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abscond
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v 1: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the
accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn:
abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go
off, make off]
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aforementioned
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adj 1: being the one previously mentioned or spoken of; "works
of all the aforementioned authors"; "said party has
denied the charges" [syn: aforesaid(a),
aforementioned(a), said(a)]
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almond
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n 1: small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa
having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts
enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern
Australia and California [syn: almond, sweet almond,
Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis]
2: oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
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beyond
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adv 1: farther along in space or time or degree; "through the
valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond";
"will be influential in the 1990s and beyond"
2: on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a
hayfield beyond"
3: in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing
beyond"
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blond
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adj 1: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually
blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full
of light-haired children" [syn: blond, blonde,
light-haired] [ant: brunet, brunette]
n 1: a person with fair skin and hair [syn: blond, blonde]
2: a light grayish yellow to near white [syn: blond, blonde]
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blonde
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adj 1: being or having light colored skin and hair and usually
blue or grey eyes; "blond Scandinavians"; "a house full
of light-haired children" [syn: blond, blonde,
light-haired] [ant: brunet, brunette]
n 1: a person with fair skin and hair [syn: blond, blonde]
2: a light grayish yellow to near white [syn: blond, blonde]
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bond
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n 1: an electrical force linking atoms [syn: chemical bond,
bond]
2: a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or
discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in
order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed
sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the
principal [syn: bond, bond certificate]
3: a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;
"the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their
friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn:
alliance, bond]
4: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman
if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the
judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by
an alderman" [syn: bail, bail bond, bond]
5: a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially
something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) [syn:
shackle, bond, hamper, trammel]
6: a connection that fastens things together [syn: attachment,
bond]
7: a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper;
originally made for printing documents [syn: bond, bond
paper]
8: United States civil rights leader who was elected to the
legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat
because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) [syn: Bond,
Julian Bond]
9: British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming [syn:
Bond, James Bond]
10: the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or
the joining of surfaces of different composition; "the
mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was
required for adhesion" [syn: adhesiveness, adhesion,
adherence, bond]
v 1: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
[syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick,
stick to]
2: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
3: issue bonds on
4: bring together in a common cause or emotion; "The death of
their child had drawn them together" [syn: bond, bring
together, draw together]
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brigand
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n 1: an armed thief who is (usually) a member of a band [syn:
bandit, brigand]
-
chateaubriand
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n 1: French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the
romantic movement in France (1768-1848) [syn:
Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de
Chateaubriand]
2: a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin
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commissioned
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adj 1: (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission
a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above [ant:
noncommissioned]
2: given official approval to act; "an accredited college";
"commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized
representative" [syn: accredited, commissioned,
licensed, licenced]
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correspond
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v 1: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the
check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on
the gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check,
jibe, gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord,
disagree, discord]
2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate,
correspond]
3: exchange messages; "My Russian pen pal and I have been
corresponding for several years"
4: take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because
of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in
Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" [syn: represent, stand
for, correspond]
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dachshund
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n 1: small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a
short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for
following game into burrows [syn: dachshund, dachsie,
badger dog]
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despond
0
v 1: lose confidence or hope; become dejected; "The supporters
of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned
the early results of the election"
-
diamond
0
n 1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and
polished and is valued as a precious gem
2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn:
diamond, adamant]
3: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled
equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb,
diamond]
4: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red
rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were
trumps"
5: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and
home plate [syn: baseball diamond, diamond, infield]
[ant: outfield]
6: the baseball playing field [syn: ball field, baseball
field, diamond]
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dividend
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n 1: that part of the earnings of a corporation that is
distributed to its shareholders; usually paid quarterly
2: a number to be divided by another number
3: a bonus; something extra (especially a share of a surplus)
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enlightened
0
adj 1: having knowledge and spiritual insight [ant:
unenlightened]
2: characterized by full comprehension of the problem involved;
"an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate" [syn:
educated, enlightened]
n 1: people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some
field or activity; "it is very familiar to the initiate"
[syn: initiate, enlightened] [ant: uninitiate]
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errand
0
n 1: a short trip that is taken in the performance of a
necessary task or mission
-
fecund
0
adj 1: capable of producing offspring or vegetation
2: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund
imagination" [syn: fecund, fertile, prolific]
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fond
0
adj 1: having or displaying warmth or affection; "affectionate
children"; "a fond embrace"; "fond of his nephew"; "a
tender glance"; "a warm embrace" [syn: affectionate,
fond, lovesome, tender, warm]
2: extravagantly or foolishly loving and indulgent; "adoring
grandparents"; "deceiving her preoccupied and doting husband
with a young captain"; "hopelessly spoiled by a fond mother"
[syn: adoring, doting, fond]
3: (followed by `of' or `to') having a strong preference or
liking for; "fond of chocolate"; "partial to horror movies"
[syn: fond(p), partial(p)]
4: absurd or silly because unlikely; "fond hopes of becoming
President"; "fond fancies"
-
frond
0
n 1: compound leaf of a fern or palm or cycad
-
gourmand
0
n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess
[syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman]
-
husband
0
n 1: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage [syn:
husband, hubby, married man] [ant: married woman,
wife]
v 1: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare
time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
[syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise]
[ant: blow, squander, waste]
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impassioned
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adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
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jocund
0
adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund,
jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
-
legend
0
n 1: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
[syn: legend, fable]
2: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn:
caption, legend]
-
microsecond
0
n 1: one millionth (10^-6) of a second; one thousandth of a
millisecond
-
millisecond
0
n 1: one thousandth (10^-3) of a second [syn: millisecond,
msec]
-
millpond
0
n 1: a pond formed by damming a stream to provide a head of
water to turn a mill wheel
-
nanosecond
0
n 1: one billionth (10^-9) of a second; one thousandth of a
microsecond
-
ordinand
0
n 1: a person being ordained
-
patterned
0
adj 1: having patterns (especially colorful patterns) [ant:
plain, unpatterned]
-
picosecond
0
n 1: one trillionth (10^-12) of a second; one thousandth of a
nanosecond
-
pond
0
n 1: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn:
pond, pool]
-
prebend
0
n 1: the stipend assigned by a cathedral to a canon
-
respond
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v 1: show a response or a reaction to something [syn: react,
respond]
2: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the
question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
[syn: answer, reply, respond]
3: respond favorably or as hoped; "The cancer responded to the
aggressive therapy"
-
riband
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n 1: a ribbon used as a decoration [syn: riband, ribband]
-
rubicund
0
adj 1: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn:
rubicund, ruddy, florid, sanguine]
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second
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adv 1: in the second place; "second, we must consider the
economy" [syn: second, secondly]
adj 1: coming next after the first in position in space or time
or degree or magnitude [syn: second, 2nd, 2d]
2: a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in
pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the
second violins" [ant: first]
n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the
Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s]
2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo";
"it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment,
mo, minute, second, bit]
3: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is
stationed near the second of the bases in the infield [syn:
second base, second]
4: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
5: following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a
close second"
6: a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes
and 45 seconds south of here" [syn: second, arcsecond]
7: the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing
match
8: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn:
second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement]
9: the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the
gear box of a motor vehicle; "he had to shift down into
second to make the hill" [syn: second gear, second]
10: merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a
reduced price without the brand name [syn: irregular,
second]
v 1: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that
motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
[syn: second, back, endorse, indorse]
2: transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment;
"The officer was seconded for duty overseas"
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sweetened
0
adj 1: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened,
sweet, sweet-flavored]
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thousand
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
[syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad,
G, grand, thou, yard]
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threatened
0
adj 1: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become
endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not
yet an endangered one"
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unconditioned
0
adj 1: not established by conditioning or learning; "an
unconditioned reflex" [syn: unconditioned, innate,
unlearned] [ant: conditioned, learned]
2: not conditional; "unconditional surrender" [syn:
unconditional, unconditioned] [ant: conditional]
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undetermined
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adj 1: not yet having been ascertained or determined; "of
undetermined species" [ant: determined]
2: not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known
in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large
indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the
influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate
future" [syn: indeterminate, undetermined] [ant:
determinate]
3: not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an
open question"; "our position on this bill is still
undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" [syn: open,
undecided, undetermined, unresolved]
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ungoverned
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adj 1: not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an
unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage" [syn: unbridled,
unchecked, uncurbed, ungoverned]
2: lacking in discipline or control; "undisciplined behavior";
"ungoverned youth" [syn: undisciplined, ungoverned]
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unleavened
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adj 1: made without leavening; "unleavened bread is often simply
flour mixed with water" [syn: unleavened, unraised]
[ant: leavened]
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unquestioned
0
adj 1: generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the
undisputed fact" [syn: undisputed, unchallenged,
unquestioned]
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unseasoned
0
adj 1: not aged or processed; "unseasoned timber" [ant:
seasoned]
2: without salt or seasoning [syn: unsalted, unseasoned]
3: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery
volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator
untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn:
unseasoned, untested, untried, young]
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vagabond
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adj 1: wandering aimlessly without ties to a place or community;
"led a vagabond life"; "a rootless wanderer" [syn:
rootless, vagabond]
2: continually changing especially as from one abode or
occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the
floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties" [syn:
aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond, vagrant]
n 1: anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed
place; "pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea"
2: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means
of support [syn: vagrant, drifter, floater, vagabond]
v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam,
cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
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viand
0
n 1: a choice or delicious dish
-
wand
0
n 1: a rod used by a magician or water diviner
2: a thin supple twig or rod; "stems bearing slender wands of
flowers"
3: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand]
4: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra
or choir [syn: baton, wand]
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weakened
0
adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, lessened,
vitiated, weakened]
2: made weak or weaker
3: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
[syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened]
4: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
[syn: cut, thinned, weakened]
5: damaged inanimate objects or their value [syn: hurt,
weakened]
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whitened
0
adj 1: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old
age" [syn: white, whitened]
-
wizened
0
adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled
and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a
man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he
did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man
with frizzy grey hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened]
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awned
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adj 1: having awns i.e. bristlelike or hairlike appendages on
the flowering parts of some cereals and grasses; "awned
wheatgrass" [syn: awned, awny] [ant: awnless]
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gond
0
n 1: a member of a formerly tribal people in south central India
-
maund
0
n 1: a unit of weight used in Asia; has different values in
different countries; "the official maund in India is 82.6
pounds avoirdupois"
-
gironde
0
n 1: the French moderate political party that was in power
(1791-1793) during the French Revolution
-
ferdinand
0
n 1: the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his
wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked
the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their
capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as
one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in
1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus
in 1492 (1452-1516) [syn: Ferdinand, King Ferdinand,
Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the
Catholic]
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streisand
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n 1: United States singer and actress (born in 1942) [syn:
Streisand, Barbra Streisand, Barbra Joan Streisand]
-
ligand
0
n 1: a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that
forms a complex around a central atom
-
dortmund
0
n 1: an industrial city in northwestern Germany; flourished from
the 13th to 17th century as a member of the Hanseatic
League
-
osmund
0
n 1: any fern of the genus Osmunda: large ferns with creeping
rhizomes; naked sporangia are on modified fronds that
resemble flower clusters [syn: flowering fern, osmund]
-
richmond
0
n 1: capital of the state of Virginia located in the east
central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy
during the American Civil War [syn: Richmond, capital of
Virginia]
-
unsanctioned
0
adj 1: without explicit official permission; "unsanctioned use
of company cars"
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and
0
-
beribboned
0
-
conned
0
-
donned
0
-
imagined
0
-
intentioned
0
-
plafond
0
-
proportioned
0
-
spawned
0
-
summoned
0
-
unexamined
0
-
unmentioned
0
-
wakened
0
-
bonde
0
-
conde
0
-
donde
0
-
fronde
0
-
monde
0
-
allmond
0
-
demond
0
-
dumond
0
-
gaumond
0
-
guimond
0
-
lafond
0
-
lamond
0
-
leblond
0
-
hammond
0
-
raymond
0
-
ronde
0
-
trebizond
0
-
drummond
0
-
unreckoned
0
-
armond
0
-
dromond
0
-
proband
0
-
desmond
0