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arch
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adj 1: (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those
who treat others with condescension [syn: arch,
condescending, patronizing, patronising]
2: expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"
3: naughtily or annoyingly playful; "teasing and worrying with
impish laughter"; "a wicked prank" [syn: arch, impish,
implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish,
wicked]
n 1: a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening
2: a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs
(especially the inner sides of the feet)
3: a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built
a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory" [syn: arch,
archway]
4: (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for
spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it
v 1: form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve
nicely" [syn: arch, curve, arc]
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cornstarch
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n 1: starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as
a thickener [syn: cornstarch, cornflour]
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frogmarch
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v 1: march a person against his will by any method
2: carry someone against his will upside down such that each
limb is held by one person
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larch
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n 1: wood of a larch tree
2: any of numerous conifers of the genus Larix all having
deciduous needlelike leaves [syn: larch, larch tree]
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march
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n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn:
March, Mar]
2: the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially
in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we
heard the sound of marching" [syn: march, marching]
3: a steady advance; "the march of science"; "the march of time"
4: a procession of people walking together; "the march went up
Fifth Avenue"
5: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or
boundary of a country or an area; "the Welsh marches between
England and Wales" [syn: borderland, border district,
march, marchland]
6: genre of music written for marching; "Sousa wrote the best
marches" [syn: marching music, march]
7: a degree granted for the successful completion of advanced
study of architecture [syn: Master of Architecture,
MArch]
v 1: march in a procession; "They processed into the dining
room" [syn: march, process]
2: force to march; "The Japanese marched their prisoners through
Manchuria"
3: walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a
stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the
exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"
4: march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands
demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the
most powerful economic nations in Seattle" [syn:
demonstrate, march]
5: walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around
town" [syn: parade, exhibit, march]
6: cause to march or go at a marching pace; "They marched the
mules into the desert"
7: lie adjacent to another or share a boundary; "Canada adjoins
the U.S."; "England marches with Scotland" [syn: border,
adjoin, edge, abut, march, butt, butt against,
butt on]
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overarch
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v 1: be central or dominant; "This scene overarches the entire
first act"
2: form an arch over; "Big rocks overarch the stream" [syn:
overarch, arch over]
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parch
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v 1: cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat; "The sun
parched the earth" [syn: parch, sear]
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starch
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n 1: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits,
tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn,
potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used
otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and
stiffeners for paper and textiles [syn: starch, amylum]
2: a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen
textile fabrics in laundering
v 1: stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
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marche
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n 1: a region in central Italy [syn: Marche, Marches]
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demarche
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n 1: a move or step or maneuver in political or diplomatic
affairs
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outmarch
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v 1: march longer distances and for a longer time than; "This
guy can outmarch anyone!"
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countermarch
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n 1: (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along
the same route
v 1: march back along the same way
2: change the order of soldiers during a march
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inarch
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karcz
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partch
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clearstarch
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middlemarch
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batterymarch
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