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accomplice
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n 1: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
(especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn:
accomplice, confederate]
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artless
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adj 1: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not
devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility" [syn:
ingenuous, artless] [ant: artful, disingenuous]
2: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless
manner"; "artless elegance" [ant: artful]
3: showing lack of art; "an artless translation"
4: (of persons) lacking art or knowledge [syn: artless,
uncultivated, uncultured]
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atlas
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear
the sky on his shoulders
2: a collection of maps in book form [syn: atlas, book of
maps, map collection]
3: the 1st cervical vertebra [syn: atlas, atlas vertebra]
4: a figure of a man used as a supporting column [syn: atlas,
telamon]
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bootless
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adj 1: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile
years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a
vain attempt" [syn: bootless, fruitless, futile,
sleeveless, vain]
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calculus
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n 1: a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts;
found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi
can be very painful" [syn: calculus, concretion]
2: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn:
tartar, calculus, tophus]
3: the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and
with the differentiation and integration of functions [syn:
calculus, infinitesimal calculus]
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cirrocumulus
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n 1: a cloud at a high altitude consisting of a series of
regularly arranged small clouds resembling ripples [syn:
cirrocumulus, cirrocumulus cloud]
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collarless
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adj 1: without a collar
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comfortless
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adj 1: without comfort; "a comfortless room"
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cumulus
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n 1: a globular cloud [syn: cumulus, cumulus cloud]
2: a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn:
pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation,
cumulus]
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cutlass
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n 1: a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by
sailors [syn: cutlas, cutlass]
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dateless
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adj 1: having no known beginning and presumably no end; "the
dateless rise and fall of the tides"; "time is endless";
"sempiternal truth" [syn: dateless, endless,
sempiternal]
2: of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of
being assigned a date; "dateless customs"
3: not bearing a date; "a dateless letter" [syn: dateless,
undated]
4: unaffected by time; "few characters are so dateless as
Hamlet"; "Helen's timeless beauty" [syn: dateless,
timeless]
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doubtless
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adv 1: without doubt; certainly; "it's undoubtedly very
beautiful" [syn: undoubtedly, doubtless,
doubtlessly]
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helpless
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adj 1: lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill
and helpless"; "helpless with laughter" [syn: helpless,
incapacitated]
2: unable to function; without help [syn: helpless, lost]
3: unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
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hopeless
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adj 1: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of
comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief";
"with a hopeless sigh he sat down" [ant: hopeful]
2: of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless
at mathematics"
3: certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"
4: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of
management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of
papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"
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shapeless
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adj 1: having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous
clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles";
"a shapeless mass of protoplasm" [syn: amorphous,
formless, shapeless]
2: lacking symmetry or attractive form; "a shapeless hat on his
head"
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sightless
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adj 1: lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar" [syn:
eyeless, sightless, unseeing]
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sleepless
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adj 1: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac
old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all
night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"-
Shakespeare [syn: insomniac, sleepless, watchful]
2: always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of
the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson [syn: lidless,
sleepless]
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spiritless
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adj 1: lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to
criticism" [ant: spirited]
2: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or
compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of
those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek
conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the
heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" [syn:
meek, spiritless]
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spotless
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adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-
span, spic, spick, spotless]
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stimulus
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n 1: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
[syn: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input]
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strapless
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adj 1: having no straps; "a strapless evening gown"
n 1: a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no
shoulder straps
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surplice
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n 1: a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide
sleeves
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surplus
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adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to
lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on
the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
"supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of
her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare,
supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
surplus]
n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess,
surplus, surplusage, nimiety]
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thoughtless
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adj 1: showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into
thoughtless bickering" [ant: thoughtful]
2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying
of a great princess on being informed that the people had no
bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: thoughtless, uncaring,
unthinking]
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toeless
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adj 1: lacking a toe or toes; "a toeless shoe" [ant: toed]
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topless
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adj 1: having no top; "a topless jar" [ant: topped]
2: having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;
"topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" [syn: bare-
breasted, braless, topless]
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tremulous
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adj 1: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the
old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a
tremulous voice" [syn: quavering, tremulous]
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tubeless
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adj 1: of a tire; not needing an inner tube [ant: tubed]
n 1: pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight
[syn: tubeless, tubeless tire]
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tumulus
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n 1: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
[syn: burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus]
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unscrupulous
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adj 1: without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos
who would be happy to sell...their country in order to
gain power" [ant: scrupulous]
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stratocumulus
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