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ablaze
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adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze,
aflame, aroused]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
"houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]
3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
in autumn"
4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn:
ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]
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amaze
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v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages
amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]
2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question
really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze,
dumbfound]
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appraise
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v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent,
or significance of; "I will have the family jewels
appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when
taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate,
assess, appraise, value]
2: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation
carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise]
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baize
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n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to
cover gaming tables
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blaze
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n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing]
2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to
blazes" [syn: hell, blaze]
3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn:
hell, blaze]
4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the
brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the
trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the
atmosphere"
2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
[syn: blaze away, blaze]
3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause
a pine to blaze"
4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out
into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out]
5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
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braise
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v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"
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braze
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v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting
point
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chaise
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n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue,
chaise, daybed]
2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn
by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]
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craze
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n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage]
2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium,
frenzy, fury, hysteria]
3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden,
craze]
2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
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dais
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n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
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days
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n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the
monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days,
years]
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daze
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n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when
something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death
left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze,
shock, stupor]
2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze,
fog, haze]
v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from
intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
[syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze]
2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned
her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
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faze
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v 1: disturb the composure of [syn: faze, unnerve,
enervate, unsettle]
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gaze
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n 1: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn:
gaze, regard]
v 1: look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the
teacher with amazement" [syn: gaze, stare]
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glaze
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n 1: any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings
applied to foods
2: a glossy finish on a fabric
3: a coating for ceramics, metal, etc.
v 1: coat with a glaze; "the potter glazed the dishes"; "glaze
the bread with eggwhite"
2: become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance; "Her eyes
glaze over when she is bored" [syn: glaze, glass, glass
over, glaze over]
3: furnish with glass; "glass the windows" [syn: glass,
glaze]
4: coat with something sweet, such as a hard sugar glaze [syn:
sugarcoat, glaze, candy]
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graze
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n 1: a superficial abrasion
2: the act of grazing [syn: graze, grazing]
v 1: feed as in a meadow or pasture; "the herd was grazing"
[syn: crop, browse, graze, range, pasture]
2: break the skin (of a body part) by scraping; "She was grazed
by the stray bullet"
3: let feed in a field or pasture or meadow [syn: crop,
graze, pasture]
4: scrape gently; "graze the skin" [syn: graze, crease,
rake]
5: eat lightly, try different dishes; "There was so much food at
the party that we quickly got sated just by browsing" [syn:
browse, graze]
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hays
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n 1: United States lawyer and politician who formulated a
production code that prescribed the moral content of United
States films from 1930 to 1966 (1879-1954) [syn: Hays,
Will Hays, William Harrison Hays]
2: United States lawyer involved in several famous court trials
(1881-1954) [syn: Hays, Arthur Garfield Hays]
3: a town in central Kansas
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haze
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n 1: atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced
visibility
2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze,
fog, haze]
v 1: become hazy, dull, or cloudy
2: harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in
military institutions
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maize
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n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears:
widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the
principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America
since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian
corn, Zea mays]
2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon
yellow, maize]
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malaise
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n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn:
malaise, unease, uneasiness]
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maze
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n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to
get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth]
2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
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phrase
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n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a
grammatical constituent of a sentence
2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase]
3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom,
idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase,
phrase]
4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic
sequence
v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his
concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice,
formulate, word, phrase, articulate]
2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical
passage"
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polonaise
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n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn
back to reveal a colorful underskirt
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praise
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n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always
appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise,
congratulations, kudos, extolment]
2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a
hymn of praise to God"
v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children
for their academic performance" [ant: criticise,
criticize, knock, pick apart]
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reappraise
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v 1: appraise anew; "Homes in our town are reappraised every
five years and taxes are increased accordingly"
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rephrase
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v 1: express the same message in different words [syn:
paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
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stays
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n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset,
girdle, stays]
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ways
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n 1: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water
from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn:
ways, shipway, slipway]
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bayes
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n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named
(1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes]
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hayes
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n 1: acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993) [syn:
Hayes, Helen Hayes]
2: 19th President of the United States; his administration
removed federal troops from the South and so ended the
Reconstruction Period (1822-1893) [syn: Hayes, Rutherford
B. Hayes, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, President Hayes]
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mays
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n 1: United States baseball player (born in 1931) [syn: Mays,
Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid]
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lyonnais
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n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered
by Rhone-Alpes
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lyonnaise
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adj 1: cooked with onions
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urokinase
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n 1: protease produced in the kidney that converts plasminogen
to plasmin and so initiates fibrinolysis [syn: plasminogen
activator, urokinase]
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blase
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adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed
in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to
the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of
his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly]
2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his
blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze
of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]
3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about
housecleaning"
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allays
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arrays
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ballets
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ballet's
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bays
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berets
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betrays
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bouquets
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buffets
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caches
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cafes
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clays
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conveys
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day's
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decays
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lays
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pays
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plays
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portrays
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strays
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surveys
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weighs
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baise
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bayse
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baze
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brase
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cayes
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claes
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claeys
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crase
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crays
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daise
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dase
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gays
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hase
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jays
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lase
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pais
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sais
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wais
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chalets
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cliches
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iras
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cabernets
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chevrolets
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communiques
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blaese
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blaise
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blaize
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blayze
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