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bushido
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n 1: traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed
courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living
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credo
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n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo]
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dado
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n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn:
wainscot, dado]
2: the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
3: a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece
can fit into it
v 1: provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their
dining room"
2: cut a dado into or fit into a dado
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libido
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n 1: (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
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lido
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n 1: a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water
sports
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tornado
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n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring
over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending
toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister]
2: a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather
than snorted; highly addictive [syn: crack, crack
cocaine, tornado]
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torpedo
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n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
3: an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas
well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
4: a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some
gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully
against a hard surface
5: a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track
and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the
explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
6: armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled
underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
7: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes
having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the
head capable of emitting strong electric discharges [syn:
electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo]
v 1: attack or hit with torpedoes
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tuxedo
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n 1: semiformal evening dress for men [syn: dinner jacket,
tux, tuxedo, black tie]
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laredo
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n 1: a city in southern Texas on the Rio Grande
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oviedo
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n 1: a city in northwestern Spain near the Cantabrian Mountains
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edo
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n 1: a member of a west African people living in the tropical
forest region of southern Nigeria
2: the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and
cultural center of Japan [syn: Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo,
Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan]
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ido
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n 1: an artificial language that is a revision and
simplification of Esperanto
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toledo
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n 1: an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie
2: a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel
and swords since the first century
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albedo
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n 1: the ratio of reflected to incident light [syn: albedo,
reflective power]
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teredo
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n 1: typical shipworm
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gambado
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vornado
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dau
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acevedo
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daido
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dedo
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ledo
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sado
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alfredo
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bastedo
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caicedo
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goffredo
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ileto
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loffredo
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loredo
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macedo
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manfredo
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olmedo
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pinedo
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quevedo
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robledo
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salcedo
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saucedo
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shiseido
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tancredo
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wilfredo
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azevedo
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escobedo
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figueiredo
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figueredo
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speedo
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guido
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escondido
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phaedo
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