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affright
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic,
terror, affright]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn:
frighten, fright, scare, affright]
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alright
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adv 1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's
expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright]
2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the
beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright,
all right, OK]
3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her
own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a
nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K.,
all right, alright]
adj 1: nonstandard usage
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aright
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adv 1: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly
depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn:
correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly,
wrong, wrongly]
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bright
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adv 1: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the
windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly,
brightly, bright]
adj 1: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts;
"the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
[ant: dull]
2: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant
tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright,
brilliant, vivid]
3: characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some
children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart
children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright,
smart]
4: having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room
was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
5: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a
sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished
brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in
lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny
black patents" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous,
shining, shiny]
6: splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright
moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
7: not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights";
"surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the
houselights were still undimmed" [syn: undimmed, bright]
[ant: dim, dimmed]
8: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet
section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" [syn:
bright, brilliant]
9: characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all
the world seems bright and gay"
10: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the
scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political
career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright,
hopeful, promising]
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contrite
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adj 1: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
[syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful]
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underwrite
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v 1: guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was
subvented by a bank" [syn: underwrite, subvention,
subvent]
2: protect by insurance; "The insurance won't cover this" [syn:
cover, insure, underwrite]
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upright
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adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
[syn: upright, unsloped]
2: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good,
just, upright]
3: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect
flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates
aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he
sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant:
unerect]
n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical]
2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: upright,
upright piano]
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wheelwright
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n 1: someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels [syn:
wheelwright, wheeler]
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sclerite
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n 1: hard plate or element of the exoskeleton of some arthropods
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thorite
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n 1: a radioactive mineral consisting of thorium silicate; it is
a source of thorium that is found in coarse granite
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fulbright
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n 1: United States senator who is remembered for his creation of
grants that fund exchange programs of teachers and students
between the United States and other countries (1905-1995)
[syn: Fulbright, William Fulbright, James William
Fulbright]
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wainwright
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n 1: a wagon maker [syn: wagonwright, waggonwright,
wainwright]
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laterite
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n 1: a red soil produced by rock decay; contains insoluble
deposits of ferric and aluminum oxides
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sphalerite
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n 1: an ore that is the chief source of zinc; consists largely
of zinc sulfide in crystalline form [syn: zinc blende,
blende, sphalerite]
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thatcherite
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n 1: an advocate of Thatcherism
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cassiterite
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n 1: a hard heavy dark mineral that is the chief source of tin
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hypochlorite
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n 1: any salt or ester of hypochlorous acid
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brite
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enright
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albright
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arkwright
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plowright
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ankerite
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fulgurite
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hitlerite
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hutterite
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margarite
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minorite
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phosphorite
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tellurite
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