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awe
0
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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baccarat
0
n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin
de fer]
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bandanna
0
n 1: large and brightly colored handkerchief; often used as a
neckerchief [syn: bandanna, bandana]
-
banner
0
adj 1: unusually good; outstanding; "a banner year for the
company"
n 1: long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or
advertising [syn: banner, streamer]
2: a newspaper headline that runs across the full page [syn:
streamer, banner]
3: any distinctive flag [syn: standard, banner]
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blah
0
n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
-
bourgeois
0
adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-
owning class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois,
conservative, materialistic]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial
enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
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bra
0
n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
-
governor
0
n 1: the head of a state government
2: a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by
controlling the supply of fuel) [syn: governor,
regulator]
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ha
0
n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point
measured westward along the celestial equator from the
zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a
particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle,
HA]
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hosanna
0
n 1: a cry of praise or adoration (to God)
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hurrah
0
n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn:
hurrah, hooray]
v 1: shout `hurrah!'
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la
0
n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57]
2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one
of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or
minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
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law
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n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
law, jurisprudence]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law,
natural law]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of
nature]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy]
6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in
a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
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ma
0
n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA]
4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
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manna
0
n 1: hardened sugary exudation of various trees
2: (Old Testament) food that God gave the Israelites during the
Exodus [syn: miraculous food, manna, manna from heaven]
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manner
0
n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: a way of acting or behaving [syn: manner, personal
manner]
3: a kind; "what manner of man are you?"
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manor
0
n 1: the mansion of a lord or wealthy person [syn: manor,
manor house]
2: the landed estate of a lord (including the house on it)
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pa
0
n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
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pasha
0
n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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planner
0
n 1: a person who makes plans [syn: planner, contriver,
deviser]
2: a notebook for recording appointments and things to be done,
etc.
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raw
0
adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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savannah
0
n 1: a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah
river
2: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the
Atlantic [syn: Savannah, Savannah River]
3: a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions [syn:
savanna, savannah]
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scanner
0
n 1: someone who scans verse to determine the number and
prosodic value of the syllables
2: an electronic device that generates a digital representation
of an image for data input to a computer [syn: scanner,
digital scanner, image scanner]
3: a radar dish that rotates or oscillates in order to scan a
broad area
4: a radio receiver that moves automatically across some
selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or
condition; "they used scanners to monitor police radio
channels" [syn: scanner, electronic scanner]
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scrivener
0
n 1: someone employed to make written copies of documents and
manuscripts [syn: copyist, scribe, scrivener]
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shah
0
n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
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spa
0
n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
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spanner
0
n 1: a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
[syn: wrench, spanner]
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tanner
0
n 1: a small coin of the United Kingdom worth six pennies; not
minted since 1970 [syn: sixpence, tanner]
2: a craftsman who tans skins and hides
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ag
0
n 1: a soft white precious univalent metallic element having the
highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal;
occurs in argentite and in free form; used in coins and
jewelry and tableware and photography [syn: silver, Ag,
atomic number 47]
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ka
0
n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
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na
0
n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal
group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially
in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts
violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral
halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number
11]
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ra
0
n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle,
measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the
vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that
passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in
hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to
specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right
ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension,
RA, celestial longitude]
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ta
0
n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
-
wa
0
n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
-
artois
0
n 1: a former province of northern France near the English
Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
-
canna
0
n 1: any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves
and clusters of large showy flowers
-
anna
0
n 1: a former copper coin of Pakistan and India
-
nanna
0
n 1: the mother of your father or mother [syn: grandma,
grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna]
2: (Norse mythology) wife of Balder
3: god of the Moon; counterpart of the Akkadian Sin
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diana
0
n 1: English aristocrat who was the first wife of Prince
Charles; her death in an automobile accident in Paris
produced intense national mourning (1961-1997) [syn:
Diana, Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, Lady Diana
Frances Spencer]
2: (Roman mythology) virgin goddess of the hunt and the Moon;
counterpart of Greek Artemis
-
havana
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western
Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas [syn:
Havana, capital of Cuba, Cuban capital]
-
montana
0
n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian
border [syn: Montana, Treasure State, MT]
-
indiana
0
n 1: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Indiana,
Hoosier State, IN]
2: United States pop artist (born 1928) [syn: Indiana, Robert
Indiana]
-
susquehanna
0
n 1: a river in the northeastern United States that rises in New
York and flows southward through Pennsylvania and Maryland
into Chesapeake Bay [syn: Susquehanna, Susquehanna
River]
-
louisiana
0
n 1: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico;
one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
[syn: Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
-
guiana
0
n 1: a geographical region of northeastern South America
including Guyana and Surinam
-
guyana
0
n 1: a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of
the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in 1966 [syn: Guyana, Co-operative
Republic of Guyana, British Guiana]
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ah
0
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aha
0
-
bah
0
-
canner
0
-
fanner
0
-
goanna
0
-
hah
0
-
lanner
0
-
qua
0
-
rah
0
-
yah
0
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cha
0
-
gras
0
-
nah
0
-
ya
0
-
ahh
0
-
nana
0
-
hercegovina
0
-
hanna
0
-
hannah
0
-
alana
0
-
deanna
0
-
joanna
0
-
rosanna
0
-
roxanna
0
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susannah
0
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suzanna
0
-
arianna
0
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pollyanna
0
-
copacabana
0
-
kavanagh
0
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fermanagh
0
-
ipecacuanha
0
-
grosvenor
0
-
branagh
0