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applause
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n 1: a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together
[syn: applause, hand clapping, clapping]
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canaries
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n 1: a group of mountainous islands in the Atlantic off the
northwest coast of Africa forming Spanish provinces [syn:
Canary Islands, Canaries]
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cause
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n 1: events that provide the generative force that is the origin
of something; "they are trying to determine the cause of
the crash"
2: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: cause, reason, grounds]
3: a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a
particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they
worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for
a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery";
"contributed to the war effort" [syn: campaign, cause,
crusade, drive, movement, effort]
4: any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for
events or results [syn: causal agent, cause, causal
agency]
5: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law
whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family
brought suit against the landlord" [syn: lawsuit, suit,
case, cause, causa]
v 1: give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always
intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause
an accident" [syn: cause, do, make]
2: cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner; "The ads
induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy
a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" [syn: induce,
stimulate, cause, have, get, make]
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clause
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n 1: (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate
but not constituting a complete sentence
2: a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or
contract or will) [syn: article, clause]
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congeries
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n 1: a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
[syn: aggregate, congeries, conglomeration]
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drawers
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n 1: underpants worn by men [syn: drawers, underdrawers,
shorts, boxers, boxershorts]
2: underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers
might have been showing" [syn: bloomers, pants,
drawers, knickers]
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gauze
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n 1: (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for
bandages and dressings [syn: gauze, gauze bandage]
2: a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave [syn:
gauze, netting, veiling]
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hawse
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n 1: the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse,
hawsehole, hawsepipe]
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indoors
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adv 1: within a building; "in winter we play inside" [syn:
inside, indoors] [ant: alfresco, out of doors,
outdoors, outside]
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kolkhoz
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n 1: a collective farm owned by the communist state
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laws
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n 1: the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures
comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible
considered as a unit [syn: Torah, Pentateuch, Laws]
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menopause
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n 1: the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle
ends [syn: menopause, climacteric, change of life]
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pause
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n 1: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation
of something [syn: pause, intermission, break,
interruption, suspension]
2: temporary inactivity
v 1: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing; "The
speaker paused" [syn: hesitate, pause]
2: cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station
identification"; "let's break for lunch" [syn: pause,
intermit, break]
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series
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n 1: similar things placed in order or happening one after
another; "they were investigating a series of bank
robberies"
2: a serialized set of programs; "a comedy series"; "the
Masterworks concert series" [syn: serial, series]
3: a periodical that appears at scheduled times [syn: series,
serial, serial publication]
4: (sports) several contests played successively by the same
teams; "the visiting team swept the series"
5: (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that
current flows first through one and then through the other;
"the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed
resistors"
6: a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of
coins or currency selected as a group for study or
collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating
famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included
the complete series of Indian-head pennies"
7: (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of
expressions
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tawse
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n 1: a leather strap for punishing children
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yaws
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n 1: an infectious tropical disease resembling syphilis in its
early stages; marked by red skin eruptions and ulcerating
lesions [syn: yaws, frambesia, framboesia]
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azores
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n 1: islands in the Atlantic Ocean belonging to Portugal; "the
Azores are strategically located on transatlantic air and
shipping routes" [syn: Azores, Acores]
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helsingfors
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Finland; located in
southern Finland; a major port and commercial and cultural
center [syn: Helsinki, Helsingfors, capital of
Finland, Finnish capital]
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underdrawers
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n 1: underpants worn by men [syn: drawers, underdrawers,
shorts, boxers, boxershorts]
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dawes
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n 1: American patriot who rode with Paul Revere to warn that the
British were advancing on Lexington and Concord (1745-1799)
[syn: Dawes, William Dawes]
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tropopause
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n 1: the region of discontinuity between the troposphere and the
stratosphere
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because
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claws
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draws
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flaws
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furies
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gnaws
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guffaws
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jaws
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law's
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paws
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potteries
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saws
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straws
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taws
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thaws
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was
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yours
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harries
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storrs
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stratopause
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quatorze
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claus
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hawes
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haws
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lawes
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flores
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torres
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diapause
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mesopause
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miniseries
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