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bouffant
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adj 1: being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a
bouffant skirt" [syn: bouffant, puffy]
n 1: a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy
appearance
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clement
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adj 1: (of weather or climate) physically mild; "clement
weather" [ant: inclement]
2: (used of persons or behavior) inclined to show mercy; "a more
clement judge reduced the sentence" [ant: inclement]
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detente
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n 1: the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially
between nations)
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entente
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n 1: an informal alliance between countries [syn: entente,
entente cordiale]
2: a friendly understanding between political powers [syn:
entente, entente cordiale]
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font
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n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family
[syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case]
2: bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font, baptistry,
baptistery, font]
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fount
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n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family
[syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case]
2: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn:
fountain, fount]
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piedmont
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n 1: the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian
Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina
and Georgia and Alabama
2: a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a
region of flat land
3: the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
[syn: Piedmont, Piemonte]
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raiment
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n 1: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe,
garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit
out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel,
strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]
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redeployment
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n 1: the withdrawal and redistribution of forces in an attempt
to use them more effectively [syn: redeployment,
redisposition]
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repayment
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n 1: the act of returning money received previously [syn:
refund, repayment]
2: payment of a debt or obligation [syn: repayment,
quittance]
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restaurant
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n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant,
eating house, eating place, eatery]
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torment
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n 1: unbearable physical pain [syn: torture, torment]
2: extreme mental distress [syn: anguish, torment,
torture]
3: intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain;
"an agony of doubt"; "the torments of the damned" [syn:
agony, torment, torture]
4: a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so
great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his
tormentors" [syn: harassment, torment]
5: a severe affliction [syn: curse, torment]
6: the act of harassing someone [syn: badgering, worrying,
torment, bedevilment]
v 1: torment emotionally or mentally [syn: torment, torture,
excruciate, rack]
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun,
frustrate]
3: subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell,
according to the Bible" [syn: torture, excruciate,
torment]
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undergarment
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n 1: a garment worn under other garments [syn: undergarment,
unmentionable] [ant: outer garment, overgarment]
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underpayment
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n 1: a payment smaller than needed or expected
2: the act of paying less than required
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unemployment
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n 1: the state of being unemployed or not having a job;
"unemployment is a serious social evil"; "the rate of
unemployment is an indicator of the health of an economy"
[ant: employ, employment]
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varmint
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n 1: an irritating or obnoxious person [syn: vermin,
varmint]
2: any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable;
e.g., coyote [syn: varmint, varment]
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vehement
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adj 1: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;
inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty";
"in a tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent
passions" [syn: fierce, tearing, vehement,
violent, trigger-happy]
2: characterized by great force or energy; "vehement deluges of
rain"; "vehement clapping"; "a vehement defense"
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want
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n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want,
deprivation, neediness]
2: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;
"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water
is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a
nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want]
3: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
wants" [syn: need, want]
4: a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was
above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, wishing,
want]
v 1: feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go
home now"; "I want my own room" [syn: desire, want]
2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
tuner" [syn: want, need, require]
3: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former
neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
4: wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
5: be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the
strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and
shelter"
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wont
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n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7
every evening" [syn: habit, wont]
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belmont
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n 1: a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long
Island; site of the Belmont Stakes [syn: Belmont Park,
Belmont]
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hellespont
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n 1: the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that
separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey [syn:
Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont]
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nantes
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n 1: a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
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rand
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n 1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical
novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: Rand,
Ayn Rand]
3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern
South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and
manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef]
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comte
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n 1: French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism;
he also established sociology as a systematic field of
study [syn: Comte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste
Marie Francois Comte]
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beaumont
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n 1: United States surgeon remembered for his studies of
digestion (1785-1853) [syn: Beaumont, William Beaumont]
2: English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher
(1584-1616) [syn: Beaumont, Francis Beaumont]
3: a city of southeastern Texas near Houston
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fremont
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n 1: United States explorer who mapped much of the American west
and Northwest (1813-1890) [syn: Fremont, John C.
Fremont, John Charles Fremont]
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glyptodont
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underemployment
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conte
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quant
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pont
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claremont
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fairmont
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lamont
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lophodont
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selenodont
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symbiont
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diplont
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