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All fig leaf synonyms

fig leaf
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noun fig leaf

  • lid β€” a removable or hinged cover for closing the opening, usually at the top, of a pot, jar, trunk, etc.; a movable cover.
  • canvas β€” Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth that is used for making things such as tents, sails, and bags.
  • sheet β€” Nautical. a rope or chain for extending the clews of a square sail along a yard. a rope for trimming a fore-and-aft sail. a rope or chain for extending the lee clew of a course.
  • screen β€” a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
  • cap β€” A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
  • roof β€” the external upper covering of a house or other building.
  • jacket β€” a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
  • umbrella β€” a light, small, portable, usually circular cover for protection from rain or sun, consisting of a fabric held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs radiating from the top of a carrying stick or handle.
  • dress β€” an outer garment for women and girls, consisting of bodice and skirt in one piece.
  • top β€” Technical/Office Protocol
  • tent β€” a probe.
  • trickery β€” the use or practice of tricks or stratagems to deceive; artifice; deception.
  • visor β€” Armor. (on a close helmet) a piece having slits or holes for vision, situated above and pivoted with a beaver or a ventail and beaver. a similar piece of plate having holes or slits for vision and breathing, attached to or used with any of various other helmets, as the armet, sallet, basinet, or helm.
  • alibi β€” If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
  • ploy β€” a maneuver or stratagem, as in conversation, to gain the advantage.
  • ruse β€” a city in N Bulgaria, on the Danube.
  • beard β€” A man's beard is the hair that grows on his chin and cheeks.
  • wraps β€” to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • occultation β€” Astronomy. the passage of one celestial body in front of another, thus hiding the other from view: applied especially to the moon's coming between an observer and a star or planet.
  • laundromat β€” a self-service laundry having coin-operated washers, driers, etc.; launderette.
  • dissimulation β€” the act of dissimulating; feigning; hypocrisy.
  • coating β€” A coating of a substance is a thin layer of it spread over a surface.
  • semblance β€” outward aspect or appearance.
  • wrapper β€” a person or thing that wraps.
  • seal β€” a member of the U.S. Navy’s special operations forces.
  • facade β€” Architecture. the front of a building, especially an imposing or decorative one. any side of a building facing a public way or space and finished accordingly.
  • sheath β€” a case or covering for the blade of a sword, dagger, or the like.
  • bark β€” When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.
  • clothing β€” Clothing is the things that people wear.
  • integument β€” a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind.
  • hood β€” Hierarchical Object Oriented Design
  • guise β€” FranΓ§ois de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frΙ‘ΜƒΛˆswa dΙ™ lΙ”ΛˆrΙ›n/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • overlay β€” to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
  • coverlet β€” A coverlet is the same as a bedspread.
  • tarpaulin β€” a protective covering of canvas or other material waterproofed with tar, paint, or wax.
  • cloak β€” A cloak is a long, loose, sleeveless piece of clothing which people used to wear over their other clothes when they went out.
  • paint β€” a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
  • spread β€” to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • caparison β€” a decorated covering for a horse or other animal, esp (formerly) for a warhorse
  • veneer β€” a thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood.
  • ceiling β€” A ceiling is the horizontal surface that forms the top part or roof inside a room.
  • varnish β€” a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
  • masquerade β€” a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes.
  • binding β€” A binding promise, agreement, or decision must be obeyed or carried out.
  • marquee β€” a tall rooflike projection above a theater entrance, usually containing the name of a currently featured play or film and its stars.
  • dome β€” Architecture. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. a domical roof or ceiling. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
  • shroud β€” a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • pretense β€” pretending or feigning; make-believe: My sleepiness was all pretense.
  • case β€” A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
  • stopper β€” a person or thing that stops.
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