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brindle
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adj 1: having a grey or brown streak or a pattern or a patchy
coloring; used especially of the patterned fur of cats
[syn: brindled, brindle, brinded, tabby]
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dwindle
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v 1: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled
down" [syn: dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down]
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kindle
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v 1: catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled,
spreading the flames for miles" [syn: kindle, inflame]
2: cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with
oranges and reds" [syn: kindle, enkindle, conflagrate,
inflame]
3: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
provoke]
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rekindle
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v 1: kindle anew, as of a fire
2: arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"
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spindle
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n 1: (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the
fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in
the middle; "chromosomes are distributed by spindles in
mitosis and meiosis"
2: a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a
baluster, chair leg, etc.
3: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for larger
rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel, mandril,
arbor]
4: a stick or pin used to twist the yarn in spinning
5: any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed
object; "the spike pierced the receipts and held them in
order" [syn: spike, spindle]
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swindle
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n 1: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book
is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat, rig]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
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grindle
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n 1: primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a
very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North
America [syn: bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva]
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tindal
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n 1: English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation
of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for
the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition;
he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in
Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536) [syn: Tyndale, William
Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal, William
Tindal]
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tyndall
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n 1: British physicist (born in Ireland) remembered for his
experiments on the transparency of gases and the absorption
of radiant heat by gases and the transmission of sound
through the atmosphere; he was the first person to explain
why the daylight sky is blue (1820-1893) [syn: Tyndall,
John Tyndall]
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bindle
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prindl
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prindle
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spindel
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swindall
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swindell
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hindle
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indal
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kindall
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kindel
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kindell
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lindell
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mindel
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pindell
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schindel
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shindle
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tindall
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tindel
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tindell
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tindle
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tindol
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windell
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windle
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rubendall
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