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at
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n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
[syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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basset
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n 1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
[syn: basset, basset hound]
v 1: appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn:
basset, crop out]
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deficit
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n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less
than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from
the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional
deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]
2: a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental
functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal
memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
3: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
[ant: lead]
4: an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain
period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
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facet
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n 1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied
every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet]
2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
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faucet
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n 1: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a
reservoir [syn: faucet, spigot]
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handset
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n 1: telephone set with the mouthpiece and earpiece mounted on a
single handle [syn: handset, French telephone]
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headset
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n 1: receiver consisting of a pair of headphones
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quickset
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adj 1: grown from cuttings planted directly in the ground; "a
quickset hawthorn hedge"
n 1: cuttings of plants set in the ground to grow as hawthorn
for hedges or vines; "a quickset of a vine planted in a
vineyard"
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reset
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n 1: device for resetting instruments or controls
v 1: set anew; "They re-set the date on the clock"
2: set to zero; "reset instruments and dials"
3: adjust again after an initial failure [syn: readjust,
reset]
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subset
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n 1: a set whose members are members of another set; a set
contained within another set
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sunset
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adj 1: of a declining industry or technology; "sunset
industries"
2: providing for termination; "a program with a sunset
provision"
n 1: the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall
below the horizon [syn: sunset, sundown] [ant:
aurora, break of day, break of the day, cockcrow,
dawn, dawning, daybreak, dayspring, first light,
morning, sunrise, sunup]
2: atmospheric phenomena accompanying the daily disappearance of
the sun
3: the daily event of the sun sinking below the horizon
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tacit
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adj 1: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave
silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood
provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: silent, tacit,
understood]
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thickset
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adj 1: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of
compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky
legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact,
heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset]
2: planted or growing close together; "thickset trees"
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typeset
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v 1: set in type; "My book will be typeset nicely"; "set these
words in italics" [syn: typeset, set]
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upset
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adj 1: afflicted with or marked by anxious uneasiness or trouble
or grief; "too upset to say anything"; "spent many
disquieted moments"; "distressed about her son's leaving
home"; "lapsed into disturbed sleep"; "worried parents";
"a worried frown"; "one last worried check of the
sleeping children" [syn: disquieted, distressed,
disturbed, upset, worried]
2: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing
in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk";
"the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn:
broken, confused, disordered, upset]
3: used of an unexpected defeat of a team favored to win; "the
Bills' upset victory over the Houston Oilers"
4: mildly physically distressed; "an upset stomach"
5: having been turned so that the bottom is no longer the
bottom; "an overturned car"; "the upset pitcher of milk";
"sat on an upturned bucket" [syn: overturned, upset,
upturned]
n 1: an unhappy and worried mental state; "there was too much
anger and disturbance"; "she didn't realize the upset she
caused me" [syn: disturbance, perturbation, upset]
2: the act of disturbing the mind or body; "his carelessness
could have caused an ecological upset"; "she was unprepared
for this sudden overthrow of their normal way of living"
[syn: upset, derangement, overthrow]
3: a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of
normal functioning; "the doctor prescribed some medicine for
the disorder"; "everyone gets stomach upsets from time to
time" [syn: disorder, upset]
4: a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a
rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging [syn: upset,
swage]
5: the act of upsetting something; "he was badly bruised by the
upset of his sled at a high speed" [syn: upset, overturn,
turnover]
6: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset
since David beat Goliath" [syn: overturn, upset]
v 1: disturb the balance or stability of; "The hostile talks
upset the peaceful relations between the two countries"
2: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose,
untune, disconcert, discomfit]
3: move deeply; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought"
[syn: disturb, upset, trouble]
4: cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The
cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer
turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer" [syn:
overturn, tip over, turn over, upset, knock over,
bowl over, tump over]
5: form metals with a swage [syn: swage, upset]
6: defeat suddenly and unexpectedly; "The foreign team upset the
local team"
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mindset
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n 1: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that
determines how you will interpret and respond to situations
[syn: mentality, outlook, mindset, mind-set]
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somerset
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n 1: a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel
2: an acrobatic feat in which the feet roll over the head
(either forward or backward) and return [syn: somersault,
somerset, summersault, summerset, somersaulting,
flip]
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videlicet
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adv 1: as follows [syn: namely, viz., that is to say, to
wit, videlicet]
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tercet
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
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scilicet
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unset
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quixote
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cassatt
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poussette
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underset
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verset
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placet
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multifacet
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narragansett
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dorset
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fawcett
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dysart
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