
- amusement park,
- arena,
- assembly hall,
- auditorium,
- ballroom,
- cabaret,
- cafe chantant,
- cafe dansant,
- casino,
- chapel,
- concert hall,
- convention hall,
- dance floor,
- dancery,
- dancing pavilion,
- entertainment industry,
- exhibition hall,
- fun-fair,
- gallery,
- hall,
- juke joint,
- lecture hall,
- meetinghouse,
- music hall,
- night spot,
- nightclub,
- nitery,
- opera house,
- resort,
- roadhouse,
- show biz,
- show business,
- stadium,
- tavern,
- theater
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