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armor |
a suit made of leather, metal, or other strong material, worn to protect the body during battle. [1/4 definitions] |
auction bridge |
a version of bridge in which players bid for the right to specify which suit will be trump, any extra tricks won beyond the contract being scored toward a game. |
become |
to be correct for; fit or suit. [1/3 definitions] |
bikini |
a very brief, two-piece bathing suit for women, or underpants cut like the bottom half of this bathing suit. |
blazer |
a jacket similar to a suit jacket in design but typically worn with a non-matching pair of slacks or skirt. [1/2 definitions] |
case1 |
in law, an action or suit. [1/9 definitions] |
coat |
the jacket that one wears with a suit. [1/5 definitions] |
coordinate |
(usu. pl.) pieces of clothing designed to be worn together as part of a suit or ensemble. [1/11 definitions] |
countersuit |
combined form of suit. |
crossruff |
a sequence of plays in a card game such as bridge in which each of a pair of partners leads a suit that the other partner trumps. [1/2 definitions] |
diamond |
a playing card of the diamond suit. [1/5 definitions] |
dietetic |
specially prepared to suit a prescribed diet, as for weight loss. [1/2 definitions] |
dinner jacket |
a suit consisting of such a jacket and dark trousers, worn with a bow tie and usu. a cummerbund. [1/2 definitions] |
discard |
in card games, to throw out (a card) from one's hand, or play (a card in a different suit from the one led, and not a trump). [1/5 definitions] |
double-breasted |
having a jacket or top styled like this, as a suit or dress. [1/2 definitions] |
doubleton |
in bridge, a pair of cards that are the only ones in a player's hand of a given suit. |
fit1 |
to be appropriate to or for; suit. [1/11 definitions] |
flush4 |
a hand or set of playing cards all of the same suit, of special value in certain card games. |
four flush |
in stud poker, a hand containing four visible cards of one suit. |
four-flush |
in stud poker, to bluff that one has a true flush of five cards on the basis of holding four visible cards of the same suit. [1/2 definitions] |
gauntlet1 |
a metal glove worn as part of a suit of armor. [1/2 definitions] |
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