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ab
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n 1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of
Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB]
2: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the
ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and
August) [syn: Ab, Av]
3: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal
muscle, ab]
4: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B
antigens [syn: AB, type AB, group AB]
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abbey
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n 1: a church associated with a monastery or convent
2: a convent ruled by an abbess
3: a monastery ruled by an abbot
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absentee
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n 1: one that is absent or not in residence
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addressee
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n 1: one to whom something is addressed
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adobe
0
n 1: the clay from which adobe bricks are made
2: sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates [syn: adobe,
adobe brick]
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adoptee
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n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
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agree
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v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of
the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with
those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord
on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord]
[ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;
"She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her
alone"
3: 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]
4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort,
accord, concord, fit in, agree]
5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always
agree in English"
6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"
7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of
my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
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alee
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adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
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amputee
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n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
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appointee
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n 1: an official who is appointed
2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
appointee, appointment]
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attendee
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n 1: a person who is present and participates in a meeting; "he
was a regular attender at department meetings"; "the
gathering satisfied both organizers and attendees" [syn:
attendant, attender, attendee, meeter]
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baby
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n 1: a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun
to walk or talk; "the baby began to cry again"; "she held
the baby in her arms"; "it sounds simple, but when you have
your own baby it is all so different" [syn: baby, babe,
infant]
2: the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young); "the
baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court"
3: an immature childish person; "he remained a child in
practical matters as long as he lived"; "stop being a baby!"
[syn: child, baby]
4: an unborn child; a human fetus; "I felt healthy and very
feminine carrying the baby"; "it was great to feel my baby
moving about inside"
5: (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive
young women [syn: baby, babe, sister]
6: a very young mammal; "baby rabbits"
7: a project of personal concern to someone; "this project is
his baby"
v 1: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper
the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!" [syn:
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby,
coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge]
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banshee
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n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of
impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
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be
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n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
[syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective
or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good
answer"
2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of
the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my
umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind
this behavior?"
4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
exist, be]
5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during
the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred
people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen"
6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ]
7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute
my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus";
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few
men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute,
represent, make up, comprise, be]
8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow]
9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify]
10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live]
12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used
only in infinitive form; "let her be"
13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
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bee
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n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold
competitions
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bobby
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n 1: an informal term for a British policeman
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booby
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n 1: an ignorant or foolish person [syn: dumbbell, dummy,
dope, boob, booby, pinhead]
2: small tropical gannet having a bright bill or bright feet or
both
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bourgeoisie
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n 1: the social class between the lower and upper classes [syn:
middle class, bourgeoisie]
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brie
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n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
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bumblebee
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n 1: robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn:
bumblebee, humblebee]
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cabby
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n 1: someone who drives a taxi for a living [syn: taxidriver,
taximan, cabdriver, cabman, cabby, hack driver,
hack-driver, livery driver]
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cay
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n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key,
cay, Florida key]
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cc
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adj 1: being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two
hundred, 200, cc]
n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
[syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic
centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]
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chickadee
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n 1: any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North
America
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chubby
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adj 1: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of
figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn:
chubby, embonpoint, plump]
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clubby
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adj 1: effusively sociable; "a clubbish set"; "we got rather
clubby" [syn: clubbish, clubby]
2: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social
exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people
considered inferior [syn: clannish, cliquish, clubby,
snobbish, snobby]
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cobwebby
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adj 1: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of
dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk
stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn:
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer,
see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous,
vapourous, cobwebby]
2: covered with cobwebs
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cod
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adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package
C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery]
adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
"the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn:
collect, cod]
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the
seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase]
2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish;
usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish]
3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn:
cod, codfish]
v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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conferee
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n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were
conferred; the conferees were..."
2: a member of a conference
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crabby
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adj 1: annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross,
fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-
tempered]
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cubby
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n 1: a small secluded room [syn: cubby, cubbyhole,
snuggery, snug]
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curie
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n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a
radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of
37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie,
Ci]
2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn:
Curie, Pierre Curie]
3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one
(with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on
radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and
polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame
Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
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debris
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n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
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decree
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n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New
Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
[syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript]
v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn
males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
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degree
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n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a
moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is
required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree,
grade, level]
2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or
especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness";
"at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: degree,
level, stage, point]
3: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that
the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn:
academic degree, degree]
4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a
circle" [syn: degree, arcdegree]
5: the highest power of a term or variable
6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was
played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder
in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
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deportee
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n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
[syn: exile, deportee]
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derby
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n 1: a felt hat that is round and hard with a narrow brim [syn:
bowler hat, bowler, derby hat, derby, plug hat]
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detainee
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n 1: some held in custody [syn: detainee, political
detainee]
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devotee
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n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
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disagree
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v 1: be of different opinions; "I beg to differ!"; "She
disagrees with her husband on many questions" [syn:
disagree, differ, dissent, take issue] [ant:
agree, concord, concur, hold]
2: be different from one another [syn: disagree, disaccord,
discord] [ant: agree, check, correspond, fit,
gibe, jibe, match, tally]
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draftee
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n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn:
draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military
volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
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emcee
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n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an
introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn:
master of ceremonies, emcee, host]
v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]
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employee
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n 1: a worker who is hired to perform a job [ant: employer]
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enlistee
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n 1: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn:
recruit, enlistee]
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escapee
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n 1: someone who escapes
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esprit
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n 1: liveliness of mind or spirit
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evacuee
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n 1: a person who has been evacuated from a dangerous place
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fee
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n 1: a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services
2: an interest in land capable of being inherited
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
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flabby
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adj 1: out of condition; not strong or robust; incapable of
exertion or endurance; "he was too soft for the army";
"flabby around the middle"; "flaccid cheeks" [syn:
soft, flabby, flaccid]
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flea
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n 1: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for
ability to leap
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flee
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v 1: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight]
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fop
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n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
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foresee
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v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse,
foreknow, foresee]
2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him
as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
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free
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adv 1: without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
[syn: loose, free]
adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion
or restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free
country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of
racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a free
choice" [ant: unfree]
2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not
fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free
expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound]
3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
"he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached, free]
6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
man" [ant: unfree]
7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare, free]
8: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
9: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: free,
loose, liberal]
n 1: people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
[syn: free, free people]
v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: free,
liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose]
[ant: confine, detain]
2: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free,
disembarrass]
3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was
buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge, free] [ant:
deposit, lodge, stick, wedge]
4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve,
free] [ant: apply, enforce, implement]
5: make (information) available for publication; "release the
list with the names of the prisoners" [syn: free,
release]
6: free from obligations or duties [syn: free, discharge]
7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
cluttered floor" [syn: free, disengage] [ant: block,
close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate,
occlude]
8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
[syn: absolve, justify, free] [ant: blame, fault]
9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the
throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, free,
give up]
10: release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction
or physical decomposition [syn: release, free,
liberate]
11: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze,
free, release] [ant: block, freeze, immobilise,
immobilize]
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freebie
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n 1: something that is free (usually provided as part of a
promotional scheme); "the road map was a freebie" [syn:
freebie, freebee]
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gabby
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adj 1: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty, gabby, garrulous,
loquacious, talkative, talky]
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gee
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n 1: a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used
to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it
is accelerated [syn: g, gee, g-force]
v 1: turn to the right side; "the horse geed"
2: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side
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ghee
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n 1: clarified butter used in Indian cookery
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glee
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n 1: great merriment [syn: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness,
glee, gleefulness]
2: malicious satisfaction [syn: gloat, gloating, glee]
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goatee
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n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its
resemblance to a goat's beard
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goby
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n 1: small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters
having a large head and elongated tapering body having the
ventral fins modified as a sucker [syn: goby, gudgeon]
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grabby
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adj 1: immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth; "they are
avaricious and will do anything for money"; "casting
covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields"; "a grasping old
miser"; "grasping commercialism"; "greedy for money and
power"; "grew richer and greedier"; "prehensile employers
stingy with raises for their employees" [syn:
avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy,
prehensile]
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grubby
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adj 1: infested with grubs
2: thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's
begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little
fingers"; "a grungy kitchen" [syn: begrimed, dingy,
grimy, grubby, grungy, raunchy]
n 1: small sculpin of the coast of New England [syn: grubby,
Myxocephalus aenaeus]
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guarantee
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n 1: a written assurance that some product or service will be
provided or will meet certain specifications [syn:
guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]
2: an unconditional commitment that something will happen or
that something is true; "there is no guarantee that they are
not lying"
3: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in
case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
v 1: give surety or assume responsibility; "I vouch for the
quality of my products" [syn: guarantee, vouch]
2: make certain of; "This nest egg will ensure a nice retirement
for us"; "Preparation will guarantee success!" [syn:
guarantee, ensure, insure, assure, secure]
3: promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the
prisoners" [syn: undertake, guarantee]
4: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or
condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I
warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]
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guaranty
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n 1: a collateral agreement to answer for the debt of another in
case that person defaults [syn: guarantee, guaranty]
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gutsy
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adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant:
gutless]
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he
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n 1: a very light colorless element that is one of the six inert
gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in
economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases
(as those found in Texas and Kansas) [syn: helium, He,
atomic number 2]
2: the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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herb
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n 1: a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering
garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal
properties; some are pests [syn: herb, herbaceous
plant]
2: aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
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hobby
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n 1: an auxiliary activity [syn: avocation, by-line,
hobby, pursuit, sideline, spare-time activity]
2: a child's plaything consisting of an imitation horse mounted
on rockers; the child straddles it and pretends to ride [syn:
hobby, hobbyhorse, rocking horse]
3: small Old World falcon formerly trained and flown at small
birds [syn: hobby, Falco subbuteo]
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honeybee
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n 1: social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
[syn: honeybee, Apis mellifera]
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hubby
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n 1: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage [syn:
husband, hubby, married man] [ant: married woman,
wife]
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humblebee
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n 1: robust hairy social bee of temperate regions [syn:
bumblebee, humblebee]
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id
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n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State,
ID]
2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show
your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.]
3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying
all psychic activity
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ie
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adv 1: that is to say; in other words [syn: i.e., ie, id
est]
n 1: a commercial browser [syn: Internet Explorer, Explorer,
IE]
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inductee
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n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty
Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National
Baseball Hall of Fame"
2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee,
conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer,
voluntary, volunteer]
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internee
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n 1: a person who is interned; "the internees were enemy aliens
and suspected terrorists"
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interviewee
0
n 1: a person who is interviewed
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invitee
0
n 1: a visitor to whom hospitality is extended [syn: guest,
invitee]
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jubilee
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n 1: a special anniversary (or the celebration of it)
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kea
0
n 1: large brownish-green New Zealand parrot [syn: kea,
Nestor notabilis]
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key
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adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule";
"the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was
fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental
to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal,
central, fundamental, key, primal]
n 1: metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted
into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be
rotated
2: something crucial for explaining; "the key to development is
economic integration"
3: pitch of the voice; "he spoke in a low key"
4: any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the
tonal framework for a piece of music [syn: key, tonality]
[ant: atonalism, atonality]
5: a kilogram of a narcotic drug; "they were carrying two keys
of heroin"
6: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or
elm or maple [syn: samara, key fruit, key]
7: United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after
witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of
1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-
Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) [syn: Key, Francis Scott
Key]
8: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key,
cay, Florida key]
9: (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of
the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted
a different color from the rest of the court; "he hit a jump
shot from the top of the key"; "he dominates play in the
paint" [syn: key, paint]
10: a list of answers to a test; "some students had stolen the
key to the final exam"
11: a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or
abbreviations
12: a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the
holder to a means of access; "a safe-deposit box usually
requires two keys to open it"
13: mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven
by a spring (as a clock) [syn: winder, key]
14: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
[syn: keystone, key, headstone]
15: a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when
depressed
v 1: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
describe, name]
2: provide with a key; "We were keyed after the locks were
changed in the building"
3: vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key; "His new
Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot"
4: regulate the musical pitch of
5: harmonize with or adjust to; "key one's actions to the
voters' prevailing attitude"
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knee
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n 1: hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and
fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
[syn: knee, knee joint, human knee, articulatio
genus, genu]
2: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds
to the human knee [syn: stifle, knee]
3: the part of a trouser leg that provides the cloth covering
for the knee
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kohlrabi
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n 1: plant cultivated for its enlarged fleshy turnip-shaped
edible stem [syn: kohlrabi, Brassica oleracea
gongylodes]
2: fleshy turnip-shaped edible stem of the kohlrabi plant [syn:
kohlrabi, turnip cabbage]
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lea
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n 1: a unit of length of thread or yarn
2: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for
grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing
land, lea, ley]
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lee
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adj 1: towards the side away from the wind [syn: downwind,
lee(a)]
n 1: United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of
black culture in America (born in 1957) [syn: Lee, Spike
Lee, Shelton Jackson Lee]
2: United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway
in the 1930s (1914-1970) [syn: Lee, Gypsy Rose Lee, Rose
Louise Hovick]
3: United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred
in martial arts films (1941-1973) [syn: Lee, Bruce Lee,
Lee Yuen Kam]
4: United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with
Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of
parity (born in 1926) [syn: Lee, Tsung Dao Lee]
5: leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution
calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
[syn: Lee, Richard Henry Lee]
6: soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818) [syn: Lee,
Henry Lee, Lighthorse Harry Lee]
7: American general who led the Confederate Armies in the
American Civil War (1807-1870) [syn: Lee, Robert E. Lee,
Robert Edward Lee]
8: the side of something that is sheltered from the wind [syn:
lee, lee side, leeward] [ant: windward]
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lessee
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n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]
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licensee
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n 1: someone to whom a license is granted
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lobby
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n 1: a large entrance or reception room or area [syn:
anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall,
foyer, lobby, vestibule]
2: the people who support some common cause or business or
principle or sectional interest
3: a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
[syn: lobby, pressure group, third house]
v 1: detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the
outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
[syn: lobby, buttonhole]
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lxi
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adj 1: being one more than sixty [syn: sixty-one, 61, lxi]
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marquee
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n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee]
2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn:
marquee, marquise]
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marquis
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n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert
Perry Marquis]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn:
marquis, marquess]
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maybe
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adv 1: by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may
possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may
peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"
[syn: possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe,
mayhap, peradventure]
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me
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n 1: a state in New England [syn: Maine, Pine Tree State,
ME]
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nee
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adj 1: (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or
family name of a married woman; "Hillary Clinton nee
Rodham"
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nestle
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n 1: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
[syn: cuddle, nestle, snuggle]
v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
"We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children
snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle,
snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close]
2: lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in
the forest"
3: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her
mother's elbow" [syn: nestle, snuggle]
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nominee
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n 1: a politician who is running for public office [syn:
campaigner, candidate, nominee]
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obey
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v 1: be obedient to [ant: disobey]
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obi
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n 1: (West Indies) followers of a religious system involving
witchcraft and sorcery [syn: obeah, obi]
2: a religious belief of African origin involving witchcraft and
sorcery; practiced in parts of the West Indies and tropical
Americas [syn: obeah, obi]
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parolee
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n 1: someone released on probation or on parole [syn:
probationer, parolee]
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passerby
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n 1: a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn:
passerby, passer-by, passer]