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contrapuntal
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or according to the
rules of counterpoint; "contrapuntal base"
2: having two or more independent but harmonically related
melodic parts sounding together [syn: polyphonic,
contrapuntal] [ant: monophonic]
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dental
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adj 1: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss"
2: of or relating to dentistry; "dental student"
n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the
gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant,
alveolar, dental]
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disgruntle
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v 1: put into a bad mood or into bad humour; "The employees were
disgruntled by their bad working conditions"
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frontal
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adj 1: belonging to the front part; "a frontal appendage"
2: of or relating to the front of an advancing mass of air;
"frontal rainfall"
3: meeting front to front; "a frontal attack"; "a head-on
collision" [syn: frontal, head-on]
4: of or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone; "the frontal
lobes"
n 1: an adornment worn on the forehead [syn: frontlet,
frontal]
2: a drapery that covers the front of an altar
3: the face or front of a building [syn: facade, frontage,
frontal]
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gentle
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adj 1: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle
reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun
at him" [syn: gentle, soft]
2: having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle
touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a
gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"
3: quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"
4: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
"blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
"aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician
tastes" [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue,
blue-blooded, gentle, patrician]
5: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and
obedient" [syn: docile, gentle]
6: having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle
rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the
window" [syn: easy, gentle, soft]
7: marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle
slope" [syn: easy, gentle]
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the
nobility [syn: ennoble, gentle, entitle]
3: stroke soothingly
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lentil
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n 1: round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
2: the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
3: widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible
flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground
into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
[syn: lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris]
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mental
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adj 1: involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental
images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a
terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from
mental defects" [ant: physical]
2: of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental
development"; "mental hygiene"
3: of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects
and certain mollusks
4: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
[syn: genial, mental]
5: affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient";
"mental illness"
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prefrontal
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adj 1: anterior to a frontal structure; "a prefrontal bone";
"prefrontal lobes"
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rental
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adj 1: available to rent or lease; "a rental car"
2: of or relating to rent; "rental agreement"; "rental charges"
n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease,
rental, letting]
2: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment
or house or car) [syn: rental, renting]
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cliental
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