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aerobe
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n 1: an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or
free oxygen for life
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anaerobe
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n 1: an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require
air or free oxygen to live
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bathrobe
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n 1: a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or
swim
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daub
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n 1: material used to daub walls
2: a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" [syn:
smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur]
3: an unskillful painting
v 1: coat with plaster; "daub the wall" [syn: plaster, daub]
2: apply to a surface; "daub paint onto the wall"
3: cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it; "smear
the wall with paint"; "daub the ceiling with plaster" [syn:
daub, smear]
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disrobe
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v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of
everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night
for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase,
unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant:
apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out,
garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment,
tog]
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enrobe
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v 1: provide with a coating; "enrobe the nuts with chocolate"
2: adorn with a robe
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fob
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n 1: a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch [syn: fob, watch
pocket]
2: an adornment that hangs from a watch chain
3: short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's
vest [syn: fob, watch chain, watch guard]
v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking
that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam,
play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox,
pull a fast one on, play a trick on]
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job
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n 1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn
money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn:
occupation, business, job, line of work, line]
2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for
a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job
ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing
the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of
classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn:
job, task, chore]
3: a workplace; as in the expression "on the job";
4: an object worked on; a result produced by working; "he held
the job in his left hand and worked on it with his right"
5: the responsibility to do something; "it is their job to print
the truth"
6: the performance of a piece of work; "she did an outstanding
job as Ophelia"; "he gave it up as a bad job"
7: a damaging piece of work; "dry rot did the job of destroying
the barn"; "the barber did a real job on my hair"
8: a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her
husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact
him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
[syn: problem, job]
9: a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith
in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
10: any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without
despairing
11: (computer science) a program application that may consist of
several steps but is a single logical unit
12: a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God
about his afflictions and God's reply [syn: Job, Book of
Job]
13: a crime (especially a robbery); "the gang pulled off a bank
job in St. Louis" [syn: caper, job]
v 1: profit privately from public office and official business
2: arranged for contracted work to be done by others [syn:
subcontract, farm out, job]
3: work occasionally; "As a student I jobbed during the semester
breaks"
4: invest at a risk; "I bought this house not because I want to
live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am
speculating" [syn: speculate, job]
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microbe
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n 1: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing
bacterium); the term is not in technical use [syn:
microbe, bug, germ]
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wardrobe
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n 1: a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for
clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes
[syn: wardrobe, closet, press]
2: collection of clothing belonging to one person
3: collection of costumes belonging to a theatrical company
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conglobe
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v 1: assume a globular shape [syn: conglobate, conglobe]
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latrobe
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n 1: United States architect (born in England) whose works
include the chambers of the United States Congress and the
Supreme Court; considered the first professional architect
in the United States (1764-1820) [syn: Latrobe, Benjamin
Henry Latrobe]
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anglophobe
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n 1: a person who hates England and everything English
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carnaud
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prob
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aube
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daube
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thobe
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tob
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tobe
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engobe
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unrobe
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calciphobe
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teleprobe
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gaub
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glaub
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haub
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knaub
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laub
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laube
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raub
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schaub
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schwabe
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shaub
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staub
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taube
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traub
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chiffrobe
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