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anon
0
adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon"
2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
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argon
0
n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert
gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
[syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
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balbriggan
0
n 1: a cotton knit fabric used for underwear
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bandwagon
0
n 1: a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they
saw how things were going everybody jumped on the
bandwagon"
2: a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy
bandwagon led the circus parade"
-
bargain
0
n 1: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of
shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal]
2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction";
"the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain,
buy, steal]
v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
2: come to terms; arrive at an agreement
-
baton
0
n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra
or choir [syn: baton, wand]
2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an
office or an authority
4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major
or drum majorette
5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay
race
-
brogan
0
n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue,
clodhopper, work shoe]
-
cardigan
0
n 1: knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons
or a zipper
2: slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a
long tail [syn: Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi]
-
chiffon
0
n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
-
chon
0
n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea
2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
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con
0
adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was
written pro and con" [ant: pro]
n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person
to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game,
bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con,
learn]
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dawn
0
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
[ant: sundown, sunset]
2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning
of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was
penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through,
dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate,
fall into place]
2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
-
decagon
0
n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
-
denouement
0
n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
or dramatic work
-
don
0
n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
to Irish Danu
5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
of Azov [syn: Don, Don River]
6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?";
"He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess
donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately
robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on,
get into, don, assume]
-
dragon
0
n 1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as
breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes
wings [syn: dragon, firedrake]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial
pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: Draco,
Dragon]
4: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of
gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the
body [syn: dragon, flying dragon, flying lizard]
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drawn
0
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the
drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
-
estragon
0
n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus]
2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as
seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]
-
fawn
0
n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish
brown, fawn]
2: a young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3: have fawns; "deer fawn"
-
flagon
0
n 1: a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout;
used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
-
foregone
0
adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of
foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers";
"relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast,
departed, foregone, gone]
-
gone
0
adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done
for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)]
2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn:
asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased,
departed, gone]
3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone
times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a
departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed,
foregone, gone]
4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
-
gorgon
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and
the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at
Medusa turned the beholder to stone
-
heptagon
0
n 1: a seven-sided polygon
-
hexagon
0
n 1: a six-sided polygon
-
hooligan
0
n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough,
hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo,
yobbo]
-
jargon
0
n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn:
jargoon, jargon]
3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
particular subject
-
john
0
n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216;
succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard
I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by
the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John,
King John, John Lackland]
3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be
the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book
of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint
John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the
Evangelist, John the Divine]
4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn:
John, Gospel According to John]
-
khan
0
n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian
countries
2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that
provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary,
caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
-
lagan
0
n 1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a
buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: lagan, lagend,
ligan]
-
lawn
0
n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
-
moron
0
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
-
mulligan
0
n 1: Irish version of burgoo [syn: mulligan stew, mulligan,
Irish burgoo]
-
non
0
adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not
many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
-
nonagon
0
n 1: a nine-sided polygon
-
octagon
0
n 1: an eight-sided polygon
-
on
0
adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the
view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the
circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along";
"march on" [syn: along, on]
2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his
spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"
3: in a state required for something to function or be
effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"
adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the
switch is in the on position" [ant: off]
2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or
shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant:
cancelled, off]
-
organ
0
n 1: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an
animal that is specialized for some particular function
2: a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance
of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of
the Commerce Department"
3: (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn:
electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ,
organ]
4: a periodical that is published by a special interest group;
"the organ of the communist party"
5: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes
arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and
controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn:
organ, pipe organ]
6: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the
reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]
-
pagan
0
adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and
Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]
n 1: a person who does not acknowledge your god [syn: heathen,
pagan, gentile, infidel]
2: a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
(not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
3: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn:
hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker]
-
paragon
0
n 1: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn:
paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal]
2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
-
pawn
0
n 1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument,
pawn, cat's-paw]
3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and
captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more
powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of
the loan
v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your
grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
-
pecan
0
n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya
illinoinsis]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
-
pentagon
0
n 1: a government building with five sides that serves as the
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
2: the United States military establishment
3: a five-sided polygon
-
polygon
0
n 1: a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides [syn:
polygon, polygonal shape]
-
prawn
0
n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
most are edible
v 1: fish for prawns
-
ptarmigan
0
n 1: large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and
usually white winter plumage
-
salon
0
n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed
2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon,
beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty
shop]
3: elegant sitting room where guests are received
-
shenanigan
0
n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
2: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]
-
shogun
0
n 1: a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled
Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
-
slogan
0
n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn:
motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]
-
snapdragon
0
n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
dragon
-
spawn
0
n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or
molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
-
suffragan
0
n 1: an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn:
suffragan, suffragan bishop]
-
swan
0
n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and
usually white plumage as adult
v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the
mountains"
-
tarragon
0
n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus]
2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as
seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]
-
thereon
0
adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon,
on it, on that]
-
toboggan
0
n 1: a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in
front
v 1: move along on a luge or toboggan [syn: toboggan, luge]
-
vegan
0
n 1: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy
products at all
-
wagon
0
n 1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal
or a tractor [syn: wagon, waggon]
2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van,
police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon,
black Maria]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
[syn: wagon, coaster wagon]
5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind
rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon,
estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]
-
wan
0
adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
pale, pallid, wan, sick]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
"a wan smile"
n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]
v 1: become pale and sickly
-
withdrawn
0
adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an
unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive,
withdrawn]
2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
[syn: indrawn, withdrawn]
-
won
0
adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game"
[ant: lost]
n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean
won, won]
2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean
won, won]
-
yataghan
0
n 1: a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single
edge
-
yawn
0
n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;
usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not
suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it
was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy]
v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired;
"The child yawned during the long performance"
2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn,
yaw]
-
yon
0
adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon]
adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
yonder, yon]
-
logan
0
n 1: a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern
Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) [syn: Logan,
Mount Logan]
-
nippon
0
n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon,
Nihon]
-
reagan
0
n 1: 40th President of the United States (1911-2004) [syn:
Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan,
President Reagan]
-
yuan
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan,
Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
-
mon
0
n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
Monday, Mon]
2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent
parts of Thailand
3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
-
amman
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman,
capital of Jordan]
-
bonn
0
n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the
capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
-
conn
0
v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
-
hahn
0
n 1: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of
nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: Hahn, Otto Hahn]
-
han
0
n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from
206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed
its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of
Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
-
kahn
0
n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn:
Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]
-
ron
0
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron,
Bokkos, Daffo]
-
shawn
0
n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated
with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted
Shawn]
-
xian
0
n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
-
amon
0
n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
-
aton
0
n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a
monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten,
Aton]
-
bataan
0
n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese
forces besieged American forces in World War II; United
States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area
in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]
-
bhutan
0
n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast
of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
-
ceylon
0
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
-
dhahran
0
n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the
Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment
complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and
wounding more than 300 people
-
exon
0
n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein
structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn:
exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]
-
gabon
0
n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon,
Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
-
gibran
0
n 1: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) [syn:
Gibran, Kahlil Gibran]
-
golan
0
n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and
southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can
dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights,
Golan]
-
iran
0
n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western
Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was
known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
-
javan
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its
inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples";
"Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]
-
koran
0
n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet
Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran,
Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
-
milan
0
n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an
international center of trade and industry since the Middle
Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]
-
oman
0
n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and
eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is
dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat
and Oman]
-
oran
0
n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd
largest city
-
saigon
0
n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the
capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City,
Saigon]
-
sichuan
0
n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn:
Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]
-
sorbonne
0
n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn:
Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne]
-
taiwan
0
n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the
Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China,
Nationalist China, Republic of China]
2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of
mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan,
Formosa]
-
tehran
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern
Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian
capital]