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ablate
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v 1: wear away through erosion or vaporization
2: remove an organ or bodily structure
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accumulate
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v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot
of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
[syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up,
amass, compile, hoard]
2: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office";
"The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate, cumulate,
conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
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ate
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n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
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bookplate
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n 1: a label identifying the owner of a book in which it is
pasted [syn: bookplate, ex libris]
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breastplate
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n 1: armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a
cuirass [syn: breastplate, aegis, egis]
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coagulate
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adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
[syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous,
grumose]
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]
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conflate
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v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
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contemplate
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v 1: look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate
one's navel"
2: consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and
taking a full-time job"
3: think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He
is meditating in his study" [syn: study, meditate,
contemplate]
4: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the
afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of
God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to
observe and start to excogitate" [syn: chew over, think
over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate,
muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate,
speculate]
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copperplate
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n 1: a graceful style of handwriting based on the writing used
on copperplate engravings
2: a print made from an engraved copperplate
3: an engraving consisting of a smooth plate of copper that has
been etched or engraved [syn: copperplate, copperplate
engraving]
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cumulate
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v 1: collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my
office"; "The work keeps piling up" [syn: accumulate,
cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass]
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deflate
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v 1: collapse by releasing contained air or gas; "deflate a
balloon"
2: release contained air or gas from; "deflate the air mattress"
3: reduce or lessen the size or importance of; "The bad review
of his work deflated his self-confidence" [syn: deflate,
puncture]
4: produce deflation in; "The new measures deflated the economy"
[ant: inflate]
5: reduce or cut back the amount or availability of, creating a
decline in value or prices; "deflate the currency" [ant:
inflate]
6: become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air; "The balloons
deflated" [ant: blow up, inflate]
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deregulate
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v 1: lift the regulations on [ant: govern, order,
regularise, regularize, regulate]
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disarticulate
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v 1: separate at the joints; "disjoint the chicken before
cooking it" [syn: disjoint, disarticulate]
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dissimulate
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v 1: hide (feelings) from other people
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doorplate
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n 1: a nameplate fastened to a door; indicates the person who
works or lives there
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ejaculate
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n 1: the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is
ejaculated by the male genital tract [syn: semen, seed,
seminal fluid, ejaculate, cum, come]
v 1: utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He
blundered his stupid ideas" [syn: blurt out, blurt,
blunder out, blunder, ejaculate]
2: eject semen
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electroplate
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n 1: any artifact that has been plated with a thin coat of metal
by electrolysis
v 1: coat with metal by electrolysis; "electroplate the watch"
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emasculate
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adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate,
emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified,
sissyish, sissy]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate,
castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]
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emulate
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v 1: strive to equal or match, especially by imitating; "He is
emulating the skating skills of his older sister"
2: imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the
hardware or the software
3: compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with;
"This artist's drawings cannot emulate his water colors"
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encapsulate
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v 1: enclose in a capsule or other small container
2: put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize
the news" [syn: encapsulate, capsule, capsulize,
capsulise]
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faceplate
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n 1: a protective covering for the front of a machine or device
(as a door lock or computer component)
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fishplate
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n 1: metal plate bolted along sides of two rails or beams
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footplate
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n 1: the platform in the cab of a locomotive on which the
engineer stands to operate the controls
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formulate
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v 1: elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you
develop the ideas in your thesis" [syn: explicate,
formulate, develop]
2: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or
principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to
measure the speed of light" [syn: invent, contrive,
devise, excogitate, formulate, forge]
3: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns
to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice, formulate,
word, phrase, articulate]
4: prepare according to a formula
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granulate
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v 1: form into grains [syn: granulate, grain]
2: become granular [syn: granulate, grain]
3: form granulating tissue; "wounds and ulcers can granulate"
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hotplate
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n 1: a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or
keeping food warm [syn: hot plate, hotplate]
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inflate
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v 1: exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
[syn: inflate, blow up, expand, amplify]
2: fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" [syn: inflate,
blow up] [ant: deflate]
3: cause prices to rise by increasing the available currency or
credit; "The war inflated the economy" [ant: deflate]
4: increase the amount or availability of, creating a rise in
value; "inflate the currency" [ant: deflate]
5: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow]
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inoculate
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v 1: introduce an idea or attitude into the mind of; "My
teachers inoculated me with their beliefs"
2: introduce a microorganism into
3: perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation;
"We vaccinate against scarlet fever"; "The nurse vaccinated
the children in the school" [syn: immunize, immunise,
inoculate, vaccinate]
4: insert a bud for propagation
5: impregnate with the virus or germ of a disease in order to
render immune
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inosculate
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v 1: come together or open into each other; "the blood vessels
anastomose" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
2: cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis;
"anastomose blood vessels" [syn: anastomose, inosculate]
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insufflate
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v 1: breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act,
especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
2: treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
3: blow or breathe hard on or into
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insulate
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v 1: protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with
insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before
winter came"
2: place or set apart; "They isolated the political prisoners
from the other inmates" [syn: isolate, insulate]
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legislate
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v 1: make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation;
"They passed the amendment"; "We cannot legislate how
people spend their free time" [syn: legislate, pass]
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matriculate
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n 1: someone who has been admitted to a college or university
v 1: enroll as a student
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miscalculate
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v 1: judge incorrectly; "I had misestimated his determination"
[syn: miscalculate, misestimate]
2: calculate incorrectly; "I miscalculated the number of guests
at the wedding" [syn: miscalculate, misestimate]
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nameplate
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n 1: a plate bearing a name
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oblate
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adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate,
pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped]
n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
life
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ovulate
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v 1: produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every
month"
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pullulate
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v 1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees";
"The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind
pullulated with worries" [syn: teem, pullulate,
swarm]
2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the
theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour,
swarm, stream, teem, pullulate]
3: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
[syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon,
burgeon forth, sprout]
4: become abundant; increase rapidly
5: breed freely and abundantly
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recalculate
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v 1: calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated"
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reflate
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v 1: economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated
after the Fed took extreme measures"
2: economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise
prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated
the economy"
3: inflate again; "reflate the balloon"
4: become inflated again
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reformulate
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v 1: formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or
hypothesis [syn: redevelop, reformulate]
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regulate
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v 1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn:
regulate, modulate]
2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people
dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate,
regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant:
deregulate]
3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine,
shape, mold, influence, regulate]
4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]
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simulate
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v 1: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated
the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or
older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate]
2: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn:
model, simulate]
3: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn:
simulate, assume, sham, feign]
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stimulate
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v 1: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination";
"This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant:
dampen, stifle]
2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy
a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce,
stimulate, cause, have, get, make]
3: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir]
4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn:
stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk
up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate,
tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
5: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high
fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate,
rush, hasten]
6: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite,
stir]
7: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate]
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strangulate
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v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
"he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has
been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn:
strangle, strangulate, throttle]
2: constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of
blood or air
3: become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
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template
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n 1: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn:
template, templet, guide]
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triangulate
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adj 1: composed of or marked with triangles
v 1: divide into triangles or give a triangular form to;
"triangulate the piece of cardboard"
2: measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle"
3: survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by
triangulating the plot"
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ululate
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v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl,
yaup]
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ungulate
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adj 1: having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed
animals" [syn: ungulate, ungulated, hoofed,
hooved] [ant: unguiculate, unguiculated]
n 1: any of a number of mammals with hooves that are
superficially similar but not necessarily closely related
taxonomically [syn: ungulate, hoofed mammal]
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cannulate
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v 1: introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood
vessel in the neck" [syn: cannulate, cannulize,
cannulise, intubate, canulate]
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vesiculate
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v 1: become vesicular or full of air cells; "The organs
vesiculated"
2: cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; "vesiculate
an organ"
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auriculate
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adj 1: having auricles [syn: auriculate, auriculated]
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annulate
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adj 1: shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate,
annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped,
doughnut-shaped]
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serrulate
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adj 1: minutely serrated
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bedplate
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fasciculate
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jugulate
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soleplate
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aydt
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baseplate
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ait
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baffleplate
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cellulate
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recirculate
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valleculate
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ligulate
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vamplate
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