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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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ballista
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n 1: an engine that provided medieval artillery used during
sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and
other missiles [syn: catapult, arbalest, arbalist,
ballista, bricole, mangonel, onager, trebuchet,
trebucket]
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bistre
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n 1: a water-soluble brownish-yellow pigment made by boiling
wood soot [syn: bister, bistre]
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blister
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n 1: a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance
does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
2: (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
3: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
[syn: blister, bulla, bleb]
v 1: get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
[syn: blister, vesicate]
2: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the
administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor
scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
community" [syn: blister, scald, whip]
3: cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration
blistered her feet"
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ester
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n 1: formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with
elimination of water
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fester
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n 1: a sore that has become inflamed and formed pus [syn:
fester, suppurating sore]
v 1: ripen and generate pus; "her wounds are festering" [syn:
fester, maturate, suppurate]
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glister
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n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn:
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation,
sparkle]
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jester
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n 1: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or
nobleman in the Middle Ages [syn: jester, fool, motley
fool]
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leister
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n 1: a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish
(especially salmon)
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mister
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n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
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northeaster
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n 1: a storm blowing from the northeast [syn: northeaster,
noreaster]
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pester
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v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug,
beleaguer]
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resistor
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n 1: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical
current [syn: resistor, resistance]
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sister
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n 1: a female person who has the same parents as another person;
"my sister married a musician" [syn: sister, sis] [ant:
blood brother, brother]
2: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a
form of address); "the Sisters taught her to love God"
3: a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor
union or other group; "none of her sisters would betray her"
4: (slang) sometimes used as a term of address for attractive
young women [syn: baby, babe, sister]
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southeaster
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n 1: a strong wind from the southeast [syn: southeaster,
sou'easter]
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stepsister
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n 1: a sister who has only one parent in common with you [syn:
half sister, half-sister, stepsister]
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taster
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n 1: someone who samples food or drink for its quality [syn:
taster, taste tester, taste-tester, sampler]
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tester
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n 1: someone who administers a test to determine your
qualifications [syn: examiner, tester, quizzer]
2: a flat canopy (especially one over a four-poster bed)
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thermistor
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n 1: a semiconductor device made of materials whose resistance
varies as a function of temperature; can be used to
compensate for temperature variation in other components of
a circuit [syn: thermistor, thermal resistor]
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transistor
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n 1: a semiconductor device capable of amplification [syn:
transistor, junction transistor, electronic
transistor]
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twister
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n 1: a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring
over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending
toward the ground [syn: tornado, twister]
2: small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer
than doughnuts [syn: cruller, twister]
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vista
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n 1: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature
of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view,
aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama]
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waster
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n 1: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn:
wastrel, waster]
2: a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer
of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of
gravestones" [syn: destroyer, ruiner, undoer, waster,
uprooter]
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easter
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n 1: a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ;
celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon
after the vernal equinox
2: a wind from the east [syn: east wind, easter, easterly]
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lister
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n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics
(1827-1912) [syn: Lister, Joseph Lister, Baron
Lister]
2: assessor who makes out the tax lists
3: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt
to either side of a central furrow [syn: lister, lister
plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster]
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mr
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n 1: a form of address for a man [syn: Mister, Mr, Mr.]
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wester
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n 1: wind that blows from west to east [syn: west wind,
wester]
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testa
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n 1: protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants [syn:
testa, episperm, seed coat]
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vesta
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n 1: (Roman mythology) goddess of the hearth and its fire whose
flame was tended by vestal virgins; counterpart of Greek
Hestia
2: the brightest asteroid but the fourth to be discovered
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chester
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n 1: a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river
(an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
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esther
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n 1: (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of
Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all
the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the
feast of Purim)
2: an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who
became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
[syn: Esther, Book of Esther]
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leicester
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n 1: a largely agricultural county in central England [syn:
Leicestershire, Leicester]
2: an industrial city in Leicestershire in central England;
built on the site of a Roman settlement
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nestor
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a wise old counselor to the Greeks at
Troy
2: a genus of Psittacidae [syn: Nestor, genus Nestor]
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shirtwaister
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n 1: a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call
a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" [syn: shirtwaist,
shirtwaister]
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clyster
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n 1: an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate
evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn:
enema, clyster]
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assister
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enlister
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phototransistor
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poetaster
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varistor
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crista
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krista
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sandinista
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cuesta
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nesta
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batista
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hester
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questor
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polyhistor
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