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acrid
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adj 1: strong and sharp;"the pungent taste of radishes"; "the
acrid smell of burning rubber" [syn: pungent, acrid]
2: 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]
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arid
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adj 1: lacking sufficient water or rainfall; "an arid climate";
"a waterless well"; "miles of waterless country to cross"
[syn: arid, waterless]
2: lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect
but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance";
"a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of
desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo [syn: arid, desiccate,
desiccated]
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berried
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adj 1: producing or bearing berries [syn: berried, baccate,
bacciferous]
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buried
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adj 1: placed in a grave; "the hastily buried corpses" [syn:
buried, inhumed, interred] [ant: unburied]
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florid
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adj 1: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn:
aureate, florid, flamboyant]
2: inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with
outdoor life; "a ruddy complexion"; "Santa's rubicund
cheeks"; "a fresh and sanguine complexion" [syn: rubicund,
ruddy, florid, sanguine]
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harried
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adj 1: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her
poor pestered father had to endure her constant
interruptions"; "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager"
[syn: annoyed, harassed, harried, pestered,
vexed]
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horrid
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adj 1: exceedingly bad; "when she was bad she was horrid"
2: grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror;
"subjected to outrageous cruelty"; "a hideous pattern of
injustice"; "horrific conditions in the mining industry"
[syn: hideous, horrid, horrific, outrageous]
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hurried
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adj 1: moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a
hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city";
"a hurried job" [ant: unhurried]
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hybrid
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adj 1: produced by crossbreeding [syn: hybrid, intercrossed]
n 1: a word that is composed of parts from different languages
(e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)
[syn: loanblend, loan-blend, hybrid]
2: a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid
of administrative and legislative offices"
3: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically
dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by
breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds
or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
[syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross]
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lurid
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adj 1: horrible in fierceness or savagery; "lurid crimes"; "a
lurid life"
2: glaringly vivid and graphic; marked by sensationalism; "lurid
details of the accident" [syn: lurid, shocking]
3: shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through
smoke; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames"
4: ghastly pale; "moonlight gave the statue a lurid luminence"
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married
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adj 1: joined in matrimony; "a married man"; "a married couple"
[ant: single, unmarried]
2: of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status";
"marital fidelity"; "married bliss" [syn: marital,
matrimonial, married]
n 1: a person who is married; "we invited several young
marrieds"
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monohybrid
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n 1: a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous
except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in
Mendel's experiments with garden peas)
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putrid
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adj 1: of or relating to or attended by putrefaction; "putrid
decomposition"
2: in an advanced state of decomposition and having a foul odor;
"horrible like raw and putrid flesh"- Somerset Maugham
3: morally corrupt or evil; "the putrid atmosphere of the court"
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serried
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adj 1: (especially of rows as of troops or mountains) pressed
together; "in serried ranks"
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storied
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adj 1: having an illustrious past [syn: celebrated,
historied, storied]
2: having stories as indicated; "a six-storied building" [syn:
storied, storeyed]
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torrid
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adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
2: emotionally charged and vigorously energetic; "a torrid
dance"; "torrid jazz bands"; "hot trumpets and torrid
rhythms"
3: extremely hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the
dessert"
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unburied
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adj 1: not buried [ant: buried, inhumed, interred]
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unhurried
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adj 1: relaxed and leisurely; without hurry or haste; "people
strolling about in an unhurried way"; "an unhurried
walk"; "spoke in a calm and unhurried voice" [ant:
hurried]
2: capable of accepting delay with equanimity; "was unhurried
with the small children"
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unmarried
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adj 1: not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried
men and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single
girl"; "single parenthood"; "are you married or single?"
[syn: unmarried, single] [ant: married]
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unwearied
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adj 1: with unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied,
unweary]
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varied
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adj 1: characterized by variety; "immigrants' varied ethnic and
religious traditions"; "his work is interesting and
varied" [ant: unvaried, unvarying]
2: widely different; "varied motives prompt people to join a
political party"; "varied ethnic traditions of the
immigrants" [syn: varied, wide-ranging]
3: broken away from sameness or identity or duplication; "her
quickly varied answers indicated uncertainty"
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unworried
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adj 1: free of trouble and worry and care; "the carefree joys of
childhood"; "carefree millionaires, untroubled
financially" [syn: carefree, unworried]
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acarid
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n 1: very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on
animals or plants; related to ticks
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sparid
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n 1: spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-
developed teeth [syn: sparid, sparid fish]
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unvaried
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adj 1: lacking variety [syn: unvaried, unvarying] [ant:
varied]
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winfred
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) Anglo-Saxon missionary who was sent
to Frisia and Germany to spread the Christian faith; was
martyred in Frisia (680-754) [syn: Boniface, Saint
Boniface, St. Boniface, Winfred, Wynfrith, Apostle
of Germany]
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tarried
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ferried
0
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parried
0
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remarried
0
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intermarried
0
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diagrid
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