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acoustic
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adj 1: of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic
properties of a hall" [syn: acoustic, acoustical]
n 1: a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
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acrostic
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n 1: a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading
the same down as across [syn: word square, acrostic]
2: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line
form a word or message
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agnostic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
2: uncertain of all claims to knowledge [syn: agnostic,
agnostical] [ant: gnostic]
n 1: someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
[syn: agnostic, doubter]
2: a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge
about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might
exist)
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basaltic
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adj 1: of or relating to or containing basalt; "basaltic magma
is fluid"
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bombastic
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adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large
talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic,
declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
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broomstick
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n 1: the handle of a broom [syn: broomstick, broom handle]
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candlestick
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n 1: a holder with sockets for candles [syn: candlestick,
candle holder]
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caustic
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adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
"her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter
words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about
political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical
ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic
critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid,
bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous,
sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic]
2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of
destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic,
corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]
n 1: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
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chopstick
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n 1: one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware
to eat food with
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diagnostic
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adj 1: concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis;
"a diagnostic reading test"
2: characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign
of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever";
"symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of
social breakdown" [syn: diagnostic, symptomatic]
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dipstick
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n 1: a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the
fluid level
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drastic
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adj 1: forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"
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drumstick
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n 1: the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
2: a stick used for playing a drum
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plastic
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adj 1: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth
or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such
as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic]
2: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of
children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic, pliant]
3: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a
formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn:
formative, shaping, plastic]
n 1: generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic
materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or
films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and
adhesives
2: a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the
person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the
issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for
the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?" [syn:
credit card, charge card, charge plate, plastic]
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prognostic
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adj 1: of or relating to prediction; having value for making
predictions [syn: predictive, prognostic,
prognosticative]
n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent,
presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
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rustic
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adj 1: characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes";
"rustic awkwardness" [syn: countrified, countryfied,
rustic]
2: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys";
"rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre
awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick,
rustic, unsophisticated]
3: characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic
simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" [syn: agrestic, rustic]
n 1: an unsophisticated country person
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sarcastic
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adj 1: expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds [ant:
unsarcastic]
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scholastic
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adj 1: of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"
2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of
scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"
n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book
learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm,
scholastic]
2: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
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singlestick
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n 1: a stick used instead of a sword for fencing [syn:
singlestick, fencing stick, backsword]
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slapstick
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adj 1: characterized by horseplay and physical action;
"slapstick style of humor"
n 1: a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and
practical jokes
2: acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together;
used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting
injury when striking someone
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spastic
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adj 1: relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon";
"spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
2: suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child"
3: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions;
resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a
spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: convulsive,
spasmodic, spastic]
n 1: a person suffering from spastic paralysis
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stochastic
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adj 1: being or having a random variable; "a stochastic
variable"; "stochastic processes"
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thermoplastic
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adj 1: having the property of softening or fusing when heated
and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled;
"thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time
after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical
change" [ant: thermoset, thermosetting]
n 1: a material that softens when heated and hardens again when
cooled [syn: thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin]
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unenthusiastic
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adj 1: not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an
unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra";
"unenthusiastic applause" [ant: enthusiastic]
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yardstick
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n 1: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of
yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
2: a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: yardstick,
yard measure]
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baltic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic
States or their peoples or languages
2: of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics"
n 1: a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
[syn: Baltic, Baltic Sea]
2: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to
the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many
archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-
Indo European [syn: Baltic, Baltic language]
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celtic
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn:
Celtic, Gaelic]
n 1: a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from
inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe
in the pre-Christian era [syn: Celtic, Celtic language]
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cultic
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swordstick
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bric
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