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abacus
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n 1: a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a
column as an aid in supporting the architrave
2: a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually
sliding counters on rods or in grooves
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blunderbuss
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n 1: a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle
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bus
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n 1: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public
transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: bus,
autobus, coach, charabanc, double-decker, jitney,
motorbus, motorcoach, omnibus, passenger vehicle]
2: the topology of a network whose components are connected by a
busbar [syn: bus topology, bus]
3: an electrical conductor that makes a common connection
between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can
transmit data either way between any two components of the
system" [syn: busbar, bus]
4: a car that is old and unreliable; "the fenders had fallen off
that old bus" [syn: bus, jalopy, heap]
v 1: send or move around by bus; "The children were bussed to
school"
2: ride in a bus
3: remove used dishes from the table in restaurants
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buss
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n 1: the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)
[syn: kiss, buss, osculation]
v 1: touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's
mouth or other body part) as an expression of love,
greeting, etc.; "The newly married couple kissed"; "She
kissed her grandfather on the forehead when she entered the
room" [syn: snog, kiss, buss, osculate]
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concuss
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v 1: shake violently
2: injure the brain; sustain a concussion
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cuss
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n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter,
cuss, pesterer, gadfly]
2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn:
chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke]
3: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
"expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word,
expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]
v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss,
blaspheme, swear, imprecate]
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discuss
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v 1: to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The author
talks about the different aspects of this question"; "The
class discussed Dante's `Inferno'" [syn: discourse, talk
about, discuss]
2: speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in
detail; have a discussion; "We discussed our household
budget" [syn: hash out, discuss, talk over]
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fracas
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n 1: noisy quarrel [syn: affray, altercation, fracas]
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fuss
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n 1: an excited state of agitation; "he was in a dither"; "there
was a terrible flap about the theft" [syn: dither,
pother, fuss, tizzy, flap]
2: an angry disturbance; "he didn't want to make a fuss"; "they
had labor trouble"; "a spot of bother" [syn: fuss,
trouble, bother, hassle]
3: a quarrel about petty points [syn: bicker, bickering,
spat, tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss]
4: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry,
ado, fuss, stir]
v 1: worry unnecessarily or excessively; "don't fuss too much
over the grandchildren--they are quite big now" [syn:
fuss, niggle, fret]
2: care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband" [syn:
mother, fuss, overprotect]
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muss
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n 1: a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a
mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed" [syn:
mess, messiness, muss, mussiness]
v 1: make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair" [syn:
muss, tussle]
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nonplus
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v 1: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--
I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This
question really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick,
get, puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose,
bewilder, flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel,
amaze, dumbfound]
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plus
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adj 1: on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus
value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C
plus" [ant: minus]
2: involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"
[syn: plus, positive]
n 1: a useful or valuable quality [syn: asset, plus] [ant:
liability]
2: the arithmetic operation of summing; calculating the sum of
two or more numbers; "the summation of four and three gives
seven"; "four plus three equals seven" [syn: summation,
addition, plus]
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pus
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n 1: the tenth month of the Hindu calendar [syn: Pus, Pansa]
2: a fluid product of inflammation [syn: pus, purulence,
suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering]
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raucous
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adj 1: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident]
2: disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous
party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: raucous, rowdy]
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thus
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adv 1: (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact
or reason or as a result; "therefore X must be true";
"the eggs were fresh and hence satisfactory"; "we were
young and thence optimistic"; "it is late and thus we
must go"; "the witness is biased and so cannot be
trusted" [syn: therefore, hence, thence, thus,
so]
2: in the way indicated; "hold the brush so"; "set up the pieces
thus"; (`thusly' is a nonstandard variant) [syn: thus,
thusly, so]
n 1: an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East
African trees; formerly valued for worship and for
embalming and fumigation [syn: frankincense, olibanum,
gum olibanum, thus]
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truss
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n 1: (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to
hold a hernia in place by pressure
2: a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid
structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure
3: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone
(usually of slight extent) [syn: corbel, truss]
v 1: tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it
2: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners";
"tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling
shed" [syn: tie down, tie up, bind, truss]
3: support structurally; "truss the roofs"; "trussed bridges"
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us
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n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48
conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in
northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the
Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United
States, United States of America, America, the
States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
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viscous
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adj 1: having a relatively high resistance to flow [syn:
syrupy, viscous]
2: having the sticky properties of an adhesive [syn: gluey,
glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky,
viscid, viscous]
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percuss
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v 1: strike or tap firmly; "the doctor percussed his chest and
back"
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bacchus
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n 1: (classical mythology) god of wine; equivalent of Dionysus
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huss
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n 1: Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the
Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the
Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the
corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake
(1372-1415) [syn: Huss, John Huss, Hus, Jan Hus]
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sus
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n 1: type genus of the Suidae [syn: Sus, genus Sus]
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damascus
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n 1: an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and
present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the
New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul)
underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
[syn: Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria]
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adjusts
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suss
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sarcous
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cus
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brus
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bruss
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gus
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russ
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careplus
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banderas
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baccus
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backus
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baucus
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