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ain
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adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
(especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for
your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own
clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
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bane
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n 1: something causing misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: bane, curse, scourge, nemesis]
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blain
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n 1: an inflammatory swelling or sore
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brain
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n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all
the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull;
continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain,
encephalon]
2: mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common
sense" [syn: brain, brainpower, learning ability,
mental capacity, mentality, wit]
3: that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings;
the seat of the faculty of reason; "his mind wandered"; "I
couldn't get his words out of my head" [syn: mind, head,
brain, psyche, nous]
4: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain,
brainiac, Einstein]
5: the brain of certain animals used as meat
v 1: hit on the head
2: kill by smashing someone's skull
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brainy
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adj 1: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;
"some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a
brilliant solution to the problem" [syn: brainy,
brilliant, smart as a whip]
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cane
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n 1: a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
2: a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds,
rattans, or sugar cane
3: a stiff switch used to hit students as punishment
v 1: beat with a cane [syn: cane, flog, lambaste,
lambast]
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chain
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n 1: a series of things depending on each other as if linked
together; "the chain of command"; "a complicated
concatenation of circumstances" [syn: chain,
concatenation]
2: (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic
molecule) [syn: chain, chemical chain]
3: a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one
another to make a flexible ligament
4: (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or
restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one
ownership
5: anything that acts as a restraint
6: a unit of length
7: British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and
purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir
Alexander Fleming (1906-1979) [syn: Chain, Ernst Boris
Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chain]
8: a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two
ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain
range" [syn: range, mountain range, range of mountains,
chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains]
9: a linked or connected series of objects; "a chain of daisies"
10: a necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string
of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string,
strand]
v 1: connect or arrange into a chain by linking
2: fasten or secure with chains; "Chain the chairs together"
[ant: unchain]
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crane
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n 1: United States writer (1871-1900) [syn: Crane, Stephen
Crane]
2: United States poet (1899-1932) [syn: Crane, Hart Crane,
Harold Hart Crane]
3: a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix
[syn: Grus, Crane]
4: lifts and moves heavy objects; lifting tackle is suspended
from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis
5: large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many
parts of the world
v 1: stretch (the neck) so as to see better; "The women craned
their necks to see the President drive by" [syn: crane,
stretch out]
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grainy
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adj 1: composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in
texture or consistency; "granular sugar"; "the
photographs were grainy and indistinct"; "it left a mealy
residue" [syn: farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy,
granular, granulose, gritty, mealy]
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seine
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n 1: a French river that flows through the heart of Paris and
then northward into the English Channel [syn: Seine,
Seine River]
2: a large fishnet that hangs vertically, with floats at the top
and weights at the bottom
v 1: fish with a seine; catch fish with a seine
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zany
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adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie,
cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
whacky, zany]
2: like a clown; "a buffoonish walk"; "a clownish face"; "a zany
sense of humor" [syn: buffoonish, clownish, clownlike,
zany]
n 1: a buffoon in one of the old comedies; imitates others for
ludicrous effect
2: a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead,
goof, goofball, bozo, jackass, goose, cuckoo,
twat, zany]
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cain
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n 1: (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of
Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel
out of jealousy and was exiled by God
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dane
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Denmark
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bahraini
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bahrain or its
people or language; "Bahraini beaches"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bahrain [syn: Bahraini,
Bahreini]
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khomeini
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n 1: Iranian religious leader of the Shiites; when Shah
Pahlavi's regime fell Khomeini established a new
constitution giving himself supreme powers (1900-1989)
[syn: Khomeini, Ruholla Khomeini, Ayatollah Khomeini,
Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini]
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allegheny
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n 1: a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New
York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join
the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning
of the Ohio River [syn: Allegheny, Allegheny River]
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bain
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caine
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chany
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chaney
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cheney
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cheyney
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craney
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daini
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daney
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franey
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graney
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delaney
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erany
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husseini
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mahaney
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malaney
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mccranie
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mulvaney
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mulvany
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salhany
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blaney
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blayney
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baney
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