Synonyms of the word

fluke

• n. A lucky or improbable occurrence, with the implication that the occurrence could not be repeated.
• v. To obtain a successful outcome by pure chance.
• v. (snooker) To fortuitously pot a ball in an unintended way.
• n. A flounder.
• n. A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the Trematoda class, related to the tapeworm.
• n. Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
• n. (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
• n. A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on…
• n. In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
• n. Waste cotton.

barb

• n. The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted…
• n. (figuratively) A hurtful or disparaging remark.
• n. A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
• n. Armor for a horse, corrupted from bard.
• n. (ornithology) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
• n. (zoology) Several species of freshwater fish of the cyprinid family.
• n. (zoology) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States;…
• n. (botany) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
• n. (zoology) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
• n. (obsolete) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners.
• n. Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands…
• n. (obsolete) A bit for a horse.
• n. A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their…
• v. To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear,…
• v. To cover a horse in armor, corrupted from bard.
• v. (obsolete) To shave or dress the beard of.
• v. (obsolete) To clip; to mow.
• n. The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
• n. A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.

flatworm

• n. Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body…

flue

• n. A pipe or duct that carries gaseous combustion products away from the point of combustion (such as a furnace).
• n. An enclosed passageway in which to direct air or other gaseous current along.
• n. (obsolete, countable and uncountable) A woolly or downy substance; down, nap; a piece of this.
• n. In an organ flue pipe, the opening between the lower lip and the languet.

fortune

• n. Destiny, especially favorable.
• n. A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
• n. A small slip of paper with wise or vaguely prophetic words printed on it, baked into a fortune cookie.
• n. The arrival of something in a sudden or unexpected manner; chance; accident.
• n. Good luck.
• n. One's wealth; the amount of money one has; especially, if it is vast.
• n. A large amount of money.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen, take place.
• v. To provide with a fortune.
• v. To presage; to tell the fortune of.

luck

• n. Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence, especially a favourable one.
• n. A superstitious feeling that brings fortune or success.
• n. success.
• v. (intransitive) To succeed by chance.
• v. (intransitive) To rely on luck.
• v. (transitive) To carry out relying on luck.

platyhelminth

• n. Any flatworm of the phylum Platyhelminthes.

projection

• n. Something which projects, protrudes, juts out, sticks out, or stands out.
• n. The action of projecting or throwing or propelling something.
• n. The display of an image by devices such as movie projector, video projector, overhead projector or slide…
• n. A forecast or prognosis obtained by extrapolation.
• n. (psychology) A belief or assumption that others have similar thoughts and experiences as oneself.
• n. (photography) The image that a translucent object casts onto another object.
• n. (cartography) Any of several systems of intersecting lines that allow the curved surface of the earth…
• n. (geometry) An image of an object on a surface of fewer dimensions.
• n. (linear algebra) An idempotent linear transformation which maps vectors from a vector space onto a subspace.
• n. (mathematics) A transformation which extracts a fragment of a mathematical object.
• n. (category theory) A morphism from a categorical product to one of its (two) components.

tail

• n. (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
• n. The tail-end of an object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin.
• n. An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
• n. The rear structure of an aircraft, the empennage.
• n. Specifically, the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind.
• n. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part.
• n. (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail.
• n. One who surreptitiously follows another.
• n. (cricket) The last four or five batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers.
• n. (typography) The lower loop of the letters in the Roman alphabet, as in g, q or y.
• n. (chiefly in the plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; normally the side on which the monetary…
• n. (mathematics) All the last terms of a sequence, from some term on.
• n. (now colloquial, chiefly US) The buttocks or backside.
• n. (slang) The penis of a person or animal.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Sexual intercourse.
• n. (kayaking) The stern; the back of the kayak.
• n. The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
• n. A train or company of attendants; a retinue.
• n. (anatomy) The distal tendon of a muscle.
• n. A downy or feathery appendage of certain achens, formed of the permanent elongated style.
• n. (surgery) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness…
• n. One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times.
• n. (nautical) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything.
• n. (music) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem.
• n. (mining) A tailing.
• n. (architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A tailcoat.
• v. (transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.
• v. (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in…
• v. (nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
• v. To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
• v. To pull or draw by the tail.
• adj. (law) Limited; abridged; reduced; curtailed.
• n. (law) Limitation of inheritance to certain heirs.

trematode

• n. any of several parasitic flatworms, of the class Trematoda, that have external suckers.