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afar
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adv 1: (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far;
"we traveled afar"; "we could see the ship afar off";
"the Magi came from afar"
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ajar
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adj 1: slightly open; "the door was ajar"
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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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bar
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n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the
bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill,
taproom]
2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
hot dog and a coke at the bar"
3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to
prevent escape"
4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
[syn: measure, bar]
5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
"money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
influenza" [syn: prevention, bar]
7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per
square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar
for one dyne per square centimeter"
8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a
shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New
Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar, legal community]
10: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the
background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars";
"may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe,
streak, bar]
11: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
chocolate" [syn: cake, bar]
12: a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas
pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by
United States troops in World War I and in World War II and
in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR]
13: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
they perform exercises
14: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
with three bars"
15: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
"spectators were not allowed past the bar"
v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]
2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade,
block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
unbar]
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bazaar
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n 1: a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: bazaar,
bazar]
2: a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn:
bazaar, bazar]
3: a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
[syn: bazaar, fair]
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bizarre
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adj 1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another
like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a
freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall
antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre
and affected stage antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric,
freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-
the-wall, outlandish, outre]
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car
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n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an
internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
[syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
2: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three
cars had jumped the rails" [syn: car, railcar, railway
car, railroad car]
3: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that
carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant [syn:
car, gondola]
4: where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top
floor" [syn: car, elevator car]
5: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;
"they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn:
cable car, car]
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char
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n 1: a charred substance
2: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean
the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day
while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman,
cleaning lady, woman]
3: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
[syn: char, charr]
v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest
fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal]
2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
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cigar
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n 1: a roll of tobacco for smoking
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czar
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n 1: a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to
1917) [syn: czar, tsar, tzar]
2: a person having great power
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debar
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v 1: bar temporarily; from school, office, etc. [syn: suspend,
debar]
2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a
strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate,
deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off,
avoid, ward off]
3: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]
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deodar
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n 1: tall East Indian cedar having spreading branches with
nodding tips; highly valued for its appearance as well as
its timber [syn: deodar, deodar cedar, Himalayan
cedar, Cedrus deodara]
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purdah
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n 1: a state of social isolation [syn: solitude, purdah]
2: the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women
secluded [syn: purdah, sex segregation]
3: a screen used in India to separate women from men or
strangers
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radar
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n 1: measuring instrument in which the echo of a pulse of
microwave radiation is used to detect and locate distant
objects [syn: radar, microwave radar, radio detection
and ranging, radiolocation]
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dada
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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 nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that
flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on
irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty
[syn: dada, dadaism]
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ar
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n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert
gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
[syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
2: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
3: a state in south central United States; one of the
Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR]
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sirdar
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n 1: an important person in India
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godard
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n 1: French film maker influenced by surrealism; early work
explored the documentary use of film; noted for innovative
techniques (born in 1930) [syn: Godard, Jean Luc
Godard]
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lidar
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n 1: a measuring system that detects and locates objects on the
same principle as radar but uses light from a laser; a
potential technology for detecting air turbulence that can
affect aircraft
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doodah
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ahr
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barr
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dar
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darr
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zadar
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gaidar
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geidar
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havildar
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objet
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subahdar
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tahsildar
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zamindar
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gaydar
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krasnodar
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