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appellate
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adj 1: of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually
legal appeals); "appellate court" [syn: appellate,
appellant]
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ballot
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n 1: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting
2: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in favor
of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per person" [syn:
vote, ballot, voting, balloting]
v 1: vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"
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billet
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n 1: a short personal letter; "drop me a line when you get
there" [syn: note, short letter, line, billet]
2: lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)
3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter,
billet, canton]
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bullet
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n 1: a projectile that is fired from a gun [syn: bullet,
slug]
2: a high-speed passenger train [syn: bullet train, bullet]
3: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung
late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
[syn: fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet]
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distillate
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n 1: a purified liquid produced by condensation from a vapor
during distilling; the product of distilling [syn:
distillate, distillation]
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fillet
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n 1: a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef [syn:
fillet, filet]
2: a longitudinal slice or boned side of a fish [syn: fillet,
filet, fish fillet, fish filet]
3: a bundle of sensory nerve fibers going to the thalamus [syn:
lemniscus, fillet]
4: a narrow headband or strip of ribbon worn as a headband [syn:
taenia, tenia, fillet]
5: fastener consisting of a narrow strip of welded metal used to
join steel members [syn: fillet, stopping]
v 1: decorate with a lace of geometric designs [syn: fillet,
filet]
2: cut into filets; "filet the fish" [syn: fillet, filet]
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helot
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n 1: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned
by the feudal lord [syn: serf, helot, villein]
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kinglet
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n 1: small birds resembling warblers but having some of the
habits of titmice
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leaflet
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n 1: a thin triangular flap of a heart valve [syn: cusp,
leaflet]
2: part of a compound leaf
3: a small book usually having a paper cover [syn: booklet,
brochure, folder, leaflet, pamphlet]
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mallet
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n 1: a sports implement with a long handle and a head like a
hammer; used in sports (polo or croquet) to hit a ball
2: a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike
such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas,
glockenspiels, etc. [syn: mallet, hammer]
3: a tool resembling a hammer but with a large head (usually
wooden); used to drive wedges or ram down paving stones or
for crushing or beating or flattening or smoothing [syn:
mallet, beetle]
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millet
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n 1: any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage
grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria,
Sorghum, and Eleusine
2: French painter of rural scenes (1814-1875) [syn: Millet,
Jean Francois Millet]
3: small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially
Setaria italica
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mullet
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n 1: highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
[syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet]
2: freshwater or coastal food fishes a spindle-shaped body;
found worldwide [syn: mullet, grey mullet, gray mullet]
3: bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on
the chin
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omelette
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n 1: beaten eggs or an egg mixture cooked until just set; may be
folded around e.g. ham or cheese or jelly [syn: omelet,
omelette]
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palette
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n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist
or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet]
2: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix
paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette,
pallet]
3: one of the rounded armor plates at the armpits of a suit of
armor [syn: pallette, palette]
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pallet
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n 1: the range of colour characteristic of a particular artist
or painting or school of art [syn: palette, pallet]
2: a portable platform for storing or moving goods that are
stacked on it
3: a hand tool with a flat blade used by potters for mixing and
shaping clay
4: a mattress filled with straw or a pad made of quilts; used as
a bed
5: board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix
paints and the range of colors used [syn: palette,
pallet]
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piglet
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n 1: a young pig [syn: piglet, piggy, shoat, shote]
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pilot
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n 1: someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight
[syn: pilot, airplane pilot]
2: a person qualified to guide ships through difficult waters
going into or out of a harbor
3: a program exemplifying a contemplated series; intended to
attract sponsors [syn: pilot program, pilot film,
pilot]
4: something that serves as a model or a basis for making
copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn:
original, archetype, pilot]
5: small auxiliary gas burner that provides a flame to ignite a
larger gas burner [syn: pilot burner, pilot light,
pilot]
6: an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear
the track [syn: fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot]
v 1: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly,
aviate, pilot]
2: act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan,
direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance; "Is
anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was
navigating the ship during the accident?" [syn: navigate,
pilot]
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platelet
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n 1: tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood;
essential for blood clotting [syn: platelet, blood
platelet, thrombocyte]
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prelate
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n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest,
hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate]
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pullet
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n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
[syn: fryer, frier, pullet]
2: young hen usually less than a year old
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ringlet
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n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
2: a strand or cluster of hair [syn: lock, curl, ringlet,
whorl]
3: a small ring
4: any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae
[syn: ringlet, ringlet butterfly]
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rivulet
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n 1: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel,
streamlet]
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skillet
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n 1: a pan used for frying foods [syn: frying pan, frypan,
skillet]
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valet
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n 1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman,
man]
v 1: serve as a personal attendant to
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wallet
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n 1: a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money [syn:
wallet, billfold, notecase, pocketbook]
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willet
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n 1: large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts
[syn: willet, Catoptrophorus semipalmatus]
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zealot
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n 1: a member of an ancient Jewish sect in Judea in the first
century who fought to the death against the Romans and who
killed or persecuted Jews who collaborated with the Romans
2: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn:
partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan,
nonpartizan]
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stylet
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n 1: small needlelike appendage; especially the feeding organ of
a tardigrade
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grillot
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tillett
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penicillate
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