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billing
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n 1: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their
charges at the end of each month" [syn: charge,
billing]
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chilling
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adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
n 1: the process of becoming cooler; a falling temperature [syn:
cooling, chilling, temperature reduction]
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dealing
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n 1: method or manner of conduct in relation to others; "honest
dealing"
2: the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying
on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible
without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with
me" [syn: transaction, dealing, dealings]
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drilling
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n 1: the act of drilling [syn: drilling, boring]
2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
producing petroleum [syn: boring, drilling, oil
production]
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filling
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n 1: any material that fills a space or container; "there was
not enough fill for the trench" [syn: filling, fill]
2: flow into something (as a container)
3: a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
4: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: woof,
weft, filling, pick]
5: (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various
substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared
cavity in a tooth; "when he yawned I could see the gold
fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for
`filling' is `stopping'"
6: the act of filling something
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grilling
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n 1: cooking by direct exposure to radiant heat (as over a fire
or under a grill) [syn: broil, broiling, grilling]
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instilling
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n 1: teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent
instruction or repetition [syn: inculcation,
ingraining, instilling]
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killing
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adj 1: very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
[syn: killing, sidesplitting]
n 1: an event that causes someone to die [syn: killing,
violent death]
2: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill,
putting to death]
3: a very large profit [syn: killing, cleanup]
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milling
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n 1: corrugated edge of a coin
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pealing
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n 1: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn:
peal, pealing, roll, rolling]
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schilling
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n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Austria [syn:
schilling, Austrian schilling]
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shilling
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Uganda; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Ugandan shilling, shilling]
2: the basic unit of money in Tanzania; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Tanzanian shilling, shilling]
3: the basic unit of money in Somalia; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Somalian shilling, shilling]
4: the basic unit of money in Kenya; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Kenyan shilling, shilling]
5: a former monetary unit in Great Britain [syn: British
shilling, shilling, bob]
6: an English coin worth one twentieth of a pound
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shrilling
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n 1: a continuing shrill noise; "the clash of swords and the
shrilling of trumpets"--P. J. Searles
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thrilling
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adj 1: causing a surge of emotion or excitement; "she gave an
electrifying performance"; "a thrilling performer to
watch" [syn: electrifying, thrilling]
2: causing quivering or shivering as by cold or fear or electric
shock; "a thrilling wind blew off the frozen lake"
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tilling
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n 1: cultivation of the land in order to raise crops
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unwilling
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adj 1: not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling
assistant"; "unwilling to face facts" [ant: willing]
2: in spite of contrary volition
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willing
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adj 1: disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant";
"willing helpers" [ant: unwilling]
2: not brought about by coercion or force; "the confession was
uncoerced" [syn: uncoerced, unforced, willing]
n 1: the act of making a choice; "followed my father of my own
volition" [syn: volition, willing]
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yearling
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n 1: a young child [syn: toddler, yearling, tot,
bambino]
2: a racehorse considered one year old until the second Jan. 1
following its birth
3: an animal in its second year
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swilling
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n 1: the drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly [syn: gulping,
swilling, guzzling]
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trilling
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n 1: United States literary critic (1905-1975) [syn: Trilling,
Lionel Trilling]
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distilling
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fulfilling
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hilling
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spilling
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stilling
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quilling
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skilling
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zwilling
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pilling
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rilling
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