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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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chitin
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n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal
component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell
walls of certain fungi
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frostbitten
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adj 1: injured by freezing or partial freezing; "frostbitten
fingers"; "frostbitten grapes unsalable as fresh fruit"
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kitten
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n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty]
v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"
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lighten
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v 1: make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a
bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up] [ant: weigh
down, weigh on]
2: reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load
on the tired donkey"
3: become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up
a bit" [syn: lighten, lighten up, buoy up]
4: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"
[syn: brighten, lighten up, lighten] [ant: darken]
5: become lighter; "The room lightened up" [syn: lighten,
lighten up] [ant: darken]
6: alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less
oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten
the burden of caring for her elderly parents" [syn:
relieve, lighten]
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marten
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n 1: agile slender-bodied arboreal mustelids somewhat larger
than weasels [syn: marten, marten cat]
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mitten
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n 1: glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four
fingers together
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oaten
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adj 1: of or related to or derived from oats; "oaten bread"
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platen
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n 1: work table of a machine tool
2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper
against the type
3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
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rotten
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adj 1: very bad; "a lousy play"; "it's a stinking world" [syn:
icky, crappy, lousy, rotten, shitty,
stinking, stinky]
2: damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless; "rotten floor
boards"; "rotted beams"; "a decayed foundation" [syn:
decayed, rotten, rotted]
3: having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness;
"dead and rotten in his grave"
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shorten
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v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench
in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to
illness" [ant: lengthen]
2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The
manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten,
abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant:
dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate,
exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate]
3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope
by a few inches"
4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [ant:
lengthen]
5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate;
"bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise,
expurgate, castrate, shorten]
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smitten
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adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
"conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten,
stricken, struck]
2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the
rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn:
enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten,
soft on(p), taken with(p)]
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straighten
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v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten,
unbend] [ant: bend, flex]
2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out]
3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students
straightened when the teacher entered"
4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn:
tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten,
straighten out, square away]
5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll
out, straighten]
6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post";
"straighten hair"
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unwritten
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adj 1: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten
law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had
their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"-
J.L.T.C.Spence [ant: written]
2: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an
oral agreement" [syn: oral, unwritten]
3: said or done without having been planned or written in
advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib,
spontaneous, unwritten]
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written
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adj 1: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written
evidence" [ant: spoken]
2: systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
[ant: unwritten]
3: written as for a film or play or broadcast [syn: scripted,
written] [ant: unscripted]
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breton
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who
speaks the Breton language)
2: a Celtic language of Brittany
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britain
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n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the
British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales
and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely
to refer to the United Kingdom [syn: United Kingdom,
UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, Great Britain]
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briton
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adj 1: characteristic of or associated with the Britons; "the
Briton inhabitants of England"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher,
Briton, Brit]
2: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon
invasions
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patten
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n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta,
patten, sabot]
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chiton
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n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk
having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn:
chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle,
polyplacophore]
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lytton
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n 1: English writer of historical romances (1803-1873) [syn:
Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
George Earle Bulwer-Lytton]
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britten
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n 1: major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his
operas (1913-1976) [syn: Britten, Benjamin Britten,
Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh]
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bitten
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overwritten
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rewritten
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gritton
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leviton
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ditton
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fitton
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litten
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litton
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mittan
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mitton
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sitton
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titone
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whiton
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whitten
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whitton
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witten
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witton
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brittain
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brittan
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britton
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ryton
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dakotan
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