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compelling
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adj 1: driving or forcing; "compelling ambition"
2: tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument; "new and
compelling evidence"
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dwelling
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n 1: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest
dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes
for the homeless" [syn: dwelling, home, domicile,
abode, habitation, dwelling house]
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expelling
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n 1: any of several bodily processes by which substances go out
of the body; "the discharge of pus" [syn: discharge,
emission, expelling]
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foretelling
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n 1: a statement made about the future [syn: prediction,
foretelling, forecasting, prognostication]
2: the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by
supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling,
soothsaying, fortune telling]
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misspelling
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n 1: a spelling that is incorrect
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propelling
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adj 1: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for
submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its
propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of
propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent,
propelling, propulsive]
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quelling
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n 1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
"the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the
rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn:
suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling]
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repelling
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adj 1: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a
disgusting smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome
disease"; "the idea of eating meat is repellent to me";
"revolting food"; "a wicked stench" [syn: disgusting,
disgustful, distasteful, foul, loathly,
loathsome, repellent, repellant, repelling,
revolting, skanky, wicked, yucky]
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selling
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n 1: the exchange of goods for an agreed sum of money [syn:
selling, merchandising, marketing]
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shelling
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n 1: the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area rather than
hit a specific target; "they laid down a barrage in front
of the advancing troops"; "the shelling went on for hours
without pausing" [syn: barrage, barrage fire,
battery, bombardment, shelling]
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smelling
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adj 1: (used with `of' or `with') noticeably odorous; "the hall
was redolent of floor wax"; "air redolent with the fumes
of beer and whiskey" [syn: redolent(p), smelling(p)]
n 1: the act of perceiving the odor of something [syn: smell,
smelling]
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spelling
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n 1: forming words with letters according to the principles
underlying accepted usage
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swelling
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n 1: an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn:
swelling, puffiness, lump]
2: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from
its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious
bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky
prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed";
"the bony excrescence between its horns" [syn: bulge,
bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness,
jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion,
extrusion, excrescence]
3: the increase in volume of certain substances when they are
heated (often accompanied by release of water) [syn:
intumescence, intumescency, swelling]
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telling
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adj 1: disclosing unintentionally; "a telling smile"; "a
telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on
the water marked where the boat went down" [syn:
revealing, telling, telltale(a)]
2: powerfully persuasive; "a cogent argument"; "a telling
presentation"; "a weighty argument" [syn: cogent,
telling, weighty]
3: producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as
Othello"; "a telling gesture" [syn: impressive, telling]
n 1: an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own
relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident
eventually became unbearable" [syn: relation, telling,
recounting]
2: informing by words [syn: telling, apprisal,
notification]
3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [syn:
tattle, singing, telling]
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yelling
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n 1: uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement
[syn: yelling, shouting]
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belling
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n 1: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree,
charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]
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bestselling
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dispelling
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excelling
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felling
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rebelling
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behling
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delling
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helling
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kelling
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mehling
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meling
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melling
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rehling
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flewelling
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lewelling
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outselling
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