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actuary
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n 1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of
numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to
calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician,
actuary]
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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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apery
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n 1: the act of mimicking; imitative behavior [syn: apery,
mimicry]
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bowery
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adj 1: like a bower; leafy and shady; "a bowery lane"
n 1: a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by
homeless derelicts
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brewery
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n 1: a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation
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buy
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n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
v 1: obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial
transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The
conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big
department store" [syn: buy, purchase] [ant: sell]
2: make illegal payments to in exchange for favors or influence;
"This judge can be bought" [syn: bribe, corrupt, buy,
grease one's palms]
3: be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a
ride on the train"
4: acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy
his love with her dedication to him and his work"
5: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"
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by
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adv 1: so as to pass a given point; "every hour a train goes
past" [syn: by, past]
2: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age"; "has
a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside, by,
away]
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bye
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n 1: you advance to the next round in a tournament without
playing an opponent; "he had a bye in the first round"
[syn: bye, pass]
2: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn: adieu,
adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au revoir,
bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby, good-bye,
goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
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caravanserai
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n 1: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard
that provides accommodation for caravans [syn:
caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
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contemporary
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adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in
design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
[syn: contemporary, modern-day]
2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn:
contemporary, present-day(a)]
3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary]
n 1: a person of nearly the same age as another [syn:
contemporary, coeval]
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coppery
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adj 1: of something having the color of copper [syn: coppery,
copper colored]
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cry
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n 1: a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition; "the
speaker was interrupted by loud cries from the rear of the
audience" [syn: cry, outcry, call, yell, shout,
vociferation]
2: a loud utterance of emotion (especially when inarticulate);
"a cry of rage"; "a yell of pain" [syn: cry, yell]
3: a slogan used to rally support for a cause; "a cry to arms";
"our watchword will be `democracy'" [syn: war cry,
rallying cry, battle cry, cry, watchword]
4: a fit of weeping; "had a good cry"
5: the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries
filled the night"
v 1: utter a sudden loud cry; "she cried with pain when the
doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the
window but she couldn't hear me" [syn: shout, shout
out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo,
squall]
2: shed tears because of sadness, rage, or pain; "She cried
bitterly when she heard the news of his death"; "The girl in
the wheelchair wept with frustration when she could not get
up the stairs" [syn: cry, weep] [ant: express joy,
express mirth, laugh]
3: utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!'
he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother
shouted when she saw her child looking lost" [syn: exclaim,
cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout]
4: proclaim or announce in public; "before we had newspapers, a
town crier would cry the news"; "He cried his merchandise in
the market square" [syn: cry, blazon out]
5: demand immediate action; "This situation is crying for
attention"
6: utter a characteristic sound; "The cat was crying"
7: bring into a particular state by crying; "The little boy
cried himself to sleep"
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curie
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n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a
radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of
37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie,
Ci]
2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn:
Curie, Pierre Curie]
3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one
(with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on
radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and
polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame
Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
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diary
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n 1: a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences
and observations [syn: diary, journal]
2: a personal journal (as a physical object)
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dowry
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n 1: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
marriage [syn: dowry, dowery, dower, portion]
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drapery
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n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
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dry
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adj 1: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal
moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry
land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery
boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry" [ant:
wet]
2: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"
[syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
3: lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint" [ant:
wet]
4: opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of
alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and
bootleggers"; "a dry state" [ant: wet]
5: not producing milk; "a dry cow" [ant: lactating, wet]
6: (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of
decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white
burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux" [ant: sweet]
7: without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that
rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"
[ant: phlegmy]
8: not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"
9: lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry
book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and
juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated
to...life"- John Mason Brown [syn: dry, juiceless]
10: used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry
weight"
11: unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry
run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"
12: having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off
the facts in a dry mechanical manner"
13: (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish;
"dry toast"; "dry meat"
14: having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry
martini is almost straight gin"
15: lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting";
"a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"
16: practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages;
"he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be
teetotal" [syn: dry, teetotal]
n 1: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages
[syn: dry, prohibitionist]
v 1: remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry
hair" [syn: dry, dry out] [ant: wet]
2: become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun" [syn:
dry, dry out]
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dupery
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n 1: something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended
to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence,
dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on]
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enquiry
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n 1: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query,
interrogation] [ant: answer]
2: a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research
than it has received" [syn: inquiry, enquiry, research]
3: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
[syn: inquiry, enquiry]
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expiry
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n 1: a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his
driver's license" [syn: termination, expiration,
expiry]
2: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as
a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass
to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease, expiry]
[ant: birth, nascence, nascency, nativity]
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extemporary
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adj 1: with little or no preparation or forethought; "his ad-lib
comments showed poor judgment"; "an extemporaneous piano
recital"; "an extemporary lecture"; "an extempore skit";
"an impromptu speech"; "offhand excuses"; "trying to
sound offhanded and reassuring"; "an off-the-cuff toast";
"a few unrehearsed comments" [syn: ad-lib,
extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore,
impromptu, offhand, offhanded, off-the-cuff,
unrehearsed]
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eyrie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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fiery
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adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
2: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an
igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: fiery, igneous]
3: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn:
fiery, flaming]
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floury
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adj 1: resembling flour in fine powdery texture; "a floury clay"
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flowery
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adj 1: of or relating to or suggestive of flowers; "a flowery
hat"; "flowery wine"
2: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative
details; "a flowery speech"; "ornate rhetoric taught out of
the rule of Plato"-John Milton [syn: flowery, ornate]
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fly
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adj 1: (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked
n 1: two-winged insects characterized by active flight
2: flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back
to provide entrance to a tent [syn: tent-fly, rainfly,
fly sheet, fly, tent flap]
3: an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by
buttons concealed under a fold of cloth [syn: fly, fly
front]
4: (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air [syn: fly, fly
ball]
5: fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look
like an insect
v 1: travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly" [syn:
fly, wing]
2: move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"
3: operate an airplane; "The pilot flew to Cuba" [syn: fly,
aviate, pilot]
4: transport by aeroplane; "We fly flowers from the Caribbean to
North America"
5: cause to fly or float; "fly a kite"
6: be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are
flying"
7: change quickly from one emotional state to another; "fly into
a rage"
8: pass away rapidly; "Time flies like an arrow"; "Time fleeing
beneath him" [syn: fly, fell, vanish]
9: travel in an airplane; "she is flying to Cincinnati tonight";
"Are we driving or flying?"
10: display in the air or cause to float; "fly a kite"; "All
nations fly their flags in front of the U.N."
11: run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled" [syn:
flee, fly, take flight]
12: travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft;
"Lindbergh was the first to fly the Atlantic"
13: hit a fly
14: decrease rapidly and disappear; "the money vanished in las
Vegas"; "all my stock assets have vaporized" [syn: vanish,
fly, vaporize]
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friary
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n 1: a monastery of friars
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frippery
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n 1: something of little value or significance [syn:
bagatelle, fluff, frippery, frivolity]
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fry
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n 1: English painter and art critic (1866-1934) [syn: Fry,
Roger Fry, Roger Eliot Fry]
2: English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born
1907) [syn: Fry, Christopher Fry]
3: a young person of either sex; "she writes books for
children"; "they're just kids"; "`tiddler' is a British term
for youngster" [syn: child, kid, youngster, minor,
shaver, nipper, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke,
fry, nestling]
v 1: be excessively hot; "If the children stay out on the beach
for another hour, they'll be fried"
2: cook on a hot surface using fat; "fry the pancakes"
3: kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair; "The serial
killer was electrocuted" [syn: electrocute, fry]
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fury
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n 1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury,
rage, madness]
2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium,
frenzy, fury, hysteria]
3: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness,
fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
4: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters
(usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
[syn: Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes]
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guy
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n 1: an informal term for a youth or man; "a nice guy"; "the
guy's only doing it for some doll" [syn: guy, cat,
hombre, bozo]
2: an effigy of Guy Fawkes that is burned on a bonfire on Guy
Fawkes Day
3: a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something
(especially a tent) [syn: guy, guy cable, guy wire,
guy rope]
v 1: subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed
the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun
at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted
the professor at his 60th birthday" [syn: ridicule,
roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib,
make fun, poke fun]
2: steady or support with a guy wire or cable; "The Italians
guyed the Tower of Pisa to prevent it from collapsing"
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inquiry
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n 1: a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more
research than it has received" [syn: inquiry, enquiry,
research]
2: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"
[syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query,
interrogation] [ant: answer]
3: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest
[syn: inquiry, enquiry]
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japery
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n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
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jury
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n 1: a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according
to the evidence presented in a court of law
2: a committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: jury,
panel]
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kauri
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n 1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a
fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
[syn: kauri, kauri copal, kauri resin, kauri gum]
2: tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained
wood [syn: kauri, kaury, Agathis australis]
3: white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis
especially Agathis australis
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miry
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adj 1: (of soil) soft and watery; "the ground was boggy under
foot"; "a marshy coastline"; "miry roads"; "wet mucky
lowland"; "muddy barnyard"; "quaggy terrain"; "the
sloughy edge of the pond"; "swampy bayous" [syn: boggy,
marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy,
sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged]
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mortuary
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of death
2: of or relating to a funeral
n 1: a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before
burial or cremation [syn: morgue, mortuary, dead
room]
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napery
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n 1: linens for the dining table [syn: table linen, napery]
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obituary
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n 1: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short
biography [syn: obituary, obit, necrology]
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papery
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adj 1: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make
nests of papery material"
2: of or like paper [syn: chartaceous, papery, paperlike]
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peppery
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adj 1: having the piquant burning taste of peppers; "corn chips
with peppery salsa"
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pi
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n 1: the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle;
approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...
2: someone who can be employed as a detective to collect
information [syn: private detective, PI, private eye,
private investigator, operative, shamus, sherlock]
3: the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project
[syn: principal investigator, PI]
4: the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
5: an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV
replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used
in combination with other drugs [syn: protease inhibitor,
PI]
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popery
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n 1: offensive terms for the practices and rituals of the Roman
Catholic Church [syn: popery, papism]
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priory
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n 1: religious residence in a monastery governed by a prior or a
convent governed by a prioress
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residuary
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adj 1: entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of
debts and specific gifts); "the residuary part of the
estate"; "the residuary beneficiary"
2: relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity"
[syn: residual, residuary]
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samurai
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n 1: a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military
aristocracy
2: feudal Japanese military aristocracy
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sanctuary
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n 1: a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept
2: a shelter from danger or hardship [syn: refuge,
sanctuary, asylum]
3: area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir;
often enclosed by a lattice or railing [syn: chancel,
sanctuary, bema]
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showery
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adj 1: (of weather) wet by periods of rain; "showery weather";
"rainy days" [syn: showery, rainy]
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sky
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n 1: the atmosphere and outer space as viewed from the earth
v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
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slippery
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adj 1: causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide;
"slippery sidewalks"; "a slippery bar of soap"; "the
streets are still slippy from the rain" [syn: slippery,
slippy] [ant: nonslippery]
2: not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the
camera is"- James Agee [syn: slippery, tricky]
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spry
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adj 1: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a
gymnast"; "as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick
of foot"; "the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the
stairs before we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble,
quick, spry]
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spy
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n 1: (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain
information about its enemies or by a business to obtain
industrial secrets from competitors [syn: spy,
undercover agent]
2: a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people;
"my spies tell me that you had a good time last night"
v 1: catch sight of [syn: descry, spot, espy, spy]
2: watch, observe, or inquire secretly [syn: spy, stag,
snoop, sleuth]
3: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight
of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy,
sight]
4: secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage
in espionage; "spy for the Russians"
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statuary
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adj 1: of or relating to or suitable for statues
n 1: statues collectively
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sumptuary
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adj 1: regulating or controlling expenditure or personal
behavior; "sumptuary laws discouraging construction of
large houses on small plots"; "sumptuary laws forbidding
gambling"
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temporary
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adj 1: not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent
factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm
cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"
[syn: impermanent, temporary] [ant: lasting,
permanent]
2: lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker";
"employed on a temporary basis" [syn: irregular,
temporary]
n 1: a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary
basis [syn: temp, temporary, temporary worker]
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thigh
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n 1: the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
2: the upper joint of the leg of a fowl [syn: second joint,
thigh]
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tie
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n 1: neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn
(mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the
front; "he stood in front of the mirror tightening his
necktie"; "he wore a vest and tie" [syn: necktie, tie]
2: a social or business relationship; "a valuable financial
affiliation"; "he was sorry he had to sever his ties with
other members of the team"; "many close associations with
England" [syn: affiliation, association, tie, tie-up]
3: equality of score in a contest
4: a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural
members from spreading apart or separating; "he nailed the
rafters together with a tie beam" [syn: tie, tie beam]
5: a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are
held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar
during construction" [syn: link, linkup, tie, tie-in]
6: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the
winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their
record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw,
standoff, tie]
7: (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates
that the note is to be sustained for their combined time
value
8: one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway
track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" [syn:
tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleeper]
9: a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which
something is tied; "he needed a tie for the packages"
v 1: fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord; "They tied
their victim to the chair" [syn: tie, bind] [ant:
unbrace, unlace, untie]
2: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
"The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw]
3: limit or restrict to; "I am tied to UNIX"; "These big jets
are tied to large airports"
4: connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you
connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together";
"Link arms" [syn: connect, link, tie, link up] [ant:
disconnect]
5: form a knot or bow in; "tie a necktie"
6: create social or emotional ties; "The grandparents want to
bond with the child" [syn: bind, tie, attach, bond]
7: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
8: make by tying pieces together; "The fishermen tied their
flies"
9: unite musical notes by a tie
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trumpery
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n 1: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish,
tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce,
codswallop]
2: ornamental objects of no great value [syn: folderal,
falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense,
trumpery]
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try
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n 1: earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or
accomplish something; "made an effort to cover all the
reading material"; "wished him luck in his endeavor"; "she
gave it a good try" [syn: attempt, effort, endeavor,
endeavour, try]
v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use
to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test
this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay]
3: put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial
of; "The football star was tried for the murder of his wife";
"The judge tried both father and son in separate trials"
[syn: judge, adjudicate, try]
4: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the
regional dishes" [syn: sample, try, try out, taste]
5: examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process;
"The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be
tried in California" [syn: hear, try]
6: give pain or trouble to; "I've been sorely tried by these
students"
7: test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" [syn:
try, strain, stress]
8: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try
the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: try,
render]
9: put on a garment in order to see whether it fits and looks
nice; "Try on this sweater to see how it looks" [syn: try
on, try]
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venturi
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n 1: United States architect (born in 1925) [syn: Venturi,
Robert Venturi, Robert Charles Venturi]
2: a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in
the air inlet of a carburetor)
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vie
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v 1: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself
against others [syn: compete, vie, contend]
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voluptuary
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adj 1: displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the
senses; "an epicurean banquet"; "enjoyed a luxurious
suite with a crystal chandelier and thick oriental rugs";
"Lucullus spent the remainder of his days in voluptuous
magnificence"; "a chinchilla robe of sybaritic
lavishness" [syn: epicurean, luxurious, luxuriant,
sybaritic, voluptuary, voluptuous]
n 1: a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
[syn: voluptuary, sybarite]
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why
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n 1: the cause or intention underlying an action or situation,
especially in the phrase `the whys and wherefores' [syn:
why, wherefore]
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wiry
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adj 1: lean and sinewy [syn: stringy, wiry]
2: of or relating to wire
3: of hair that resembles wire in stiffness; "wiry red hair"
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wry
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adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an
ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish
wit" [syn: dry, ironic, ironical, wry]
2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
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briery
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adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or
spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short
bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits";
"setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate,
briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred,
burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny,
thorny]
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cowrie
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n 1: any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus
Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked
shells [syn: cowrie, cowry]
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jewry
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n 1: Jews collectively
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maori
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n 1: an ethnic minority of Polynesian and Melanesian descent who
speak Maori and live in New Zealand
2: the Oceanic language spoken by the Maori in New Zealand
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ai
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n 1: an agency of the United States Army responsible for
providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized
intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic
level commanders [syn: Army Intelligence, AI]
2: the branch of computer science that deal with writing
computer programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in
computers and robots" [syn: artificial intelligence, AI]
3: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each
hindfoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus
tridactylus]
4: the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some
means other than sexual intercourse [syn: artificial
insemination, AI]
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bi
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n 1: a heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element
(resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually
recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals [syn:
bismuth, Bi, atomic number 83]
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frye
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n 1: Canadian literary critic interested in the use of myth and
symbolism (1912-1991) [syn: Frye, Northrop Frye,
Herman Northrop Frye]
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psi
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n 1: a unit of pressure [syn: pounds per square inch, psi]
2: the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
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tai
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its
people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in
the north" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai
tones" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos" [syn:
Thai, Tai, Siamese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: Thai, Tai,
Siamese]
2: the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of
languages
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thai
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its
people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in
the north" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai
tones" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos" [syn:
Thai, Tai, Siamese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: Thai, Tai,
Siamese]
2: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Thai, Siamese,
Central Thai]
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wye
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n 1: the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: Y, y,
wye]
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y
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n 1: a silvery metallic element that is common in rare-earth
minerals; used in magnesium and aluminum alloys [syn:
yttrium, Y, atomic number 39]
2: the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: Y, y, wye]
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urey
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n 1: United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
[syn: Urey, Harold Urey, Harold Clayton Urey]
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houri
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n 1: a voluptuously beautiful young woman [syn: nymph,
houri]
2: (Islam) one of the dark-eyed virgins of perfect beauty
believed to live with the blessed in Paradise
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usufructuary
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adj 1: of or relating to the nature of a usufruct
n 1: someone who holds property by usufruct
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missouri
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n 1: a midwestern state in central United States; a border state
during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the
Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union [syn:
Missouri, Show Me State, MO]
2: the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and
flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi
at Saint Louis; "The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together
form the third longest river in the world" [syn: Missouri,
Missouri River]
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley
of the Missouri river in Missouri
4: a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
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lowry
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n 1: English painter (1887-1976) [syn: Lowry, L. S. Lowry,
Laurence Stephen Lowry]
2: English novelist (1909-1957) [syn: Lowry, Malcolm Lowry,
Clarence Malcolm Lowry]
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electuary
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foppery
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thy
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zedoary
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spiry
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cy
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nye
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pye
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tye
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lowrie
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towery
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polypary
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fleury
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transire
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lowery
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drury
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loury
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grapery
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