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displease
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v 1: give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]
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isosceles
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adj 1: (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
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journalese
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n 1: the style in which newspapers are written
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legalese
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n 1: a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the
law
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overseas
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adv 1: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many
years" [syn: oversea, overseas]
2: in a place across an ocean [syn: overseas, abroad]
adj 1: in a foreign country; "markets abroad"; "overseas
markets" [syn: abroad, overseas]
2: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas trade
in grain arose" [syn: oversea, overseas]
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please
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adv 1: used in polite request; "please pay attention"
v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please
the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please,
delight] [ant: displease]
2: be the will of or have the will (to); "he could do many
things if he pleased"
3: give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"
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reprise
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v 1: repeat an earlier theme of a composition [syn: reprise,
reprize, repeat, recapitulate]
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seize
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v 1: take hold of; grab; "The sales clerk quickly seized the
money on the counter"; "She clutched her purse"; "The
mother seized her child by the arm"; "Birds of prey often
seize small mammals" [syn: seize, prehend, clutch]
2: take or capture by force; "The terrorists seized the
politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian
hostages"
3: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the
invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants";
"The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle"
[syn: appropriate, capture, seize, conquer]
4: take temporary possession of as a security, by legal
authority; "The FBI seized the drugs"; "The customs agents
impounded the illegal shipment"; "The police confiscated the
stolen artwork" [syn: impound, attach, sequester,
confiscate, seize]
5: seize and take control without authority and possibly with
force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to
himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he
usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after
her husband died" [syn: assume, usurp, seize, take
over, arrogate]
6: hook by a pull on the line; "strike a fish"
7: affect; "Fear seized the prisoners"; "The patient was seized
with unbearable pains"; "He was seized with a dreadful
disease" [syn: seize, clutch, get hold of]
8: capture the attention or imagination of; "This story will
grab you"; "The movie seized my imagination" [syn: grab,
seize]
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sneeze
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n 1: a symptom consisting of the involuntary expulsion of air
from the nose [syn: sneeze, sneezing, sternutation]
v 1: exhale spasmodically, as when an irritant entered one's
nose; "Pepper makes me sneeze"
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squeeze
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n 1: the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek
a playful squeeze" [syn: squeeze, squeezing]
2: a state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to
businesses and consumers and interest rates are high [syn:
credit crunch, liquidity crisis, squeeze]
3: a situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to
the customer; "increased expenses put a squeeze on profits"
4: (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend; "she was his main
squeeze"
5: a twisting squeeze; "gave the wet cloth a wring" [syn:
squeeze, wring]
6: an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the
concentration or manipulation of power; "she laughed at this
sexual power play and walked away" [syn: power play,
squeeze play, squeeze]
7: a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
[syn: hug, clinch, squeeze]
8: the act of forcing yourself (or being forced) into or through
a restricted space; "getting through that small opening was a
tight squeeze"
v 1: to compress with violence, out of natural shape or
condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon" [syn:
squash, crush, squelch, mash, squeeze]
2: press firmly; "He squeezed my hand"
3: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself
into the corner" [syn: wedge, squeeze, force]
4: to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical,
moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in
the city"; "He squeezed her for information" [syn: coerce,
hale, squeeze, pressure, force]
5: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from
the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the
company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the
business by threatening him" [syn: extort, squeeze,
rack, gouge, wring]
6: press or force; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust
the letter into his hand" [syn: thrust, stuff, shove,
squeeze]
7: squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind";
"She squeezed the bottle" [syn: pinch, squeeze, twinge,
tweet, nip, twitch]
8: squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with
fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her
close to him" [syn: embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze]
9: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract, press]
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trapeze
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n 1: a swing used by circus acrobats
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unease
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n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn:
malaise, unease, uneasiness]
2: the trait of seeming ill at ease [syn: disquiet, unease,
uneasiness]
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valise
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n 1: a small overnight bag for short trips
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wheeze
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n 1: breathing with a husky or whistling sound
2: (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever
wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German
espionage threat"
v 1: breathe with difficulty
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chinese
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adj 1: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures;
"Chinese food"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on
Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese
capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan]
n 1: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded
as dialects of a single language (even though they are
mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic
writing system
2: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist
China
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burmese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its
people; "the Burmese capital"; "Burmese tonal languages"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Myanmar
2: the official language of Burma
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maltese
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adj 1: of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its
inhabitants; "Maltese customs officers"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malta
2: the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic
language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from
Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French [syn: Maltese, Maltese
language, Malti]
3: a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any
short-haired bluish-grey cat [syn: Maltese, Maltese cat]
4: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
[syn: Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese]
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sleaze
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n 1: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn:
cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze]
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belize
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n 1: a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on
the Caribbean; formerly under British control [syn:
Belize, British Honduras]
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cantonese
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n 1: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring
provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
[syn: Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese
dialect]
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congolese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region
or its people; "Congolese rulers"; "the Congolese
republic"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
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japanese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its
people or their culture or language; "the Japanese
Emperor"; "Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese,
Nipponese]
2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the
Japanese
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javanese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its
inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples";
"Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]
2: the Indonesian language spoken on Java
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nepalese
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its
people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at
the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in
the world"; "the different Nepali words for `rice'" [syn:
Nepalese, Nepali]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nepal [syn: Nepalese, Nepali]
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siamese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its
people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in
the north" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai
tones" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos" [syn:
Thai, Tai, Siamese]
n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Thai, Siamese,
Central Thai]
2: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: Thai, Tai,
Siamese]
3: an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be
attached so that fire engines can pump water into the
sprinkler system of a building [syn: siamese, siamese
connection]
4: a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale
coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip [syn: Siamese
cat, Siamese]
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sinhalese
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adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese
versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese,
Sinhalese]
2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels
fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese,
Singhalese]
2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn:
Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]
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senegalese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its
people; "Senegalese villages"; "Senegalese herdsmen"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Senegal
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damocles
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n 1: the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to
legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was
suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that
being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it
was (4th century BC)
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heracles
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n 1: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength;
performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality [syn:
Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, Alcides]
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pericles
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n 1: Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens'
political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the
construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
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praxiteles
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n 1: ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
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singhalese
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adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese
versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese,
Sinhalese]
2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels
fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese,
Singhalese]
2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn:
Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]
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sophocles
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n 1: one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
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togolese
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adj 1: of or relating to the African country of Togo or its
people; "the Togolese capital"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Togo
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anopheles
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n 1: malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-
downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the
larvae [syn: Anopheles, genus Anopheles]
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empedocles
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n 1: Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of
particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth
century BC)
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officialese
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n 1: the style of writing characteristic of some government
officials: formal and obscure
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themistocles
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n 1: Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and
then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
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achilles
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n 1: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek
warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother
tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical
river but the heel by which she held him remained
vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
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antilles
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n 1: a group of islands in the West Indies
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thales
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n 1: a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who
predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle
to be the founder of physical science; he held that all
things originated in water (624-546 BC) [syn: Thales,
Thales of Miletus]
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sees
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skis
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tales
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trees
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trustees
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beese
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dees
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adoptees
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androcles
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novelese
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