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anneal
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v 1: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a
process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
[syn: anneal, temper, normalize]
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appeal
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n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public
to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal]
2: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his
smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: appeal,
appealingness, charm]
3: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a
higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower
court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment
or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in
the superior court"
4: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for
starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal,
collection, ingathering]
v 1: take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was
found guilty but appealed immediately"
2: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke]
3: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";
"The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: attract,
appeal] [ant: repel, repulse]
4: challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
5: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that
would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She
invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal]
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bloodmobile
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n 1: a motor vehicle equipped to collect blood donations
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bookmobile
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n 1: a van with shelves of books; serves as a mobile library or
bookstore
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castile
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n 1: a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised
most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain
in 1479 [syn: Castile, Castilla]
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conceal
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v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide
their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal]
[ant: show]
2: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals
her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold back, hold in]
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congeal
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v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the
enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
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creel
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n 1: a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
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deal
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n 1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a
package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a
master of the business deal" [syn: deal, trade,
business deal]
2: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of
shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal]
3: (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]
4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
[syn: softwood, deal]
6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given
time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept
trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal]
7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of
an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed
around the table clockwise"
9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the
captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
v 1: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
"This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of
Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of
China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal,
address]
2: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the
case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn:
consider, take, deal, look at]
3: take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are
we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how
to deal with these lazy students"
4: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage]
5: 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]
6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She
deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal,
sell, trade]
7: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this
crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She
managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn:
manage, deal, care, handle]
8: behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with
his employees"
9: distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
10: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct
business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal]
11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy
up, portion out, apportion, deal]
12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen
of Spades"
13: sell; "deal hashish"
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dishabille
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n 1: the state of being carelessly or partially dressed [syn:
dishabille, deshabille]
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immobile
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adj 1: not capable of movement or of being moved [ant: mobile]
2: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being
hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile]
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mobile
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adj 1: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic
habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a
peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering
tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving,
wandering]
2: moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to
place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most
mobile articulator" [ant: immobile]
3: having transportation available
4: capable of changing quickly from one state or condition to
another; "a highly mobile face"
5: affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is
not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile" [syn: fluid,
mobile]
n 1: a river in southwestern Alabama; flows into Mobile Bay
[syn: Mobile, Mobile River]
2: a port in southwestern Alabama on Mobile Bay
3: sculpture suspended in midair whose delicately balanced parts
can be set in motion by air currents [ant: stabile]
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snowmobile
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n 1: tracked vehicle for travel on snow having skis in front
v 1: ride a snowmobile
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stabile
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adj 1: (chemistry, physics, biology) resistant to change
2: not able or intended to be moved; "the immovable hills" [syn:
immovable, immoveable, stabile, unmovable]
n 1: a sculpture having fixed units (usually constructed of
sheet metal) and attached to a fixed support [ant:
mobile]
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abele
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n 1: a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States;
has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn:
white poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar,
silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba]
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bastille
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n 1: a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a
prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed
July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
2: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical
manner)
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deshabille
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n 1: the state of being carelessly or partially dressed [syn:
dishabille, deshabille]
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dormobile
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beal
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beale
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beall
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beel
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beil
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biehl
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biel
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oldsmobile
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skatemobile
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dubiel
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krehbiel
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