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| auxiliary |
a person or thing that helps, assists, or supports. [1/3 definitions] |
| beauty |
a person or thing with much beauty. [1/2 definitions] |
| behavior |
the typical actions of a person, animal, thing, or group, either in general or in certain situations. [1/2 definitions] |
| belief |
trust in a person, thing, or idea; confidence. [1/3 definitions] |
| bend |
a curved thing, part, or area; curve. [1/5 definitions] |
| bent1 |
not having the proper shape of a thing, as by not being perfectly straight, flat, or circular. [1/4 definitions] |
| best |
a thing or person better than all others. [1/6 definitions] |
| black-and-white |
involving only things that are complete opposites. If something is black-and-white, it is clearly one thing or the opposite thing. It is not mixed or somewhere in the middle. [1/2 definitions] |
| blanket |
a layer of something, such as snow, clouds, or flowers, that covers a thing or area. [1/3 definitions] |
| bloodstream |
the blood flowing in a living thing. |
| bore2 |
a person or thing that is dull. [1/2 definitions] |
| bother |
a person or thing that annoys or causes trouble. [1/4 definitions] |
| bribe |
something promised or given to a person as a way of getting that person to do a certain thing. [1/2 definitions] |
| butt2 |
a person, group, or thing that is made fun of. |
| by-product |
some thing or result that comes from an action intended for some other purpose. |
| catch |
a thing or the amount that is caught. [2/13 definitions] |
| center |
a place, person, or thing that is the main object of attention or interest. [1/7 definitions] |
| certain |
used to mention a particular person or thing without naming it. [1/4 definitions] |
| chance |
a measure of how likely it is that a thing will happen; probability. [1/8 definitions] |
| chance it |
(informal) to take the risk of some bad thing happening. |
| character |
all those things that make a person, place, or thing different from others. [1/6 definitions] |
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