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aisle
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n 1: a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
2: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in
stores [syn: aisle, gangway]
3: part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by
rows of pillars or columns
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betrayal
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n 1: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery,
betrayal, treason, perfidy]
2: the quality of aiding an enemy
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defrayal
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n 1: the act of paying money [syn: payment, defrayal,
defrayment] [ant: evasion, nonpayment]
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lisle
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n 1: a fabric woven with lisle thread
2: a strong tightly twisted cotton thread (usually made of long-
staple cotton) [syn: lisle, lisle thread]
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mistrial
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n 1: a trial that is invalid or inconclusive
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phial
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n 1: a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial,
vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule]
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portrayal
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n 1: a word picture of a person's appearance and character [syn:
portrayal, portraiture, portrait]
2: acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically
representing the character by speech and action and gesture
[syn: portrayal, characterization, enactment,
personation]
3: a representation by picture or portraiture [syn: depicting,
depiction, portraying, portrayal]
4: any likeness of a person, in any medium; "the photographer
made excellent portraits" [syn: portrait, portrayal]
5: representation by drawing or painting etc [syn: depiction,
delineation, portrayal]
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retrial
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n 1: a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which
the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are
reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial
is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural
errors
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rial
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils [syn:
Yemeni rial, rial]
2: the basic unit of money in Oman [syn: riyal-omani, Omani
rial, rial]
3: the basic unit of money in Iran [syn: Iranian rial, rial]
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trial
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n 1: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials
the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called
each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial,
run]
2: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days
free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the
pain" [syn: trial, trial run, test, tryout]
3: the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of
battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn:
test, trial]
4: (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by
due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found
him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before
they go to trial"
5: (sports) a preliminary competition to determine
qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began
yesterday"
6: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his
mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is
full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn:
trial, tribulation, visitation]
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vial
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n 1: a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial,
vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule]
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pretrial
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n 1: (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring
the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and
to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than
in criminal cases [syn: pretrial, pretrial conference]
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gayal
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n 1: ox of southeast Asia sometimes considered a domesticated
breed of the gaur [syn: gayal, mithan, Bibos
frontalis]
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kraal
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n 1: a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa;
usually surrounded by a stockade
2: a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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al
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n 1: a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in
bauxite [syn: aluminum, aluminium, Al, atomic number
13]
2: a state in the southeastern United States on the Gulf of
Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American
Civil War [syn: Alabama, Heart of Dixie, Camellia
State, AL]
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baal
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n 1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities
worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews
considered Baal a false god
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bayul
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mayall
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