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accessory
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adj 1: aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with
being accessory to the crime" [syn: accessary,
accessory]
2: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant
discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are
auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct,
ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
n 1: clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main
clothing [syn: accessory, accoutrement, accouterment]
2: a supplementary component that improves capability [syn:
accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on]
3: someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn:
accessory, accessary]
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grocery
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n 1: a marketplace where groceries are sold; "the grocery store
included a meat market" [syn: grocery store, grocery,
food market, market]
2: (usually plural) consumer goods sold by a grocer [syn:
grocery, foodstuff]
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hosiery
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n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British
include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose]
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library
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n 1: a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the
library"
2: a collection of literary documents or records kept for
reference or borrowing
3: a depository built to contain books and other materials for
reading and study [syn: library, depository library]
4: (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines
that are stored and available for immediate use [syn:
library, program library, subroutine library]
5: a building that houses a collection of books and other
materials
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lingerie
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n 1: women's underwear and nightclothes [syn: lingerie,
intimate apparel]
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literary
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of literature;
"literary criticism"
2: knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"
3: appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or
writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an
affected literary style"
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menagerie
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n 1: a collection of live animals for study or display
2: the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
[syn: menagerie, zoo, zoological garden]
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misery
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n 1: a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune; "the
misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable"
[syn: misery, wretchedness, miserableness]
2: a feeling of intense unhappiness; "she was exhausted by her
misery and grief"
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necessary
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adj 1: absolutely essential [ant: unnecessary, unneeded]
2: unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary
consequences of one's actions"
n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities
of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers
to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a
place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be
obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement,
requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential,
nonessential]
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patisserie
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n 1: a bakery specializing in French pastry
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precursory
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adj 1: warning of future misfortune [syn: precursory,
premonitory]
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promissory
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adj 1: relating to or having the character of a promise;
"promissory note"
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provisory
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adj 1: subject to a proviso; "a provisory clause"
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psychosurgery
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n 1: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe
and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
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raillery
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n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give-
and-take, backchat]
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reliquary
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n 1: a container where religious relics are stored or displayed
(especially relics of saints)
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rosary
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n 1: a string of beads used in counting prayers (especially by
Catholics) [syn: rosary, prayer beads]
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rotisserie
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n 1: an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which
meat cooks as it turns
2: a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
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saddlery
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n 1: gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack]
2: workshop where a saddler works
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salary
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n 1: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
their earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings,
remuneration, salary]
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savagery
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n 1: the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline
is littered with testaments to the savageness of the
waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and
color and the throb of drums" [syn: savageness,
savagery]
2: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness,
brutality, viciousness, savagery]
3: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity,
barbarism, savagery]
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scullery
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n 1: a small room (in large old British houses) next to the
kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and
other rough household jobs are done
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scurry
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n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
scamper, scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
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sensory
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adj 1: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and
passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory
neurons" [syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)]
2: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience";
"sensory channels" [syn: sensory, sensorial] [ant:
extrasensory, paranormal]
3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex";
"sensory organs" [syn: sensational, sensory]
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surrey
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n 1: a county in southeastern England on the Thames
2: a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four
seats
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treasury
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n 1: the funds of a government or institution or individual
[syn: treasury, exchequer]
2: the government department responsible for collecting and
managing and spending public revenues
3: negotiable debt obligations of the United States government
which guarantees that interest and principal payments will be
paid on time [syn: Treasury, Treasury obligations]
4: the British cabinet minister responsible for economic
strategy [syn: Treasury, First Lord of the Treasury]
5: the federal department that collects revenue and administers
federal finances; the Treasury Department was created in 1789
[syn: Department of the Treasury, Treasury Department,
Treasury, United States Treasury]
6: a depository (a room or building) where wealth and precious
objects can be kept safely
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accessary
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adj 1: aiding and abetting in a crime; "he was charged with
being accessory to the crime" [syn: accessary,
accessory]
n 1: someone who helps another person commit a crime [syn:
accessory, accessary]
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pessary
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n 1: a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped
cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide
and fitted over the uterine cervix [syn: diaphragm,
pessary, contraceptive diaphragm]
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intercessory
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possessory
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