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boss
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adj 1: exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
cornfield" [syn: boss, brag]
n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want
to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn:
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
2: a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired
three more men for the new job" [syn: boss, hirer]
3: a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is
his own boss now"
4: a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates
appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
[syn: party boss, political boss, boss]
5: a circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob,
boss]
v 1: raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss,
boss, stamp]
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doss
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v 1: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though
it's not very comfortable" [syn: doss, doss down,
crash]
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fosse
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n 1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
[syn: moat, fosse]
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gloss
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n 1: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
[syn: gloss, rubric]
2: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized
field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a
text on that field [syn: glossary, gloss]
3: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
4: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of
authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of
moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different
color" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour]
v 1: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
2: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He
annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: gloss,
comment, annotate]
3: provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
4: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
[syn: color, colour, gloss]
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joss
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n 1: a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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toss
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n 1: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss]
2: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
flip]
3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss]
3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss]
4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]
5: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away]
6: agitate; "toss the salad"
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bos
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n 1: wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in
the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus
Bos]
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os
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n 1: a mouth or mouthlike opening
2: a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that
is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known [syn:
osmium, Os, atomic number 76]
3: (computer science) software that controls the execution of
computer programs and may provide various services [syn:
operating system, OS]
4: the left eye [syn: oculus sinister, OS]
5: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
vertebrates [syn: bone, os]
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ross
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n 1: Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded
geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest
Passage (1777-1856) [syn: Ross, John Ross, Sir John
Ross]
2: British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the
north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in
Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) [syn: Ross,
James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross]
3: British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit
malaria (1857-1932) [syn: Ross, Sir Ronald Ross]
4: a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in
the United States (1876-1977) [syn: Ross, Nellie Ross,
Nellie Tayloe Ross]
5: American seamstress said to have made the first American flag
at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) [syn: Ross,
Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross]
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alsace
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n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn:
Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
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hamas
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n 1: a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that
opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon;
seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is
opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of
terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
[syn: Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement]
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semigloss
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n 1: a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat
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pos
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aase
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bosse
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clos
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foss
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hahs
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hoss
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kjos
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klaas
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klos
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los
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maass
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mohs
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rosse
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vos
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devoss
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kiryas
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lacoss
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lafosse
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cloe
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clow
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