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certiorari
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n 1: a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of
inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular
case [syn: certiorari, writ of certiorari]
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charivari
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n 1: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree,
charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]
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chary
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adj 1: characterized by great caution and wariness; "a cagey
avoidance of a definite answer"; "chary of the risks
involved"; "a chary investor" [syn: cagey, cagy,
chary]
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colliery
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n 1: a workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the
buildings and equipment connected with it [syn: colliery,
pit]
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curare
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n 1: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American
trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles;
"curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the
myoneural junction" [syn: tubocurarine, curare]
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mare
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n 1: female equine animal [syn: mare, female horse]
2: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the
moon [syn: mare, maria]
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safari
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n 1: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) [syn:
campaign, hunting expedition, safari]
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sari
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n 1: a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several
yards of light material that is draped around the body
[syn: sari, saree]
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sorry
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adj 1: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss
over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his
vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made";
"he felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: regretful,
sorry, bad] [ant: unregretful, unregretting]
2: bad; unfortunate; "my finances were in a deplorable state";
"a lamentable decision"; "her clothes were in sad shape"; "a
sorry state of affairs" [syn: deplorable, distressing,
lamentable, pitiful, sad, sorry]
3: without merit; "a sorry horse"; "a sorry excuse"; "a lazy no-
count, good-for-nothing goldbrick"; "the car was a no-good
piece of junk" [syn: good-for-nothing, good-for-naught,
meritless, no-account, no-count, no-good, sorry]
4: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter
landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";
"a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue,
dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim,
sorry, drab, drear, dreary]
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starry
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adj 1: abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night";
"starry illumination" [ant: starless]
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tarry
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adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn:
pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry]
v 1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle,
lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess
about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill
around]
2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
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bari
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n 1: capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast
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gari
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n 1: cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle
stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating
drink) and tapioca [syn: bitter cassava, manioc,
mandioc, mandioca, tapioca plant, gari, Manihot
esculenta, Manihot utilissima]
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mari
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n 1: a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
[syn: Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari]
2: the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis [syn: Cheremis,
Cheremiss, Mari]
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shari
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n 1: an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad [syn:
Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River]
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bihari
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n 1: the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in
Pakistan and Bangladesh)
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harare
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe [syn: Harare,
Salisbury, capital of Zimbabwe]
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calamari
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n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid,
calamari, calamary]
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gharry
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n 1: a horse-drawn carriage in India
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stradivari
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n 1: Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and
created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
[syn: Stradivari, Antonio Stradivari, Stradivarius,
Antonius Stradivarius]
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vasari
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n 1: Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn:
Vasari, Giorgio Vasari]
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kalahari
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n 1: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana [syn:
Kalahari, Kalahari Desert]
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abare
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scutari
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lauri
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laurie
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altomare
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amakudari
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amari
0
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ari
0
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hari
0
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lohrey
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pary
0
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saari
0
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sharry
0
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vari
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zary
0
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anbari
0
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ansari
0
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atari
0
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baccari
0
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bottari
0
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butare
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callari
0
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cribari
0
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cundari
0
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dibari
0
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dimare
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ferrari
0
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funari
0
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furnari
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gaspari
0
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gortari
0
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imari
0
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lamarre
0
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lazzari
0
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legare
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licari
0
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lipari
0
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macari
0
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mascari
0
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massari
0
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scolari
0
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sistare
0
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solari
0
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trifari
0
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vicari
0
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villari
0
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zangari
0
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baldassare
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baldassari
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baldassarre
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callegari
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canevari
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colombari
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decesare
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degutare
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dicesare
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kuranari
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molinari
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montanari
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popolare
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tassinari
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ulibarri
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valdeshari
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ricercare
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sparry
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askari
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shikari
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