Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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flush | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
period | Yes | No | No | No |
flush (noun) | period (noun) |
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sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty) | a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations |
a sudden rapid flow (as of water) | the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause |
the swift release of a store of affective force | an amount of time |
a poker hand with all 5 cards in the same suit | the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon |
a rosy color (especially in the cheeks) taken as a sign of good health | a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed |
sudden brief sensation of heat (associated with menopause and some mental disorders) | the end or completion of something |
the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games |
flush (adjective) | period (adjective) |
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of a surface exactly even with an adjoining one, forming the same plane | |
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
flush (verb) | period (verb) |
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turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame | |
cause to flow through something | |
rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid | |
irrigate with water from a sluice | |
cause to flow or flood with or as if with water | |
make level or straight | |
glow or cause to glow with warm color or light |
flush (adverb) | period (adverb) |
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squarely or solidly | |
in the same plane |