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comet
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n 1: (astronomy) a relatively small extraterrestrial body
consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun in
a highly elliptical orbit
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commerce
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n 1: transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of
supplying commodities (goods and services) [syn:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism]
2: the United States federal department that promotes and
administers domestic and foreign trade (including management
of the census and the patent office); created in 1913 [syn:
Department of Commerce, Commerce Department, Commerce,
DoC]
3: social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
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common
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adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a
whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are
set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant:
individual, single]
2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common
nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common
knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a
common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular
speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical
and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common
people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that
branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar
and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as
common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth
soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
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commons
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n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
2: a pasture subject to common use [syn: commons, common
land]
3: a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
[syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
4: the common people [syn: third estate, Commons]
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compliments
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n 1: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for
someone's welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best
wishes" [syn: regard, wish, compliments]
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content
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adj 1: satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they
are; "a contented smile" [syn: contented, content]
[ant: discontent, discontented]
n 1: everything that is included in a collection and that is
held or included in something; "he emptied the contents of
his pockets"; "the two groups were similar in content"
2: what a communication that is about something is about [syn:
message, content, subject matter, substance]
3: the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture
or alloy etc.
4: the amount that can be contained; "the gas tank has a
capacity of 12 gallons" [syn: capacity, content]
5: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or
learned [syn: content, cognitive content, mental
object]
6: the state of being contented with your situation in life; "he
relaxed in sleepy contentedness"; "they could read to their
heart's content" [syn: contentedness, content]
7: something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist
or photographer for graphic representation; "a moving picture
of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same
subject" [syn: subject, content, depicted object]
v 1: satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one
glass of beer per day"
2: make content; "I am contented" [ant: discontent]
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contents
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n 1: a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on
which they start [syn: contents, table of contents]
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nonsense
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adj 1: having no intelligible meaning; "nonsense syllables"; "a
nonsensical jumble of words" [syn: nonsense(a),
nonsensical]
n 1: a message that seems to convey no meaning [syn: nonsense,
bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum]
2: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal,
falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense,
trumpery]
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promise
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n 1: a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do
(or not to do) something in the future
2: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is
little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise,
hope]
v 1: make a promise or commitment [syn: promise, assure]
2: promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"
3: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate,
call, forebode, anticipate, promise]
4: give grounds for expectations; "The new results were
promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"
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province
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n 1: the territory occupied by one of the constituent
administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the
deep south" [syn: state, province]
2: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his
province to take care of himself" [syn: province,
responsibility]
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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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vomit
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n 1: the matter ejected in vomiting [syn: vomit, vomitus,
puke, barf]
2: a medicine that induces nausea and vomiting [syn: emetic,
vomit, vomitive, nauseant]
3: the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach
through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, emesis,
regurgitation, disgorgement, puking]
v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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cents
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commented
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commenting
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events
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rents
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tents
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