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anode
0
n 1: a positively charged electrode by which electrons leave an
electrical device [ant: cathode]
2: the negatively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage
battery that supplies current [ant: cathode]
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antipode
0
n 1: direct opposite; "quiet: an antipode to focused busyness"
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boatload
0
n 1: the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a
freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" [syn:
boatload, shipload, carload]
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bode
0
v 1: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn:
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen,
presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell,
prefigure, forecast, predict]
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bowed
0
adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded by stroking with a bow
[ant: plucked]
2: forming or resembling an arch; "an arched ceiling" [syn:
arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowed]
3: have legs that curve outward at the knees [syn: bandy,
bandy-legged, bowed, bowleg, bowlegged]
4: showing an excessively deferential manner [syn: bowed,
bowing]
-
busload
0
n 1: the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers that a
bus can carry
-
byroad
0
n 1: a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) [syn:
byway, bypath, byroad]
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carload
0
n 1: a gathering of passengers sufficient to fill an automobile
2: the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a
freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" [syn:
boatload, shipload, carload]
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cartload
0
n 1: the quantity that a cart holds
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cathode
0
n 1: a negatively charged electrode that is the source of
electrons entering an electrical device [ant: anode]
2: the positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage
battery that supplies current [ant: anode]
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cladode
0
n 1: a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf [syn:
cladode, cladophyll, phylloclad, phylloclade]
-
code
0
n 1: a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written
ones) [syn: code, codification]
2: a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring
brevity or secrecy
3: (computer science) the symbolic arrangement of data or
instructions in a computer program or the set of such
instructions [syn: code, computer code]
v 1: attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you
can identify them later"
2: convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the
message for security reasons" [syn: code, encipher,
cipher, cypher, encrypt, inscribe, write in code]
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commode
0
n 1: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
2: a tall elegant chest of drawers [syn: chiffonier,
commode]
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corrode
0
v 1: cause to deteriorate due to the action of water, air, or an
acid; "The acid corroded the metal"; "The steady dripping
of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink" [syn:
corrode, eat, rust]
2: become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an
acid; "The metal corroded"; "The pipes rusted" [syn:
corrode, rust]
-
crossroad
0
n 1: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn:
intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing,
carrefour]
-
decode
0
v 1: convert code into ordinary language [syn: decode,
decrypt, decipher] [ant: encode]
-
diode
0
n 1: a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a
rectifier [syn: diode, rectifying tube, rectifying
valve]
2: a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction [syn:
diode, semiconductor diode, junction rectifier,
crystal rectifier]
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discommode
0
v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
-
download
0
v 1: transfer a file or program from a central computer to a
smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location
[ant: upload]
-
electrode
0
n 1: a conductor used to make electrical contact with some part
of a circuit
-
encode
0
v 1: convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally"
[ant: decipher, decode, decrypt]
-
episode
0
n 1: a happening that is distinctive in a series of related
events
2: a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms
part of a connected series
3: a part of a broadcast serial [syn: episode, installment,
instalment]
4: film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop
a given subject in a movie [syn: sequence, episode]
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erode
0
v 1: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
2: remove soil or rock; "Rain eroded the terraces" [syn:
erode, eat away, fret]
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explode
0
v 1: cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We
exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode, detonate,
blow up, set off]
2: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle
exploded" [syn: explode, burst] [ant: go off,
implode]
3: show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he
heard of the resignation of the secretary"
4: be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger
exploded" [syn: explode, burst forth, break loose]
5: destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"
6: cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop
consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
7: drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
8: show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make
obsolete
9: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or
physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov
cocktail exploded" [syn: detonate, explode, blow up]
10: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The
population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent
population irrupted" [syn: explode, irrupt]
-
forebode
0
v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: predict, foretell,
prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate,
promise]
-
furrowed
0
adj 1: having long narrow shallow depressions (as grooves or
wrinkles) in the surface; "furrowed fields"; "his
furrowed face lit by a warming smile" [syn: furrowed,
rugged] [ant: unfurrowed]
-
geode
0
n 1: (mineralogy) a hollow rock or nodule with the cavity
usually lined with crystals
-
goad
0
n 1: a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of
motion [syn: prod, goad]
2: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something;
"the ceaseless prodding got on his nerves" [syn: goad,
goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring]
v 1: give heart or courage to [syn: spur, goad]
2: urge with or as if with a goad
3: stab or urge on as if with a pointed stick [syn: goad,
prick]
4: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her
with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: needle, goad]
-
hallowed
0
adj 1: worthy of religious veneration; "the sacred name of
Jesus"; "Jerusalem's hallowed soil" [syn: hallowed,
sacred]
-
highroad
0
n 1: a highway [syn: highroad, trunk road]
-
implode
0
v 1: burst inward; "The bottle imploded" [syn: implode, go
off] [ant: burst, explode]
-
incommode
0
v 1: to cause inconvenience or discomfort to; "Sorry to trouble
you, but..." [syn: trouble, put out, inconvenience,
disoblige, discommode, incommode, bother]
-
inroad
0
n 1: an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the
United States market"
2: an invasion or hostile attack
-
load
0
n 1: weight to be borne or conveyed [syn: load, loading,
burden]
2: a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time;
"the system broke down under excessive loads" [syn: load,
loading]
3: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading,
freight, load, loading, payload, shipment,
consignment]
4: an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate; "he got a load
on and started a brawl"
5: the power output of a generator or power plant
6: an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of
responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" [syn: burden,
load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus]
7: a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite
boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn: lode,
load]
8: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that
carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or
biological agents [syn: warhead, payload, load]
9: electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
v 1: fill or place a load on; "load a car"; "load the truck with
hay" [syn: load, lade, laden, load up]
2: provide (a device) with something necessary; "He loaded his
gun carefully"; "load the camera" [syn: load, charge]
3: transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory
4: put (something) on a structure or conveyance; "load the bags
onto the trucks"
5: corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or
inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients
with inferior ones; "adulterate liquor" [syn: load,
adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase]
-
lode
0
n 1: a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite
boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks [syn:
lode, load]
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mellowed
0
adj 1: having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging;
"a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" [syn: mellow,
mellowed]
2: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and
experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" [syn:
mellow, mellowed]
-
microcode
0
n 1: (computer science) coded instructions that are stored
permanently in read-only memory [syn: firmware,
microcode]
-
mode
0
n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: a particular functioning condition or arrangement; "switched
from keyboard to voice mode"
3: a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they
claim necessity or possibility or impossibility [syn:
modality, mode]
4: verb inflections that express how the action or state is
conceived by the speaker [syn: mood, mode, modality]
5: any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes
within an octave [syn: mode, musical mode]
6: the most frequent value of a random variable [syn: mode,
modal value]
-
narrowed
0
adj 1: reduced in size as by squeezing together; "his narrowed
eyes"
2: made narrow; limited in breadth; "narrowed arteries impair
blood circulation"; "a narrowed view of the world"
-
nematode
0
n 1: unsegmented worms with elongated rounded body pointed at
both ends; mostly free-living but some are parasitic [syn:
nematode, nematode worm, roundworm]
-
node
0
n 1: a connecting point at which several lines come together
2: any thickened enlargement [syn: node, knob, thickening]
3: (botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem
from which one or more leaves emerge [syn: node, leaf
node]
4: (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic
system [ant: antinode]
5: (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
6: the source of lymph and lymphocytes [syn: lymph node,
lymph gland, node]
7: any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
8: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a
computer network [syn: node, client, guest]
-
ode
0
n 1: a lyric poem with complex stanza forms
-
offload
0
v 1: transfer to a peripheral device, of computer data
2: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the
truck"; "offload the van" [syn: unload, unlade,
offload]
-
outmode
0
v 1: make unfashionable, outdated, or obsolete; "Modern ways of
cooking have outmoded the hearth"
-
overload
0
n 1: an electrical load that exceeds the available electrical
power
2: an excessive burden [syn: overload, overburden]
v 1: become overloaded; "The aerator overloaded"
2: fill to excess so that function is impaired; "Fear clogged
her mind"; "The story was clogged with too many details"
[syn: clog, overload]
3: place too much a load on; "don't overload the car" [syn:
overload, surcharge, overcharge]
-
payload
0
n 1: the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo
that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the
chemical or biological agents [syn: warhead, payload,
load]
2: goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: cargo, lading,
freight, load, loading, payload, shipment,
consignment]
-
pentode
0
n 1: a thermionic tube having five electrodes
-
postcode
0
n 1: a code of letters and digits added to a postal address to
aid in the sorting of mail [syn: ZIP code, ZIP,
postcode, postal code]
-
railroad
0
n 1: line that is the commercial organization responsible for
operating a system of transportation for trains that pull
passengers or freight [syn: railway, railroad,
railroad line, railway line, railway system]
2: a line of track providing a runway for wheels; "he walked
along the railroad track" [syn: railroad track, railroad,
railway]
v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; "They
sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [syn:
dragoon, sandbag, railroad]
2: supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"
3: transport by railroad
-
reload
0
v 1: load anew; "She reloaded the gun carefully" [syn:
recharge, reload]
2: place a new load on; "The movers reloaded the truck"
-
road
0
n 1: an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
[syn: road, route]
2: a way or means to achieve something; "the road to fame"
-
sewed
0
adj 1: fastened with stitches [syn: sewed, sewn, stitched]
-
shadowed
0
adj 1: filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the
surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on
rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"
[syn: shady, shadowed, shadowy, umbrageous]
-
shipload
0
n 1: the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a
freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload" [syn:
boatload, shipload, carload]
-
toad
0
n 1: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long
hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
[syn: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian,
salientian]
-
toed
0
adj 1: having a toe or toes of a specified kind; often used in
combination; "long-toed; "five-toed" [ant: toeless]
-
trainload
0
n 1: quantity that can be carried by a train
-
triode
0
n 1: a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes;
fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow
from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible
-
unbowed
0
adj 1: erect in posture; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with
unbowed back" [syn: straight, unbent, unbowed]
2: not forced to bow down to a conqueror
-
unhallowed
0
adj 1: not hallowed or consecrated [syn: unholy, unhallowed]
[ant: holy]
-
unload
0
v 1: leave or unload; "unload the cargo"; "drop off the
passengers at the hotel" [syn: drop, drop off, set
down, put down, unload, discharge]
2: take the load off (a container or vehicle); "unload the
truck"; "offload the van" [syn: unload, unlade,
offload]
-
widowed
0
adj 1: single because of death of the spouse
-
workload
0
n 1: work that a person is expected to do in a specified time
[syn: workload, work load]
-
spode
0
n 1: English potter who started a pottery famous for its bone
china (1754-1827) [syn: Spode, Josiah Spode]
2: a brand of fine English porcelain
-
woad
0
n 1: a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant
2: any of several herbs of the genus Isatis
-
antinode
0
n 1: (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic
system [ant: node]
-
hemipode
0
n 1: small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and
northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with
wading birds but inhabits grassy plains [syn: button
quail, button-quail, bustard quail, hemipode]
-
internode
0
n 1: a segment of a stem between two nodes
-
megapode
0
n 1: large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build
mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn:
megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder,
scrub fowl]
-
nesselrode
0
n 1: a rich frozen pudding made of chopped chestnuts and
maraschino cherries and candied fruits and liqueur or rum
[syn: Nesselrode, Nesselrode pudding]
-
porticoed
0
adj 1: marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes
either at both ends or at both sides of a structure [syn:
amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, amphistylar,
porticoed]
-
superload
0
n 1: a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as
moving traffic [syn: live load, superload]
-
trematode
0
n 1: parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching
to a host [syn: fluke, trematode, trematode worm]
-
mustachioed
0
adj 1: having a moustache [syn: mustachioed, mustached]
-
phyllode
0
n 1: an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade
-
photocathode
0
n 1: a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated
-
cestode
0
n 1: ribbonlike flatworms that are parasitic in the intestines
of humans and other vertebrates [syn: tapeworm,
cestode]
-
flatbrod
0
n 1: the thin wafer-like bread of Scandinavia
-
tetrode
0
n 1: a thermionic tube having four electrodes
-
unshadowed
0
adj 1: not darkened or obscured by shadow; "on the rough sea ice
you may on an unshadowed day...fall over a chunk of ice
that is kneehigh"- Vilhjalmur Stefansson
-
alamode
0
-
anticathode
0
-
armload
0
-
bellowed
0
-
bestowed
0
-
bestrode
0
-
billowed
0
-
borrowed
0
-
caseload
0
-
crowed
0
-
dynode
0
-
echoed
0
-
elbowed
0
-
embargoed
0
-
epode
0
-
flowed
0
-
followed
0
-
forbode
0
-
foreshadowed
0
-
frescoed
0