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ablate
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v 1: wear away through erosion or vaporization
2: remove an organ or bodily structure
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ate
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n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
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conflate
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v 1: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
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emasculate
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adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate,
emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified,
sissyish, sissy]
v 1: deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the
law" [syn: emasculate, castrate]
2: remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: emasculate,
castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise]
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nameplate
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n 1: a plate bearing a name
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oblate
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adj 1: having the equatorial diameter greater than the polar
diameter; being flattened at the poles [syn: oblate,
pumpkin-shaped] [ant: prolate, watermelon-shaped]
n 1: a lay person dedicated to religious work or the religious
life
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ovulate
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v 1: produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every
month"
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pullulate
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v 1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees";
"The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her mind
pullulated with worries" [syn: teem, pullulate,
swarm]
2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the
theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour,
swarm, stream, teem, pullulate]
3: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
[syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon,
burgeon forth, sprout]
4: become abundant; increase rapidly
5: breed freely and abundantly
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recalculate
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v 1: calculate anew; "The costs had to be recalculated"
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reflate
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v 1: economics: experience reflation; "The economy reflated
after the Fed took extreme measures"
2: economics: raise demand, expand the money supply, or raise
prices, after a period of deflation; "These measures reflated
the economy"
3: inflate again; "reflate the balloon"
4: become inflated again
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reformulate
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v 1: formulate or develop again, of an improved theory or
hypothesis [syn: redevelop, reformulate]
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regulate
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v 1: fix or adjust the time, amount, degree, or rate of;
"regulate the temperature"; "modulate the pitch" [syn:
regulate, modulate]
2: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage;
impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people
dress"; "This town likes to regulate" [syn: regulate,
regularize, regularise, order, govern] [ant:
deregulate]
3: shape or influence; give direction to; "experience often
determines ability"; "mold public opinion" [syn: determine,
shape, mold, influence, regulate]
4: check the emission of (sound) [syn: baffle, regulate]
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simulate
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v 1: reproduce someone's behavior or looks; "The mime imitated
the passers-by"; "Children often copy their parents or
older siblings" [syn: imitate, copy, simulate]
2: create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained
in conditions simulating high-altitude flights" [syn:
model, simulate]
3: make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though
she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep" [syn:
simulate, assume, sham, feign]
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stimulate
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v 1: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination";
"This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant:
dampen, stifle]
2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy
a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce,
stimulate, cause, have, get, make]
3: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir]
4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn:
stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk
up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate,
tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
5: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high
fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate,
rush, hasten]
6: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite,
stir]
7: provide the needed stimulus for [syn: provoke, stimulate]
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strangulate
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v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
"he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has
been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn:
strangle, strangulate, throttle]
2: constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of
blood or air
3: become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
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template
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n 1: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn:
template, templet, guide]
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triangulate
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adj 1: composed of or marked with triangles
v 1: divide into triangles or give a triangular form to;
"triangulate the piece of cardboard"
2: measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle"
3: survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by
triangulating the plot"
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ululate
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v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
sorrow" [syn: howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl,
yaup]
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ungulate
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adj 1: having or resembling hoofs; "horses and other hoofed
animals" [syn: ungulate, ungulated, hoofed,
hooved] [ant: unguiculate, unguiculated]
n 1: any of a number of mammals with hooves that are
superficially similar but not necessarily closely related
taxonomically [syn: ungulate, hoofed mammal]
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vesiculate
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v 1: become vesicular or full of air cells; "The organs
vesiculated"
2: cause to become vesicular or full of air cells; "vesiculate
an organ"
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auriculate
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adj 1: having auricles [syn: auriculate, auriculated]
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annulate
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adj 1: shaped like a ring [syn: annular, annulate,
annulated, circinate, ringed, ring-shaped,
doughnut-shaped]
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serrulate
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adj 1: minutely serrated
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alit
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soleplate
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aydt
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ait
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valleculate
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ligulate
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vamplate
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