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babbling
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n 1: gibberish resembling the sounds of a baby [syn: babble,
babbling, lallation]
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crackling
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n 1: the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered
[syn: greaves, crackling]
2: the sharp sound of snapping noises [syn: crackle,
crackling, crepitation]
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gatling
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n 1: United States inventor of the first rapid firing gun
(1818-1903) [syn: Gatling, Richard Jordan Gatling]
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grappling
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n 1: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had
a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling
with the bully" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple,
grappling, hand-to-hand struggle]
2: the sport of hand-to-hand struggle between unarmed
contestants who try to throw each other down [syn:
wrestling, rassling, grappling]
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haggling
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n 1: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn:
haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling]
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rattling
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adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous,
marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous,
wonderful, wondrous]
2: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk,
lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with
a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the
death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale]
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sapling
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n 1: young tree
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sculling
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n 1: rowing by a single oarsman in a racing shell
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shilling
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Ugandan shilling, shilling]
2: the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Tanzanian shilling, shilling]
3: the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Somalian shilling, shilling]
4: the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Kenyan shilling, shilling]
5: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: British
shilling, shilling, bob]
6: an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
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shuffling
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n 1: walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your
feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" [syn:
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling]
2: the act of mixing cards haphazardly [syn: shuffle,
shuffling, make]
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sibling
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n 1: a person's brother or sister [syn: sibling, sib]
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spelling
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n 1: forming words with letters according to the principles
underlying accepted usage
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sprinkling
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n 1: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the
first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his
temples" [syn: scattering, sprinkling]
2: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others
nearby [syn: scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling]
3: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) [syn:
aspersion, sprinkling]
4: the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a
sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the
malt" [syn: sprinkle, sprinkling, sparge]
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starling
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n 1: gregarious birds native to the Old World
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starveling
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n 1: someone who is starving (or being starved)
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towelling
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n 1: any of various fabrics (linen or cotton) used to make
towels [syn: toweling, towelling]
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trembling
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adj 1: vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or
cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze; "a
quaking bog"; "the quaking child asked for more";
"quivering leaves of a poplar tree"; "with shaking
knees"; "seemed shaky on her feet"; "sparkling light from
the shivering crystals of the chandelier"; "trembling
hands" [syn: shaky, shivering, trembling]
n 1: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his
pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver,
quivering, vibration, palpitation]
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unappealing
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adj 1: (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke
antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were
peculiarly unsympathetic" [syn: unsympathetic,
unappealing, unlikeable, unlikable] [ant:
appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic]
2: not able to attract favorable attention; "they have made the
place as unappealing as possible"; "was forced to talk to his
singularly unappealing hostess" [ant: appealing]
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unavailing
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adj 1: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual,
otiose, unavailing]
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underling
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n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
[syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot
soldier]
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unfailing
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adj 1: not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification
system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an
unfailing test" [syn: foolproof, unfailing]
2: always able to supply more; "an unfailing source of good
stories"; "a subject of unfailing interest"
3: unceasing; "unfailing loyalty"; "unfailing good spirits";
"unflagging courtesy" [syn: unfailing, unflagging]
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unfeeling
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adj 1: devoid of feeling for others; "an unfeeling wretch" [syn:
hardhearted, stonyhearted, unfeeling]
2: devoid of feeling or sensation; "unfeeling trees"
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unsmiling
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adj 1: not smiling
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unwilling
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adj 1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling
assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing]
2: in spite of contrary volition
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veiling
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n 1: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn:
gauze, netting, veiling]
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wailing
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adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the
wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires
with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting,
wailing, wailful]
n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling]
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weakling
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n 1: a person who is physically weak and ineffectual [syn:
weakling, doormat, wuss]
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wheeling
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n 1: a city in the northern panhandle of West Virginia on the
Ohio river
2: propelling something on wheels [syn: wheeling, rolling]
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catling
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n 1: a long double-edged knife used for amputations
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cabling
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cackling
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cradling
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culling
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dabbling
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dulling
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fatling
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flatling
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giggling
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gulling
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hulling
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hustling
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mulling
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paddling
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prattling
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stapling
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storytelling
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straddling
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tackling
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tussling
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unrevealing
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waggling
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weanling
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lulling
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spratling
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