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bay
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adj 1: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate
reddish-brown color
n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but
smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment]
2: the sound of a hound on the scent
3: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish
berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in
cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn:
true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus
nobilis]
4: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a
hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
5: a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;
"he opened the bomb bay"
6: a small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove,
bay]
7: a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
v 1: utter in deep prolonged tones
2: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]
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cay
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n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key,
cay, Florida key]
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day
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n 1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis;
"two days later they left"; "they put on two performances
every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" [syn:
day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period,
24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day]
2: some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now";
"after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the
days"; "these days it is not unusual"
3: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance;
"Mother's Day"
4: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light
outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to
make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime,
daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime]
5: the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially
those when you are working); "my day began early this
morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she
called it a day and went to bed"
6: an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the
dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days
of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"
7: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars)
to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day
on Jupiter?"
8: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a
particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar
day [syn: sidereal day, day]
9: a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court";
"every dog has his day"
10: United States writer best known for his autobiographical
works (1874-1935) [syn: Day, Clarence Day, Clarence
Shepard Day Jr.]
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gay
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adj 1: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a
cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [syn:
cheery, gay, sunny]
2: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts were
young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in such a
jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at the
reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old gentleman";
"have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry laughter"; "a
mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund, jolly, jovial,
merry, mirthful]
3: given to social pleasures often including dissipation; "led a
gay Bohemian life"; "a gay old rogue with an eye for the
ladies"
4: brightly colored and showy; "girls decked out in brave new
dresses"; "brave banners flying"; "`braw' is a Scottish
word"; "a dress a bit too gay for her years"; "birds with gay
plumage" [syn: brave, braw, gay]
5: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion";
"gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay,
festal, festive, merry]
6: homosexual or arousing homosexual desires [syn: gay,
queer, homophile(a)]
n 1: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual
attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: homosexual,
homophile, homo, gay]
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may
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n 1: the month following April and preceding June
2: thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of
white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries;
established as an escape in eastern North America [syn:
whitethorn, English hawthorn, may, Crataegus
laevigata, Crataegus oxycantha]
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nay
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adv 1: not this merely but also; not only so but; "each of us is
peculiar, nay, in a sense unique"
n 1: a negative; "the nays have it" [ant: yea]
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nee
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adj 1: (meaning literally `born') used to indicate the maiden or
family name of a married woman; "Hillary Clinton nee
Rodham"
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neigh
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n 1: the characteristic sounds made by a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
v 1: make a characteristic sound, of a horse [syn: neigh,
nicker, whicker, whinny]
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pirouette
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n 1: (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes
as in ballet)
v 1: do a pirouette, usually as part of a dance
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spay
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v 1: remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: alter,
neuter, spay, castrate]
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stay
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n 1: continuing or remaining in a place or state; "they had a
nice stay in Paris"; "a lengthy hospital stay"; "a four-
month stay in bankruptcy court"
2: the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the
negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during
the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him
to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
[syn: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop,
stoppage]
3: a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs
or the order is lifted; "the Supreme Court has the power to
stay an injunction pending an appeal to the whole Court"
4: a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a
garment (e.g. a corset)
5: (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable
used as a support for a mast or spar
v 1: stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress
remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest
assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears";
"The bad weather continued for another week" [syn: stay,
remain, rest] [ant: change]
2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we
are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner
here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn:
stay, stick, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
3: dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a
bit longer--the day is still young" [syn: bide, abide,
stay]
4: continue in a place, position, or situation; "After
graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser";
"Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he
remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy
mayor for another year" [syn: stay, stay on, continue,
remain]
5: remain behind; "I had to stay at home and watch the children"
[ant: depart, quit, take leave]
6: stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!" [syn: stay,
detain, delay]
7: stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility
remained long after they made up" [syn: persist, remain,
stay]
8: hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
[syn: last out, stay, ride out, outride]
9: stop a judicial process; "The judge stayed the execution
order"
10: fasten with stays
11: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay,
appease]
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ne
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n 1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow
in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in
the air in small amounts [syn: neon, Ne, atomic number
10]
2: the compass point midway between north and east; at 45
degrees [syn: northeast, nor'-east, northeastward,
NE]
3: a midwestern state on the Great Plains [syn: Nebraska,
Cornhusker State, NE]
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a
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n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a
meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of
electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom
unit, A]
2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal
vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness
of the eyes [syn: vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor,
axerophthol, A]
3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A]
4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with
thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A]
5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme
International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries
15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A]
6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: A, a]
7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn:
A, type A, group A]
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bey
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n 1: (formerly) a title of respect for a man in Turkey or Egypt;
"he introduced me to Ahmet Bey"
2: the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire
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k
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
[syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k]
n 1: the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under
the Systeme International d'Unites [syn: kelvin, K]
2: a light soft silver-white metallic element of the alkali
metal group; oxidizes rapidly in air and reacts violently
with water; is abundant in nature in combined forms occurring
in sea water and in carnallite and kainite and sylvite [syn:
potassium, K, atomic number 19]
3: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
grand, thou, yard]
4: a unit of information equal to 1000 bytes [syn: kilobyte,
K, KB, kB]
5: a unit of information equal to 1024 bytes [syn: kilobyte,
kibibyte, K, KB, kB, KiB]
6: the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: K, k]
7: street names for ketamine [syn: K, jet, super acid,
special K, honey oil, green, cat valium, super C]
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pei
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n 1: United States architect (born in China in 1917) [syn:
Pei, I. M. Pei, Ieoh Ming Pei]
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tay
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n 1: a branch of the Tai languages
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des
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n 1: a potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for
livestock and poultry [syn: diethylstilbestrol,
diethylstilboestrol, stilbestrol, stilboestrol,
DES]
2: synthetic nonsteroid with the properties of estrogen;
formerly used to treat menstrual problems but was found to be
associated with vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so
treated during pregnancy [syn: diethylstilbesterol, DES,
stilbesterol]
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aye
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eh
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ye
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ay
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ae
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dey
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kay
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kaye
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mae
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spey
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nae
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spae
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moshe
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heh
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kreh
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leh
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lueh
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reh
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sneh
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yeh
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zeh
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hsieh
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lobue
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trabue
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