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bequeath
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v 1: leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt
bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his
entire estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant:
disinherit, disown]
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breath
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n 1: the process of taking in and expelling air during
breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool";
"he was fighting to his last breath"
2: the air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration; "his sour
breath offended her"
3: a short respite [syn: breath, breather, breathing
place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing
time]
4: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched
her" [syn: hint, intimation, breath]
5: a slight movement of the air; "there wasn't a breath of air
in the room"
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death
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n 1: the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came
as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will
pass to your grandchildren" [syn: death, decease,
expiry] [ant: birth, nascence, nascency,
nativity]
2: the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or
part of an organism; "the animal died a painful death"
3: the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more
content in death than he had ever been in life"
4: the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his
plans"; "a dying of old hopes" [syn: death, dying,
demise] [ant: birth]
5: the time at which life ends; continuing until dead; "she
stayed until his death"; "a struggle to the last" [syn:
death, last]
6: the personification of death; "Death walked the streets of
the plague-bound city"
7: a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called
glorious experiment came to an inglorious end" [syn: end,
destruction, death]
8: the act of killing; "he had two deaths on his conscience"
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shibboleth
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n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn:
motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]
2: a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular
group of people
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beth
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n 1: the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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jerez
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n 1: a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making
sherry [syn: Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera]
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macbeth
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n 1: king of Scotland (died in 1057)
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heth
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n 1: the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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meth
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n 1: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in
the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a
stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite
suppressant [syn: methamphetamine, methamphetamine
hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine,
chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu,
trash]
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seth
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n 1: (Old Testament) third son of Adam and Eve; given by God in
place of the murdered Abel
2: evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high
square ears and a long snout; brother and murderer of Osiris
[syn: Set, Seth]
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megadeath
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n 1: the death of a million people; "they calibrate the effects
of atom bombs in megadeaths"
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isopleth
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n 1: a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same
numerical value of some variable [syn: isogram,
isopleth, isarithm]
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creath
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greth
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sneath
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speth
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eldreth
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mcbeath
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mcbeth
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marybeth
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leth
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neth
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peth
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sheth
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breth
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saith
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lisbeth
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culbreath
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galbreath
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