Reverse Dictionary #38

Read the definition and guess the word it defines.

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Definition
First Letter
Word
The layout of a publication or document.
F
Format
The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.
S
Shell
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
C
Cave
(typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
B
Bold
To compensate; to pay.
R
Remunerate
To offer (something) as a gift to a deity.
S
Sacrifice
(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
S
Speaker
Any person held against their will.
P
Prisoner
Endowed with one or more marked natural abilities or skills.
T
Talented
(within a machine or machinery) Any mechanical means for the conversion or control of motion, or the transmission or control of power.
M
Mechanism
The authorization granted by a company to sell or distribute its goods or services in a certain area.
F
Franchise
Any substance that is exuded by an organism.
S
Secretion
Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
E
Exact
Supposing that, assuming that, in the circumstances that.
I
If
The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
S
Screen
(informal) A small, unassuming automobile.
E
Econobox
To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
E
Exaggerate
A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
S
Stroll
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
D
Drawer
To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
A
Abridge
An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
A
Angel
Not negative or neutral.
P
Positive
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
P
Precedent
Pertaining to or based on experience (often, in contrast with having a basis in theoretical explanation).
E
Empirical
A light meal or an item of food eaten between meals.
S
Snack
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