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absentee
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n 1: one that is absent or not in residence
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adoptee
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n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
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agree
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v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of
the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with
those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord
on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord]
[ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;
"She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her
alone"
3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the
check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the
gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree,
discord]
4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort,
accord, concord, fit in, agree]
5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always
agree in English"
6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"
7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of
my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
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amputee
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n 1: someone who has had a limb removed by amputation
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appointee
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n 1: an official who is appointed
2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
appointee, appointment]
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banshee
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n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of
impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
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be
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n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
[syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective
or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good
answer"
2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of
the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my
umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind
this behavior?"
4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
exist, be]
5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during
the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred
people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen"
6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ]
7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute
my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus";
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few
men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute,
represent, make up, comprise, be]
8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow]
9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify]
10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live]
12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used
only in infinitive form; "let her be"
13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
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beauty
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n 1: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses [ant:
ugliness]
2: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher,
stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart,
peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
3: an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were
beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" [syn:
beauty, beaut]
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bee
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n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold
competitions
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bootee
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n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn:
bootee, bootie]
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bootie
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n 1: a slipper that is soft and wool (for babies) [syn:
bootee, bootie]
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booty
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n 1: goods or money obtained illegally [syn: loot, booty,
pillage, plunder, prize, swag, dirty money]
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deportee
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n 1: a person who is expelled from home or country by authority
[syn: exile, deportee]
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devotee
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n 1: an ardent follower and admirer [syn: fan, buff,
devotee, lover]
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draftee
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n 1: someone who is drafted into military service [syn:
draftee, conscript, inductee] [ant: military
volunteer, voluntary, volunteer]
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fruity
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adj 1: tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats,
batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft,
dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco,
loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around
the bend, wacky, whacky]
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goatee
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n 1: a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its
resemblance to a goat's beard
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grantee
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n 1: a recipient of a grant
2: someone to whom the title of property is transferred [syn:
alienee, grantee]
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inductee
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n 1: a person inducted into an organization or social group; "Ty
Cobb and Babe Ruth were 1936 inductees in the National
Baseball Hall of Fame"
2: someone who is drafted into military service [syn: draftee,
conscript, inductee] [ant: military volunteer,
voluntary, volunteer]
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legatee
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n 1: someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed
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manatee
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n 1: sirenian mammal of tropical coastal waters of America; the
flat tail is rounded [syn: manatee, Trichechus manatus]
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puttee
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n 1: a strip of cloth wound around the leg to form legging; used
by soldiers in World War I
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repartee
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n 1: adroitness and cleverness in reply
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runty
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adj 1: well below average height [syn: pint-size, pint-
sized, runty, sawed-off, sawn-off]
2: (used especially of persons) of inferior size [syn: puny,
runty, shrimpy]
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settee
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n 1: a long wooden bench with a back [syn: settle, settee]
2: a small sofa
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snooty
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adj 1: (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant; "a
snotty little scion of a degenerate family"-Laurent Le
Sage; "they're snobs--stuck-up and uppity and
persnickety" [syn: bigheaded, persnickety, snooty,
snot-nosed, snotty, stuck-up, too big for one's
breeches, uppish]
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suttee
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n 1: the act of a Hindu widow willingly cremating herself on the
funeral pyre of her dead husband
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tea
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n 1: a beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water; "iced tea
is a cooling drink"
2: a light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes; "an
Englishman would interrupt a war to have his afternoon tea"
[syn: tea, afternoon tea, teatime]
3: a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively
cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea
leaves; "tea has fragrant white flowers" [syn: tea,
Camellia sinensis]
4: a reception or party at which tea is served; "we met at the
Dean's tea for newcomers"
5: dried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea; "the store
shelves held many different kinds of tea"; "they threw the
tea into Boston harbor" [syn: tea, tea leaf]
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tee
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n 1: the starting place for each hole on a golf course; "they
were waiting on the first tee" [syn: tee, teeing
ground]
2: support holding a football on end and above the ground
preparatory to the kickoff [syn: tee, football tee]
3: a short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the
ground [syn: tee, golf tee]
v 1: place on a tee; "tee golf balls" [syn: tee, tee up]
2: connect with a tee; "tee two pipes"
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thirty
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adj 1: being ten more than twenty [syn: thirty, 30, xxx]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of ten and three
[syn: thirty, 30, XXX]
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trustee
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n 1: a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property
is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: trustee,
legal guardian]
2: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]
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warrantee
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n 1: a recipient of a warrant issued by a court in the United
States
2: a customer to whom a warrant or guarantee is given
3: a written assurance that some product or service will be
provided or will meet certain specifications [syn:
guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]
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testee
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n 1: someone who is tested (as by an intelligence test or an
academic examination) [syn: testee, examinee]
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djibouti
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n 1: port city on the Gulf of Aden; the capital and largest city
of Djibouti [syn: Djibouti, capital of Djibouti]
2: a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula;
formerly under French control but became independent in 1997
[syn: Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, Afars and Issas]
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fluty
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rooty
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vestee
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allottee
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presentee
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remittee
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