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aeronaut
0
n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator,
aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
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allot
0
v 1: give out; "We were assigned new uniforms" [syn: assign,
allot, portion]
2: allow to have; "grant a privilege" [syn: accord, allot,
grant]
3: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money";
"shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to
someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
allot, dole out]
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apricot
0
n 1: Asian tree having clusters of usually white blossoms and
edible fruit resembling the peach [syn: apricot, apricot
tree]
2: downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
3: a shade of pink tinged with yellow [syn: yellowish pink,
apricot, peach, salmon pink]
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ascot
0
n 1: a cravat with wide square ends; secured with an ornamental
pin
-
astronaut
0
n 1: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians
called their astronauts cosmonauts" [syn: astronaut,
spaceman, cosmonaut]
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aught
0
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing,
nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
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baht
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in Thailand [syn: baht, tical]
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besot
0
v 1: make dull or stupid or muddle with drunkenness or
infatuation [syn: besot, stupefy]
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bloodshot
0
adj 1: (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested
blood vessels; inflamed; "bloodshot eyes"
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blot
0
n 1: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek"
[syn: smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch,
slur]
2: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear,
smirch, spot, stain]
v 1: dry (ink) with blotting paper
2: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
[syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]
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bowknot
0
n 1: a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
[syn: bow, bowknot]
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boycott
0
n 1: a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some
organization in protest against its policies
v 1: refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with [ant: buy
at, frequent, patronise, patronize, shop, shop
at, sponsor]
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buckshot
0
n 1: small lead shot for shotgun shells [syn: bird shot,
buckshot, duck shot]
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clot
0
n 1: a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
[syn: clot, coagulum]
v 1: change from a liquid to a thickened or solid state;
"coagulated blood" [syn: clot, coagulate]
2: cause to change from a liquid to a solid or thickened state
[syn: clot, coagulate]
3: turn into curds; "curdled milk" [syn: curdle, clabber,
clot] [ant: homogenise, homogenize]
4: coalesce or unite in a mass; "Blood clots" [syn: clog,
clot]
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coffeepot
0
n 1: tall pot in which coffee is brewed
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cot
0
n 1: a sheath worn to protect a finger [syn: fingerstall,
cot]
2: baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot]
3: a small bed that folds up for storage or transport [syn:
cot, camp bed]
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counterplot
0
n 1: a plot intended to subvert another plot [syn:
counterplot, counterplan]
v 1: make a plot in response to another plot
-
crackpot
0
n 1: a whimsically eccentric person [syn: crackpot, crank,
nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball]
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distraught
0
adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with
grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]
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dogtrot
0
n 1: a steady trot like that of a dog
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dot
0
n 1: a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines
between the dots" [syn: point, dot]
2: the United States federal department that institutes and
coordinates national transportation programs; created in 1966
[syn: Department of Transportation, Transportation,
DoT]
3: the shorter of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
[syn: dot, dit]
4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen]
v 1: scatter or intersperse like dots or studs; "Hills
constellated with lights" [syn: dot, stud,
constellate]
2: distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
[syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]
3: make a dot or dots
4: mark with a dot; "dot your `i's"
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earshot
0
n 1: the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children
were told to stay within earshot" [syn: earshot,
earreach, hearing]
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ergot
0
n 1: a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus
2: a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact
black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains
of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and
of lysergic acid [syn: ergot, Claviceps purpurea]
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eyeshot
0
n 1: the range of the eye; "they were soon out of view" [syn:
view, eyeshot]
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feedlot
0
n 1: a building where livestock are fattened for market
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forethought
0
n 1: planning or plotting in advance of acting [syn:
premeditation, forethought]
2: judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger; "he exercised
caution in opening the door"; "he handled the vase with care"
[syn: caution, precaution, care, forethought]
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foxtrot
0
n 1: a ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long
and fast and slow steps fixed sequences [syn: fox-trot,
foxtrot]
v 1: dance the foxtrot
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fraught
0
adj 1: marked by distress; "a fraught mother-daughter
relationship"
2: filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning";
"an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with
suspense" [syn: fraught(p), pregnant]
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fusspot
0
n 1: thinks about unfortunate things that might happen [syn:
worrier, fuss-budget, fusspot, worrywart]
-
gavotte
0
n 1: an old formal French dance in quadruple time
2: music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte
-
grapeshot
0
n 1: a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon
to produce a hail of shot [syn: grapeshot, grape]
-
grot
0
n 1: a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn:
grotto, grot]
-
gunshot
0
n 1: the act of shooting a gun; "the gunfire endangered innocent
bystanders"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy
fire" [syn: gunfire, gunshot]
-
hot
0
adj 1: used of physical heat; having a high or higher than
desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or
causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot
water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's
hot and tired"; "a hot forehead" [ant: cold]
2: characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement;
very intense; "the fighting became hot and heavy"; "a hot
engagement"; "a raging battle"; "the river became a raging
torrent" [syn: hot, raging]
3: extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked
by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or
enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book";
"a hot love affair"; "a hot argument" [ant: cold]
4: (color) bold and intense; "hot pink"
5: sexually excited or exciting; "was hot for her"; "hot pants"
6: recently stolen or smuggled; "hot merchandise"; "a hot car"
7: very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot
sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start";
"in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering,
hot, red-hot]
8: wanted by the police; "a hot suspect"
9: producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves; "hot
salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot" [syn: hot, spicy]
10: performed or performing with unusually great skill and
daring and energy; "a hot drummer"; "he's hot tonight"
11: very popular or successful; "one of the hot young talents";
"cabbage patch dolls were hot last season"
12: very unpleasant or even dangerous; "make it hot for him";
"in the hot seat"; "in hot water"
13: newest or most recent; "news hot off the press"; "red-hot
information" [syn: hot, red-hot]
14: having or bringing unusually good luck; "hot at craps"; "the
dice are hot tonight"
15: very good; often used in the negative; "he's hot at math but
not so hot at history"
16: newly made; "a hot scent"
17: having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm; "hot for
travel"
18: of a seeker; very near to the object sought; "you are hot"
19: having or dealing with dangerously high levels of
radioactivity; "hot fuel rods"; "a hot laboratory"
20: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live
wire" [syn: hot, live]
21: marked by excited activity; "a hot week on the stock market"
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hotshot
0
n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar,
whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
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inkblot
0
n 1: a blot made with ink
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jackpot
0
n 1: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
[syn: pot, jackpot, kitty]
2: any outstanding award
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jot
0
n 1: a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note [syn: jotting,
jot]
2: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch,
jot, speck, soupcon]
v 1: write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of [syn:
jot down, jot]
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knot
0
n 1: a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women
listened to his sermon"; "the bird had a knot of feathers
forming a crest"
2: any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope
(or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3: a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a
branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
4: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood
out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls";
"his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl]
5: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters;
historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of
arc in latitude [syn: nautical mile, mile, mi, naut
mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile]
6: soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or
created by design [syn: slub, knot, burl]
7: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the
southern hemisphere [syn: knot, greyback, grayback,
Calidris canutus]
v 1: make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted her
fingers"
2: tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"
3: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel,
tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot,
unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
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lat
0
n 1: a broad flat muscle on either side of the back [syn:
latissimus dorsi, lat]
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lot
0
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or
extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot
of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the
rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great
deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
2: a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; "he bought a lot on
the lake"
3: an unofficial association of people or groups; "the smart set
goes there"; "they were an angry lot" [syn: set, circle,
band, lot]
4: your overall circumstances or condition in life (including
everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may
be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck
of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was
her portion" [syn: fortune, destiny, fate, luck,
lot, circumstances, portion]
5: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw,
lot]
6: any collection in its entirety; "she bought the whole
caboodle" [syn: bunch, lot, caboodle]
7: (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham; God destroyed Sodom and
Gomorrah but chose to spare Lot and his family who were told
to flee without looking back at the destruction
v 1: divide into lots, as of land, for example
2: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money";
"shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to
someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
allot, dole out]
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mascot
0
n 1: a person or animal that is adopted by a team or other group
as a symbolic figure
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naught
0
n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing,
nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
2: complete failure; "all my efforts led to naught"
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nightspot
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n 1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing
and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a
cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by
visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a
jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club,
club, nightspot]
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not
0
adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not
many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
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nought
0
n 1: a mathematical element that when added to another number
yields the same number [syn: zero, 0, nought,
cipher, cypher]
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onslaught
0
n 1: a sudden and severe onset of trouble
2: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons);
"the attack began at dawn" [syn: attack, onslaught,
onset, onrush]
3: the rapid and continuous delivery of linguistic communication
(spoken or written); "a barrage of questions"; "a bombardment
of mail complaining about his mistake" [syn: barrage,
bombardment, outpouring, onslaught]
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overwrought
0
adj 1: deeply agitated especially from emotion; "distraught with
grief" [syn: distraught, overwrought]
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plot
0
n 1: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit
the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the
start" [syn: plot, secret plan, game]
2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a
bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot,
plot of land, plot of ground, patch]
3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the
characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an object
v 1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the
overthrow of the government"
2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows
interactions among variables or how something is constructed
[syn: diagram, plot]
3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat, plot]
4: devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play,
movie, or ballet); "the writer is plotting a new novel"
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pot
0
n 1: metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round
and deep; often has a handle and lid
2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
3: the quantity contained in a pot [syn: pot, potful]
4: a container in which plants are cultivated [syn: pot,
flowerpot]
5: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
6: the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker)
[syn: pot, jackpot, kitty]
7: slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window,
corporation, tummy]
8: a resistor with three terminals, the third being an
adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios
and TV sets [syn: potentiometer, pot]
9: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
v 1: plant in a pot; "He potted the palm"
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robot
0
n 1: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: automaton,
robot, golem]
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rot
0
n 1: a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
[syn: putrefaction, rot]
2: (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal
action [syn: decomposition, rot, rotting,
putrefaction]
3: unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false
statements) [syn: bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff,
rot, hogwash]
v 1: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn:
decompose, rot, molder, moulder]
2: become physically weaker; "Political prisoners are wasting
away in many prisons all over the world" [syn: waste,
rot]
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sandlot
0
n 1: a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
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shallot
0
n 1: aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
2: type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored
bulbs used as seasoning [syn: shallot, eschalot,
multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium
ascalonicum]
3: small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs
used for seasoning
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shot
0
adj 1: varying in color when seen in different lights or from
different angles; "changeable taffeta"; "chatoyant (or
shot) silk"; "a dragonfly hovered, vibrating and
iridescent" [syn: changeable, chatoyant,
iridescent, shot]
n 1: the act of firing a projectile; "his shooting was slow but
accurate" [syn: shooting, shot]
2: a solid missile discharged from a firearm; "the shot buzzed
past his ear" [syn: shot, pellet]
3: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a
club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to
get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance
and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn:
stroke, shot]
4: a chance to do something; "he wanted a shot at the champion"
[syn: shot, crack]
5: a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to
shoot); "he is a crack shot"; "a poor shooter" [syn: shot,
shooter]
6: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of
action in a film [syn: scene, shot]
7: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a
syringe; "the nurse gave him a flu shot" [syn: injection,
shot]
8: a small drink of liquor; "he poured a shot of whiskey" [syn:
nip, shot]
9: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and
intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was
`drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig
at me every chance she gets" [syn: shot, shaft, slam,
dig, barb, jibe, gibe]
10: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: guess,
guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning]
11: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held
camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried
to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn: snapshot,
snap, shot]
12: sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in
the shot put; "he trained at putting the shot"
13: an explosive charge used in blasting
14: a blow hard enough to cause injury; "he is still recovering
from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to
the chin"
15: an attempt to score in a game
16: informal words for any attempt or effort; "he gave it his
best shot"; "he took a stab at forecasting" [syn: shot,
stab]
17: the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified
destination [syn: blastoff, shot]
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slingshot
0
n 1: a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic
between the arms; used to propel small stones [syn:
slingshot, sling, catapult]
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slipknot
0
n 1: a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the
cord or rope around which it is made
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slot
0
n 1: a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in
which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable;
"he developed a version of slot grammar"
2: a small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail);
"he put a quarter in the slot"
3: a time assigned on a schedule or agenda; "the TV program has
a new time slot"; "an aircraft landing slot" [syn: time
slot, slot]
4: a position in a hierarchy or organization; "Bob Dylan
occupied the top slot for several weeks"; "she beat some
tough competition for the number one slot"
5: the trail of an animal (especially a deer); "he followed the
deer's slot over the soft turf to the edge of the trees"
6: (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a
plug-in circuit board; "the PC had three slots for additional
memory" [syn: slot, expansion slot]
7: a slot machine that is used for gambling; "they spend hours
and hours just playing the slots" [syn: slot, one-armed
bandit]
v 1: assign a time slot; "slot a television program"
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snapshot
0
n 1: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held
camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he
tried to get unposed shots of his friends" [syn:
snapshot, snap, shot]
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snot
0
n 1: a person regarded as arrogant and annoying [syn: snob,
prig, snot, snoot]
2: nasal mucus
-
sot
0
n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy,
sot, inebriate, wino]
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sought
0
adj 1: that is looked for; "the long sought relatives"
2: being searched for; "the most sought-after item was the
silver candelabrum" [syn: sought, sought-after(a)]
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spot
0
n 1: a point located with respect to surface features of some
region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot
on a planet" [syn: topographic point, place, spot]
2: a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv
programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising
3: an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the
high points of the movie" [syn: point, spot]
4: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
5: a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a
leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice";
"a fleck of red" [syn: spot, speckle, dapple, patch,
fleck, maculation]
6: a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific
performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the
program"
7: a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot"
8: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
9: a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism"
[syn: touch, spot]
10: a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a
bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my
mind" [syn: spot, bit]
11: a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the
suit) [syn: spot, pip]
12: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a
restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage
performer [syn: spotlight, spot]
13: a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to
indicate its value; "an eight-spot"
14: an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he
made a huge blot on his copybook" [syn: blot, smear,
smirch, spot, stain]
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
2: detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out
of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make
out the faces in this photograph" [syn: spot, recognize,
recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make
out, tell apart]
3: mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" [syn:
blemish, spot]
4: make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth"
[syn: spot, fleck, blob, blot]
5: become spotted; "This dress spots quickly"
6: mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition;
"spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
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squat
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adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
"dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears"; "a
little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky,
dumpy, low-set, squat, squatty, stumpy]
2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground [syn:
squat, underslung]
n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with
the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee
bend, squat, squatting]
2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack,
doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit,
diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit]
3: the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with
the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels [syn: squat,
squatting]
v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: squat, crouch,
scrunch, scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
building squatted low"
3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
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stinkpot
0
n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the
bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a
contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty dog,
rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke,
crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
2: small freshwater turtle having a strong musky odor [syn:
musk turtle, stinkpot]
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sunspot
0
n 1: a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's
photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field [syn:
sunspot, macula]
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swat
0
n 1: a sharp blow
v 1: hit swiftly with a violent blow; "Swat flies"
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taut
0
adj 1: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead";
"a tight rope" [syn: taut, tight]
2: subjected to great tension; stretched tight; "the skin of his
face looked drawn and tight"; "her nerves were taut as the
strings of a bow"
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teapot
0
n 1: pot for brewing tea; usually has a spout and handle
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thought
0
n 1: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking
about; "it was not a good idea"; "the thought never entered
my mind" [syn: idea, thought]
2: the process of using your mind to consider something
carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for
thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought process,
cerebration, intellection, mentation]
3: the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual;
"19th century thought"; "Darwinian thought"
4: a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or
certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your
persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" [syn:
opinion, sentiment, persuasion, view, thought]
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topknot
0
n 1: headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in
the hair
2: showy crest or knot of hair or feathers
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tot
0
n 1: a small amount (especially of a drink); "a tot of rum"
2: a young child [syn: toddler, yearling, tot, bambino]
v 1: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot
up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add
together, tally, add up]
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trot
0
n 1: a slow pace of running [syn: jog, trot, lope]
2: radicals who support Trotsky's theory that socialism must be
established throughout the world by continuing revolution
[syn: Trotskyite, Trotskyist, Trot]
3: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
(often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot, crib]
4: a gait faster than a walk; diagonally opposite legs strike
the ground together
v 1: run at a moderately swift pace [syn: trot, jog, clip]
2: ride at a trot
3: cause to trot; "She trotted the horse home"
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unsought
0
adj 1: not desired; "an undesired result" [syn: undesired,
unsought]
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untaught
0
adj 1: lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal
skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius";
"uneducated children" [syn: unschooled, untaught,
untutored]
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upshot
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n 1: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous
phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod
was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences
for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" [syn:
consequence, effect, outcome, result, event,
issue, upshot]
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watt
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n 1: a unit of power equal to 1 joule per second; the power
dissipated by a current of 1 ampere flowing across a
resistance of 1 ohm [syn: watt, W]
2: Scottish engineer and inventor whose improvements in the
steam engine led to its wide use in industry (1736-1819)
[syn: Watt, James Watt]
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whatnot
0
n 1: miscellaneous curios [syn: bric-a-brac, knickknack,
nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot]
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wrought
0
adj 1: shaped to fit by or as if by altering the contours of a
pliable mass (as by work or effort); "a shaped handgrip";
"the molded steel plates"; "the wrought silver bracelet"
[syn: shaped, molded, wrought]
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yacht
0
n 1: an expensive vessel propelled by sail or power and used for
cruising or racing [syn: yacht, racing yacht]
v 1: travel in a yacht
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khat
0
n 1: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like
tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric
stimulant; "in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults"
[syn: kat, khat, qat, quat, cat, Arabian tea,
African tea]
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mott
0
n 1: United States feminist and suffragist (1793-1880) [syn:
Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott]
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scot
0
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Scotland [syn: Scot,
Scotsman, Scotchman]
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scott
0
n 1: award-winning United States film actor (1928-1999) [syn:
Scott, George C. Scott]
2: English explorer who reached the South Pole just a month
after Amundsen; he and his party died on the return journey
(1868-1912) [syn: Scott, Robert Scott, Robert Falcon
Scott]
3: United States general who was a hero of the War of 1812 and
who defeated Santa Anna in the Mexican War (1786-1866) [syn:
Scott, Winfield Scott]
4: British author of historical novels and ballads (1771-1832)
[syn: Scott, Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott]
5: United States slave who sued for liberty after living in a
non-slave state; caused the Supreme Court to declare the
Missouri Compromise unconstitutional (1795?-1858) [syn:
Scott, Dred Scott]
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sadat
0
n 1: Egyptian statesman who (as president of Egypt) negotiated a
peace treaty with Menachem Begin (then prime minister of
Israel) (1918-1981) [syn: Sadat, Anwar Sadat, Anwar
el-Sadat]
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montserrat
0
n 1: a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies
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lotte
0
n 1: fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament
attached for luring prey [syn: goosefish, angler,
anglerfish, angler fish, monkfish, lotte,
allmouth, Lophius Americanus]
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potshot
0
n 1: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a
pothunter)
2: criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful
consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"
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sexpot
0
n 1: a young woman who is thought to have sex appeal [syn: sex
kitten, sexpot, sex bomb]
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camelot
0
n 1: (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom;
according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty
reigned there
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ghat
0
n 1: stairway in India leading down to a landing on the water
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unthought
0
adj 1: so unexpected as to have not been imagined; "an unhoped-
for piece of luck"; "an unthought advantage"; "an
unthought-of place to find the key" [syn: unhoped,
unhoped-for, unthought, unthought-of]
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rott
4
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ot
2
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besought
0
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bethought
0
-
bought
0
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brought
0
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cachepot
0
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cannot
0