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awakening
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n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening,
waking up]
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awning
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n 1: a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from
rain or sun [syn: awning, sunshade, sunblind]
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beginning
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adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the
beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending,
finish]
2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and
stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
end, middle]
4: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter
was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source
of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start,
commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
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christening
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n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism
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cleaning
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n 1: the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a
good cleaning" [syn: cleaning, cleansing, cleanup]
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convening
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n 1: the act of convening [syn: convention, convening]
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cunning
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adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness
or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
cunning, cute]
2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily
old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy,
guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky,
wily]
3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious]
n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness,
guile, slyness, wiliness]
2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
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dawning
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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]
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demeaning
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adj 1: causing awareness of your shortcomings; "golf is a
humbling game" [syn: demeaning, humbling,
humiliating, mortifying]
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designing
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adj 1: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own
interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with
the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a
scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn:
designing, scheming]
n 1: the act of working out the form of something (as by making
a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design
of a new instrument" [syn: design, designing]
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discerning
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adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a
discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant:
undiscerning]
2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet]
3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive;
"discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"
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dreaming
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n 1: imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in
a dream that has nothing to do with reality" [syn: dream,
dreaming]
2: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during
sleep; "I had a dream about you last night" [syn: dream,
dreaming]
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greening
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n 1: the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored;
"the annual rejuvenation of the landscape" [syn:
rejuvenation, greening]
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intervening
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adj 1: occurring or falling between events or points in time;
"so much had happened during the intervening years"
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leaning
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adj 1: departing or being caused to depart from the true
vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the
headstones were tilted" [syn: atilt, canted,
leaning, tilted, tipped]
n 1: an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward
frivolity" [syn: leaning, propensity, tendency]
2: a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration"
[syn: proclivity, propensity, leaning]
3: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from
the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship
developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy
inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list,
inclination, lean, leaning]
4: the act of deviating from a vertical position
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meaning
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adj 1: rich in significance or implication; "a meaning look"
[syn: meaning(a), pregnant, significant]
n 1: the message that is intended or expressed or signified;
"what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance
of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese
characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
[syn: meaning, significance, signification, import]
2: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this
proverb?" [syn: meaning, substance]
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screening
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n 1: the display of a motion picture [syn: screening,
showing, viewing]
2: fabric of metal or plastic mesh
3: the act of concealing the existence of something by
obstructing the view of it; "the cover concealed their guns
from enemy aircraft" [syn: cover, covering, screening,
masking]
4: testing objects or persons in order to identify those with
particular characteristics
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turning
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n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the
course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn,
turning]
2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many
turnings over the years"
3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on
a lathe
4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
[syn: turning, turn]
5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe
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twinning
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adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous,
twinning]
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uncomplaining
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adj 1: not complaining; "uncomplaining courage" [ant:
complaining(a), complaintive]
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weaning
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n 1: the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in
the diet of a child or young mammal [syn: weaning,
ablactation]
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winning
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adj 1: having won; "the victorious entry"; "the winning team"
[syn: victorious, winning]
2: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new
hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner";
"a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking,
winning]
n 1: succeeding with great difficulty; "winning is not
everything"
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canning
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contravening
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corning
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drowning
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gleaning
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keening
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machining
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preening
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twining
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underpinning
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beaning
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queening
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