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cool
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adj 1: neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a
cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses";
"cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: warm]
2: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying
circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool";
"stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner
in the history of the tournament" [syn: cool, coolheaded,
nerveless]
3: (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially
of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and
violets" [ant: warm]
4: psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or
unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and
polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher
taxes" [ant: warm]
5: (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or
qualification; "a cool million bucks"
6: fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or
socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's
dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party
too early"
n 1: the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature;
"the cool of early morning"
2: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
[syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid]
v 1: make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: cool,
chill, cool down] [ant: heat, heat up]
2: loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the
thunderstorm" [syn: cool, chill, cool down] [ant:
heat, heat up, hot up]
3: lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" [syn:
cool, cool off, cool down]
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dual
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adj 1: consisting of or involving two parts or components
usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double
(binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot
and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or
a multiple of two) beats to a measure" [syn: double,
dual, duple]
2: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or
qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the
office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and
private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its
double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double,
dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-
fold]
3: a grammatical number category referring to two items or units
as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items
(plural); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged
with the plural form in modern Greek"
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fool
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n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [syn: fool, sap,
saphead, muggins, tomfool]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy,
sucker, soft touch, mug]
3: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman
in the Middle Ages [syn: jester, fool, motley fool]
v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn: fool, gull, befool]
2: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate,
shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away]
3: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
4: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back
to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn:
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool]
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fuel
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n 1: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more
fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed
alternative fuels for aircraft"
v 1: provide with a combustible substance that provides energy;
"fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
2: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel,
fire]
3: take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"
4: stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
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ghoul
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n 1: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for
anatomical dissection [syn: graverobber, ghoul, body
snatcher]
2: an evil spirit or ghost
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jewel
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n 1: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece
of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem, precious stone]
2: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of
jewelry [syn: jewel, gem]
v 1: adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses"
[syn: bejewel, jewel]
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joule
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n 1: a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a
current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one
ohm for one second [syn: joule, J, watt second]
2: English physicist who established the mechanical theory of
heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics
(1818-1889) [syn: Joule, James Prescott Joule]
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misrule
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n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn:
misgovernment, misrule]
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mule
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n 1: hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse;
usually sterile
2: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule,
scuff]
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pool
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n 1: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
2: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn:
pond, pool]
3: an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a
car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he
was assigned to the pool"
4: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn:
consortium, pool, syndicate]
5: any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to
the pool"
6: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the
rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: pool,
puddle]
7: the combined stakes of the betters [syn: pool, kitty]
8: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of
light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
[syn: pool, puddle]
9: any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
[syn: pool, pocket billiards]
v 1: combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"
2: join or form a pool of people
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preschool
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n 1: an educational institution for children too young for
elementary school
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retool
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v 1: revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of
updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy"
[syn: retool, revise]
2: provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
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school
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n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in
1900"
2: a building where young people receive education; "the school
was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn:
school, schoolhouse]
3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what
will you do when you finish school?" [syn: school,
schooling]
4: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a
similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of
painting"
5: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when
school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a
single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would
walk home together" [syn: school, schooltime, school
day]
6: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the
school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out
for the game"
7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: school, shoal]
v 1: educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled
at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
2: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school,
train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
3: swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of
schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
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spool
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n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel]
v 1: transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a
printer) into temporary storage
2: wind onto a spool or a reel
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stool
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n 1: a simple seat without a back or arms
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn:
fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM,
stool, ordure, dejection]
3: (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed
for the production of saplings
4: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
v 1: lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2: react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3: grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers [syn: stool,
tiller]
4: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a
crap, ca-ca, crap, make]
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tool
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n 1: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
2: the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the
instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new
tools to fight disease" [syn: instrument, tool]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
creature, tool, puppet]
4: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
v 1: drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
2: ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the
pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn: joyride,
tool, tool around]
3: furnish with tools
4: work with a tool
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tulle
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n 1: a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or
gowns
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yule
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n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas,
Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide,
Noel]
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brule
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n 1: a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a
division of the Teton Sioux
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thule
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n 1: a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a
United States naval base was built there
2: the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be
the northernmost land in the inhabited world [syn: Thule,
ultima Thule]
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uncool
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adj 1: (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
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istanbul
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n 1: the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on
the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the
fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who
made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat
of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: Istanbul, Stambul,
Stamboul, Constantinople]
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raul
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abdul
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bruehl
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poole
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spruiell
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spruill
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toole
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raoul
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supercool
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