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dusky
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adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides
down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the
twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
[syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit]
2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a
smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: dark-
skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]
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frisky
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adj 1: playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky]
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husky
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adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse
cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"-
Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]
n 1: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog,
husky]
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musky
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adj 1: resembling the smell of musk
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pesky
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adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying
rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
"swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety
catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";
"a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you
are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling,
irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering,
pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing]
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risky
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adj 1: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous
sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog";
"a wild financial scheme" [syn: hazardous, risky,
wild]
2: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
[syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
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whisky
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n 1: a liquor made from fermented mash of grain [syn: whiskey,
whisky]
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bosky
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adj 1: covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy
undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park
leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty
[syn: bosky, brushy]
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dostoevsky
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n 1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor
and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: Dostoyevsky,
Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski,
Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor
Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich
Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor
Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky,
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky]
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paderewski
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n 1: Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime
Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) [syn:
Paderewski, Ignace Paderewski, Ignace Jan Paderewski]
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ascii
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n 1: (computer science) a code for information exchange between
computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary
digits represents each character; used in most
microcomputers [syn: American Standard Code for
Information Interchange, ASCII]
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babinski
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n 1: extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is
stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the
front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a
sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons [syn:
Babinski, Babinski reflex, Babinski sign]
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malinowski
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n 1: British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the
technique of the participant observer (1884-1942) [syn:
Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper
Malinowski]
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tchaikovsky
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n 1: important Russian composer whose works are noted for their
expressive melodies (1840-1893) [syn: Tchaikovsky, Peter
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky]
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stravinsky
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n 1: composer who was born in Russia but lived in the United
States after 1939 (1882-1971) [syn: Stravinsky, Igor
Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky]
2: the music of Stravinsky; "Stravinsky no longer causes riots
in the streets"
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wyszynski
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n 1: Polish prelate who persuaded the Soviet to allow greater
religious freedom in Poland (1901-1981) [syn: Wyszynski,
Stefan Wyszynski]
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sikorsky
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n 1: United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed
the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced
helicopter (1889-1972) [syn: Sikorsky, Igor Sikorsky,
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky]
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netsuke
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askey
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gorecki
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baginski
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bukowski
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balinski
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asci
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basinski
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belinsky
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glinski
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krinsky
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linskey
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linsky
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lynskey
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minsky
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pinsky
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shinsky
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bielinski
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bilinski
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bobinski
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brezinski
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brodzinski
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buczynski
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budzinski
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budzynski
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burzynski
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chudzinski
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cieslinski
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cominsky
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cwiklinski
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cywinski
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czerwinski
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dembinski
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derwinski
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dobrinski
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dolinski
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dolinsky
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dominski
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drabinsky
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dubinsky
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dudzinski
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duszynski
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filinski
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gadzinski
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galinski
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galinsky
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gallinsky
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gapinski
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garczynski
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golinski
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gorczynski
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grabinski
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grudzinski
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gusinsky
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helinski
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helminski
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hilinski
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iwinski
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jasinski
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jelinski
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kaczynski
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kalinske
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kalinski
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kaminski
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kaminsky
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karpinski
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klosinski
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kocinski
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kolinski
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konwinski
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kopczynski
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kopinski
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koscinski
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kosinski
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kozinski
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kozminski
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krasinski
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krupinski
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krusinski
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kruszynski
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krzeminski
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kubinski
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kuchinski
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