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antimatter
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n 1: matter consisting of elementary particles that are the
antiparticles of those making up normal substances
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attar
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n 1: essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers [syn:
attar, atar, athar, ottar]
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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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baccarat
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n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin
de fer]
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batter
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n 1: (baseball) a ballplayer who is batting [syn: batter,
hitter, slugger, batsman]
2: a liquid or semiliquid mixture, as of flour, eggs, and milk,
used in cooking
v 1: strike against forcefully; "Winds buffeted the tent" [syn:
buffet, knock about, batter]
2: strike violently and repeatedly; "She clobbered the man who
tried to attack her" [syn: clobber, baste, batter]
3: make a dent or impression in; "dinge a soft hat" [syn:
dinge, batter]
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bespatter
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v 1: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with
food" [syn: spatter, bespatter]
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blah
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n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
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bourgeois
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adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-
owning class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois,
conservative, materialistic]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial
enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
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bra
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n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
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chatter
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n 1: noisy talk [syn: yak, yack, yakety-yak, chatter,
cackle]
2: the rapid series of noises made by the parts of a machine
[syn: chatter, chattering]
3: the high-pitched continuing noise made by animals (birds or
monkeys) [syn: chatter, chattering]
v 1: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
[syn: chatter, click]
2: cut unevenly with a chattering tool
3: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
4: speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
[syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-
tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab,
gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble]
5: make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were
chattering in the trees"
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clatter
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n 1: a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the
shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron
wheels on cobblestones"
v 1: make a rattling sound; "clattering dishes" [syn: clatter,
clack, brattle]
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ha
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n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point
measured westward along the celestial equator from the
zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a
particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle,
HA]
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hatter
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n 1: someone who makes and sells hats [syn: hatmaker,
hatter, milliner, modiste]
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hurrah
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n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn:
hurrah, hooray]
v 1: shout `hurrah!'
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la
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n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57]
2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one
of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or
minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
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latter
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adj 1: referring to the second of two things or persons
mentioned (or the last one or ones of several); "in the
latter case" [ant: former(a)]
n 1: the second of two or the second mentioned of two; "Tom and
Dick were both heroes but only the latter is remembered
today" [ant: former]
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law
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n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
law, jurisprudence]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law,
natural law]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of
nature]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy]
6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in
a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
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ma
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n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA]
4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
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matter
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n 1: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend
to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well"
[syn: matter, affair, thing]
2: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept
drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the
subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
[syn: topic, subject, issue, matter]
3: that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study
both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
4: a problem; "is anything the matter?"
5: (used with negation) having consequence; "they were friends
and it was no matter who won the games"
6: written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always
took some reading matter with him on the plane"
v 1: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter
much" [syn: count, matter, weigh]
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natter
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v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
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pa
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n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
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pasha
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n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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patter
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n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
[syn: spiel, patter, line of gab]
2: a quick succession of light rapid sounds; "the patter of
mice"; "the patter of tiny feet"
v 1: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter,
pitter-patter]
2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering
rain" [syn: patter, pitter-patter]
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platter
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n 1: a large shallow dish used for serving food
2: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous
groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a
phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph
record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc,
platter]
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ratter
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n 1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc. [syn:
deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant,
ratter]
2: any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
[syn: rat terrier, ratter]
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raw
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adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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regatta
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n 1: a meeting for boat races
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satyr
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n 1: man with strong sexual desires [syn: satyr, lecher,
lech, letch]
2: one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus;
identified with Roman fauns [syn: satyr, forest god]
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scatter
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n 1: a haphazard distribution in all directions [syn: scatter,
spread]
2: the act of scattering [syn: scatter, scattering,
strewing]
v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She
waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse,
dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]
2: move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The
children scattered in all directions when the teacher
approached"; [syn: disperse, dissipate, scatter,
spread out]
3: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
[syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]
4: sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
5: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse
particles" [syn: break up, disperse, scatter]
6: strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over
the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" [syn: spread,
scatter, spread out]
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shah
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n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
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shatter
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v 1: break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered"
2: damage or destroy; "The news of her husband's death shattered
her life"
3: cause to break into many pieces; "shatter the plate"
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spa
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n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
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spatter
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n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering
explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn:
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering,
sputter, splutter, sputtering]
2: the act of splashing a (liquid) substance on a surface [syn:
spatter, spattering, splash, splashing,
splattering]
v 1: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter,
plash, splash, splosh, swash]
2: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are slick"
[syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter, pitter-
patter]
3: spot, splash, or soil; "The baby spattered the bib with food"
[syn: spatter, bespatter]
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splatter
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n 1: the noise of something spattering or sputtering
explosively; "he heard a spatter of gunfire" [syn:
spatter, spattering, splatter, splattering,
sputter, splutter, sputtering]
2: a small quantity of something moist or liquid; "a dab of
paint"; "a splatter of mud"; "just a splash of whiskey" [syn:
dab, splash, splatter]
v 1: cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a
container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" [syn:
spill, slop, splatter]
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the
baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash,
splash, splosh, swash]
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tatter
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n 1: a small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred,
tag, tag end, tatter]
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ka
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n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
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na
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n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal
group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially
in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts
violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral
halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number
11]
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ra
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n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle,
measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the
vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that
passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in
hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to
specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right
ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension,
RA, celestial longitude]
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ta
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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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wa
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n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
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artois
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n 1: a former province of northern France near the English
Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
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pitter-patter
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adv 1: as of footsteps; "he came running pit-a-pat down the
hall" [syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat,
pitter-patter]
2: describing a rhythmic beating; "his heart went pit-a-pat"
[syn: pit-a-pat, pitty-patty, pitty-pat, pitter-
patter]
n 1: a series of rapid tapping sounds; "she missed the pitter-
patter of little feet around the house"
v 1: rain gently; "It has only sprinkled, but the roads are
slick" [syn: sprinkle, spit, spatter, patter,
pitter-patter]
2: make light, rapid and repeated sounds; "gently pattering
rain" [syn: patter, pitter-patter]
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ah
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aha
0
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bah
0
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hah
0
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qua
0
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rah
0
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smarter
0
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yah
0
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cha
0
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gras
0
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nah
0
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ya
0
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ahh
0
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paramatta
0
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parramatta
0
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mocatta
0
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yatter
0