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alum
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n 1: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the
ammonium double sulfate of aluminum [syn: alum, ammonia
alum, ammonium alum]
2: a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium
double sulfate of aluminum [syn: alum, potassium alum,
potash alum]
3: a person who has received a degree from a school (high school
or college or university) [syn: alumnus, alumna, alum,
graduate, grad]
4: a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as
an astringent (among other things)
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chum
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n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their
activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony,
pal, sidekick]
2: bait consisting of chopped fish and fish oils that are dumped
overboard to attract fish
3: a large Pacific salmon with small spots on its back; an
important food fish [syn: chum salmon, chum,
Oncorhynchus keta]
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coagulum
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n 1: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
[syn: clot, coagulum]
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curriculum
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n 1: an integrated course of academic studies; "he was admitted
to a new program at the university" [syn: course of
study, program, programme, curriculum, syllabus]
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glum
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adj 1: moody and melancholic
2: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable
manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"-
Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd" [syn: dark,
dour, glowering, glum, moody, morose, saturnine,
sour, sullen]
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gum
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n 1: a preparation (usually made of sweetened chicle) for
chewing [syn: chewing gum, gum]
2: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that
surrounds the bases of the teeth [syn: gingiva, gum]
3: any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from
certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on
drying
4: cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an
adhesive [syn: glue, gum, mucilage]
5: wood or lumber from any of various gum trees especially the
sweet gum [syn: gumwood, gum]
6: any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar
or Nyssa that are sources of gum [syn: gum tree, gum]
v 1: cover, fill, fix or smear with or as if with gum; "if you
gum the tape it is stronger"
2: grind with the gums; chew without teeth and with great
difficulty; "the old man had no teeth left and mumbled his
food" [syn: mumble, gum]
3: become sticky
4: exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
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hum
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n 1: the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in
an activity; "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of
beavers"; "there is a constant hum of military preparation"
[syn: busyness, hum]
2: an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the
Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a
terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks
Kashmir's accession by Pakistan [syn: Harkat-ul-Mujahidin,
HUM, Harkat ul-Ansar, HUA, Harkat ul-Mujahedeen, Al
Faran, Movement of Holy Warriors]
3: a humming noise; "the hum of distant traffic" [syn: hum,
humming]
v 1: sing with closed lips; "She hummed a melody"
2: be noisy with activity; "This office is buzzing with
activity" [syn: hum, buzz, seethe]
3: sound with a monotonous hum [syn: hum, thrum]
4: make a low continuous sound; "The refrigerator is humming"
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mum
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adj 1: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to;
"the witness remained silent" [syn: mum, silent]
n 1: of China [syn: florist's chrysanthemum, florists'
chrysanthemum, mum, Dendranthema grandifloruom,
Chrysanthemum morifolium]
2: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
3: secrecy; "mum's the word"
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numb
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adj 1: lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
[syn: asleep(p), benumbed, numb]
2: (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity;
unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help";
"numb to the cries for mercy" [syn: dead(p), numb(p)]
3: so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed
with terror; petrified; "too numb with fear to move"
v 1: make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
[syn: numb, benumb, blunt, dull]
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operculum
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n 1: a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in
fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain
gastropods when the body is retracted
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pabulum
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n 1: any substance that can be used as food [syn: comestible,
edible, eatable, pabulum, victual, victuals]
2: insipid intellectual nourishment
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pendulum
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n 1: an apparatus consisting of an object mounted so that it
swings freely under the influence of gravity
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plum
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adv 1: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn:
plumb, plum]
2: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the
appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn:
clean, plumb, plum]
n 1: any of several trees producing edible oval fruit having a
smooth skin and a single hard stone [syn: plum, plum
tree]
2: any of numerous varieties of small to medium-sized round or
oval fruit having a smooth skin and a single pit
3: a highly desirable position or assignment; "a political plum"
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plumb
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adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the
appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn:
clean, plumb, plum]
2: conforming to the direction of a plumb line
3: exactly; "fell plumb in the middle of the puddle" [syn:
plumb, plum]
adj 1: exactly vertical; "the tower of Pisa is far out of plumb"
n 1: the metal bob of a plumb line [syn: plumb bob, plumb,
plummet]
v 1: measure the depth of something
2: weight with lead
3: examine thoroughly and in great depth
4: adjust with a plumb line so as to make vertical
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rum
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adj 1: beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; "a
curious hybrid accent"; "her speech has a funny twang";
"they have some funny ideas about war"; "had an odd
name"; "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"; "something
definitely queer about this town"; "what a rum fellow";
"singular behavior" [syn: curious, funny, odd,
peculiar, queer, rum, rummy, singular]
n 1: liquor distilled from fermented molasses
2: a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the
winner is the first to meld all their cards [syn: rummy,
rum]
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scum
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n 1: worthless people [syn: trash, scum]
2: a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the
surface of a liquid
v 1: remove the scum from
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slum
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n 1: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living
conditions [syn: slum, slum area]
v 1: spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own,
motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage
considered condescending and insensitive; "attending a
motion picture show by the upper class was considered
sluming in the early 20th century"
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some
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adv 1: (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct;
"lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute";
"he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can
stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people
came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly
$3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so
people were at the party" [syn: approximately, about,
close to, just about, some, roughly, more or
less, around, or so]
adj 1: quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count
nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity;
"have some milk"; "some roses were still blooming";
"having some friends over"; "some apples"; "some paper"
[ant: all(a), no(a)]
2: relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent; "we
talked for some time"; "he was still some distance away"
3: relatively many but unspecified in number; "they were here
for some weeks"; "we did not meet again for some years"
4: remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"
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strum
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n 1: sound of strumming; "the strum of a guitar"
v 1: sound the strings of (a string instrument); "strum a
guitar" [syn: strum, thrum]
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succumb
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v 1: consent reluctantly [syn: yield, give in, succumb,
knuckle under, buckle under]
2: be fatally overwhelmed [syn: succumb, yield] [ant: come
through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive]
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sum
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n 1: a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount
he had in cash was insufficient" [syn: sum, sum of
money, amount, amount of money]
2: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
[syn: sum, amount, total]
3: the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not
equal the misery they suffered" [syn: sum, summation,
sum total]
4: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some
idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument";
"the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the
story" [syn: kernel, substance, core, center,
centre, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul,
inwardness, marrow, meat, nub, pith, sum, nitty-
gritty]
5: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality,
aggregate]
6: a set containing all and only the members of two or more
given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B" [syn:
union, sum, join]
v 1: be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in
the paper" [syn: summarize, summarise, sum, sum up]
2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot
up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add
together, tally, add up]
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tantalum
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n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
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diverticulum
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n 1: a herniation through the muscular wall of a tubular organ
(especially the colon)
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cingulum
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n 1: (anatomy) an encircling structure (as the ridge around the
base of a tooth)
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vinculum
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absalom
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mccallum
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hallam
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vallum
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cimbalom
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frenulum
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