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akin
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adj 1: similar in quality or character; "a feeling akin to
terror"; "kindred souls"; "the amateur is closely related
to the collector" [syn: akin(p), kindred]
2: related by blood [syn: akin(p), blood-related, cognate,
consanguine, consanguineous, consanguineal, kin(p)]
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begin
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n 1: Israeli statesman (born in Russia) who (as prime minister
of Israel) negotiated a peace treaty with Anwar Sadat (then
the president of Egypt) (1913-1992) [syn: Begin,
Menachem Begin]
v 1: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We
began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as
soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to
arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's
get down to work now" [syn: get down, begin, get,
start out, start, set about, set out, commence]
[ant: end, terminate]
2: have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative
sense; "The DMZ begins right over the hill"; "The second
movement begins after the Allegro"; "Prices for these homes
start at $250,000" [syn: begin, start] [ant: cease,
end, finish, stop, terminate]
3: set in motion, cause to start; "The U.S. started a war in the
Middle East"; "The Iraqis began hostilities"; "begin a new
chapter in your life" [syn: begin, lead off, start,
commence] [ant: end, terminate]
4: begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began
5: be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or
start, come first in a series; "The number `one' begins the
sequence"; "A terrible murder begins the novel"; "The
convocation ceremony officially begins the semester"
6: have a beginning, of a temporal event; "WW II began in 1939
when Hitler marched into Poland"; "The company's Asia tour
begins next month"
7: have a beginning characterized in some specified way; "The
novel begins with a murder"; "My property begins with the
three maple trees"; "Her day begins with a workout"; "The
semester begins with a convocation ceremony" [syn: begin,
start]
8: begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or
inherent function of the direct object; "begin a cigar"; "She
started the soup while it was still hot"; "We started physics
in 10th grade" [syn: begin, start]
9: achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in
the negative; "This economic measure doesn't even begin to
deal with the problem of inflation"; "You cannot even begin
to understand the problem we had to deal with during the war"
10: begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language; "She
began Russian at an early age"; "We started French in fourth
grade"
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bin
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n 1: a container; usually has a lid
2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: bin, binful]
3: an identification number consisting of a two-part code
assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part
shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
[syn: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit
number]
v 1: store in bins
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bobbin
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n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel]
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chagrin
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n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin,
humiliation, mortification]
v 1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his
colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn:
humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
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dobbin
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n 1: a quiet plodding workhorse [syn: farm horse, dobbin]
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dustbin
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n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn:
ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash
bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel,
trash bin]
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grin
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n 1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners
of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn:
smile, smiling, grin, grinning]
v 1: to draw back the lips and reveal the teeth, in a smile,
grimace, or snarl
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haemoglobin
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n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red
blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily
to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;
"fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn:
hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
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herein
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adv 1: in this place or thing or document; "I shall discuss the
question herein"
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in
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adv 1: to or toward the inside of; "come in"; "smash in the
door" [syn: in, inwards, inward]
adj 1: holding office; "the in party"
2: directed or bound inward; "took the in bus"; "the in basket"
3: currently fashionable; "the in thing to do"; "large shoulder
pads are in"
n 1: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot [syn:
inch, in]
2: a rare soft silvery metallic element; occurs in small
quantities in sphalerite [syn: indium, In, atomic number
49]
3: a state in midwestern United States [syn: Indiana, Hoosier
State, IN]
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inn
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n 1: a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers [syn:
hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge, auberge]
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robin
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n 1: small Old World songbird with a reddish breast [syn:
robin, redbreast, robin redbreast, Old World robin,
Erithacus rubecola]
2: large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
[syn: robin, American robin, Turdus migratorius]
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skin
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n 1: a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of
touch; "your skin is the largest organ of your body" [syn:
skin, tegument, cutis]
2: an outer surface (usually thin); "the skin of an airplane"
3: body covering of a living animal [syn: hide, pelt,
skin]
4: a person's skin regarded as their life; "he tried to save his
skin"
5: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin]
6: a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the
hide of an animal
v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber,
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, struggle,
sputter]
2: bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of; "The boy
skinned his knee when he fell" [syn: skin, scrape]
3: remove the bark of a tree [syn: bark, skin]
4: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel,
pare]
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spin
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n 1: a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile)
2: the act of rotating rapidly; "he gave the crank a spin"; "it
broke off after much twisting" [syn: spin, twirl,
twist, twisting, whirl]
3: a short drive in a car; "he took the new car for a spin"
4: rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral [syn:
tailspin, spin]
5: a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by
politicians to sway public opinion); "the campaign put a
favorable spin on the story"
v 1: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
2: stream in jets, of liquids; "The creek spun its course
through the woods"
3: cause to spin; "spin a coin" [syn: whirl, birl, spin,
twirl]
4: make up a story; "spin a yarn"
5: form a web by making a thread; "spiders spin a fine web"
6: work natural fibers into a thread; "spin silk"
7: twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation; "The
President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less
embarrassing"
8: prolong or extend; "spin out a visit" [syn: spin, spin
out]
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therein
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adv 1: (formal) in or into that thing or place; "they can read
therein what our plans are" [syn: therein, in this,
in that]
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thrombin
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n 1: an enzyme that acts on fibrinogen in blood causing it to
clot
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turbine
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n 1: rotary engine in which the kinetic energy of a moving fluid
is converted into mechanical energy by causing a bladed
rotor to rotate
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twin
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adj 1: being two identical [syn: duplicate, matching,
twin(a), twinned]
n 1: either of two offspring born at the same time from the same
pregnancy
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini
[syn: Gemini, Twin]
3: a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho [syn:
Twin, Twin Falls]
4: a duplicate copy [syn: counterpart, similitude, twin]
v 1: duplicate or match; "The polished surface twinned his face
and chest in reverse" [syn: twin, duplicate,
parallel]
2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn:
match, mate, couple, pair, twin]
3: grow as twins; "twin crystals"
4: give birth to twins
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violin
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n 1: bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the
violin family; this instrument has four strings and a
hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with
a bow [syn: violin, fiddle]
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within
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adv 1: on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess" [syn:
inside, within] [ant: outside]
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sabin
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n 1: a unit of acoustic absorption equivalent to the absorption
by a square foot of a surface that absorbs all incident
sound
2: United States microbiologist (born in Poland) who developed
the Sabin vaccine that is taken orally against poliomyelitis
(born 1906) [syn: Sabin, Albert Sabin, Albert Bruce
Sabin]
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gwyn
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n 1: Celtic underworld god
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quin
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n 1: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]
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berlin
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n 1: capital of Germany located in eastern Germany [syn:
Berlin, German capital]
2: United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than
1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989) [syn:
Berlin, Irving Berlin, Israel Baline]
3: a limousine with a glass partition between the front and back
seats
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sabine
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines
n 1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of
Mexico [syn: Sabine, Sabine River]
2: a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central
Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated
into the Roman state in 290 BC
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psilocybin
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n 1: a hallucinogenic compound obtained from a mushroom [syn:
psilocybin, psilocin]
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dubbin
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n 1: tallow mixed with oil; used to make leather soft and
waterproof
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scriabin
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n 1: Russian composer of orchestral and piano music (1872-1915)
[syn: Scriabin, Aleksandr Scriabin, Aleksandr
Nikolayevich Scriabin]
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bilirubin
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n 1: an orange-yellow pigment in the bile that forms as a
product of hemoglobin; excess amounts in the blood produce
the yellow appearance observed in jaundice [syn:
bilirubin, hematoidin, haematoidin]
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hemoglobin
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n 1: a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red
blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily
to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues;
"fish have simpler hemoglobin than mammals" [syn:
hemoglobin, haemoglobin, Hb]
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tobin
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n 1: United States economist (1918-2002) [syn: Tobin, James
Tobin]
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myoglobin
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n 1: a hemoprotein that receives oxygen from hemoglobin and
stores it in the tissues until needed
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ashbin
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n 1: a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected [syn:
ashcan, trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ash
bin, ash-bin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel,
trash bin]
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been
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seen
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when
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wherein
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bing
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knin
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bihn
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binn
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flynn
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quinn
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allphin
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alpin
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aslin
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astin
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aswin
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askin
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atkin
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rabbin
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orbin
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byng
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rubin
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philbin
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