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afar
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adv 1: (old-fashioned) at or from or to a great distance; far;
"we traveled afar"; "we could see the ship afar off";
"the Magi came from afar"
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ajar
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adj 1: slightly open; "the door was ajar"
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are
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n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
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bar
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n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served
over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the
bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill,
taproom]
2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a
hot dog and a coke at the bar"
3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening
or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to
prevent escape"
4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
[syn: measure, bar]
5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;
"it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar"
6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
"money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
influenza" [syn: prevention, bar]
7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per
square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar
for one dyne per square centimeter"
8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a
shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river"
9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a
particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New
Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar, legal community]
10: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the
background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars";
"may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe,
streak, bar]
11: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of
chocolate" [syn: cake, bar]
12: a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas
pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by
United States troops in World War I and in World War II and
in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR]
13: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as
they perform exercises
14: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire
with three bars"
15: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom
where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;
"spectators were not allowed past the bar"
v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from
membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude]
2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade
the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade,
block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar]
3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his
own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar]
4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant:
unbar]
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bard
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n 1: a lyric poet
2: an ornamental caparison for a horse
v 1: put a caparison on; "caparison the horses for the festive
occasion" [syn: caparison, bard, barde, dress up]
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barred
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adj 1: preventing entry or exit or a course of action; "a
barricaded street"; "barred doors"; "the blockaded
harbor" [syn: barricaded, barred, blockaded]
2: marked with stripes or bands
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bazaar
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n 1: a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: bazaar,
bazar]
2: a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn:
bazaar, bazar]
3: a sale of miscellany; often for charity; "the church bazaar"
[syn: bazaar, fair]
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bizarre
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adj 1: conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual;
"restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another
like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a
freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall
antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre
and affected stage antics" [syn: bizarre, eccentric,
freakish, freaky, flaky, flakey, gonzo, off-
the-wall, outlandish, outre]
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bombard
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n 1: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn:
bombardon, bombard]
v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They
pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard]
2: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed
Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb]
3: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a
barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience";
"The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon
to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage]
4: direct high energy particles or radiation against
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canard
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n 1: a deliberately misleading fabrication
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car
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n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an
internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
[syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
2: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three
cars had jumped the rails" [syn: car, railcar, railway
car, railroad car]
3: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that
carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant [syn:
car, gondola]
4: where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top
floor" [syn: car, elevator car]
5: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway;
"they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn:
cable car, car]
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card
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n 1: one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in
various ways and used for playing games or for telling
fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the
other boys"
2: a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show
his card to get in" [syn: card, identity card]
3: a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may
have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card
from Miami"
4: thin cardboard, usually rectangular
5: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wag, wit,
card]
6: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a
poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster,
posting, placard, notice, bill, card]
7: a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that
you have visited [syn: calling card, visiting card,
card]
8: (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in
your card to get a handicap" [syn: card, scorecard]
9: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in
French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du
jour, carte]
10: (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will
bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at
home plate" [syn: batting order, card, lineup]
11: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots
in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn:
circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in,
add-in]
v 1: separate the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, card]
2: ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she
is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried
to buy a beer!"
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char
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n 1: a charred substance
2: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean
the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day
while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman,
cleaning lady, woman]
3: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus
[syn: char, charr]
v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest
fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal]
2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
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chard
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n 1: beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its
edible leaves and stalks [syn: chard, Swiss chard,
spinach beet, leaf beet, chard plant, Beta vulgaris
cicla]
2: long succulent whitish stalks with large green leaves [syn:
chard, Swiss chard, spinach beet, leaf beet]
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cigar
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n 1: a roll of tobacco for smoking
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czar
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n 1: a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to
1917) [syn: czar, tsar, tzar]
2: a person having great power
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guard
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n 1: a person who keeps watch over something or someone
2: the person who plays that position on a football team; "the
left guard was injured on the play"
3: a device designed to prevent injury or accidents [syn:
guard, safety, safety device]
4: a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard
up"
5: the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball
team
6: a military unit serving to protect some place or person
7: a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or
damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a
precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we
let our guard down" [syn: precaution, safeguard, guard]
8: the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night"
[syn: guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go]
9: (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage;
"guards must be good blockers"
10: a position on a basketball team
v 1: to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the
horses"
2: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my
possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward]
3: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position
behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's
attacks" [syn: defend, guard, hold]
4: take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence;
"guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard
against infection"
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guitar
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n 1: a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by
strumming or plucking
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hard
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adv 1: with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard";
"worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit
the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard"
2: with firmness; "held hard to the railing" [syn: hard,
firmly]
3: earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard
at the accused"
4: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the
depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's
failure" [syn: hard, severely]
5: slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard"
6: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn: heavily,
intemperately, hard] [ant: lightly]
7: into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few
hours"
8: very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the
railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike
followed hard upon the plant's opening"
9: with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection
very hard"
10: to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the
ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left"
adj 1: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to
accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task";
"nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access";
"difficult times"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a
secret?" [syn: difficult, hard] [ant: easy]
2: dispassionate; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; [ant:
soft]
3: resisting weight or pressure [ant: soft]
4: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the
chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" [syn: hard,
knockout, severe]
5: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the
mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy
work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the
project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
6: produced without vibration of the vocal cords; "unvoiced
consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s'" [syn: unvoiced,
voiceless, surd, hard] [ant: soft, sonant,
voiced]
7: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
[syn: hard, concentrated] [ant: diffuse, diffused,
soft]
8: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue
raised toward or touching the velum; "Russian distinguished
between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants"
[ant: soft]
9: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially
for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn:
intemperate, hard, heavy]
10: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high
alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: hard, strong]
11: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough
break" [syn: hard, tough]
12: dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
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jar
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n 1: a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and
without handles
2: the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer"
[syn: jar, jarful]
3: a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all
the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
[syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock]
v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors
clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide]
2: move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn:
jolt, jar]
3: shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game"
[syn: jar, shake up, bump around]
4: affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience"
5: place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"
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lard
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n 1: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty
tissue of the hog
v 1: prepare or cook with lard; "lard meat"
2: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish,
aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize,
dramatise]
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mar
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n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn:
March, Mar]
2: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something
(especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn:
blemish, defect, mar]
v 1: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar,
impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate]
2: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" [syn:
mutilate, mar]
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marred
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adj 1: blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano
bench"; "walls marred by graffiti" [syn: marred,
scarred]
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par
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n 1: (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on
a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole";
"par for this course is 72"
2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally
balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality,
equivalence, equation, par]
v 1: make a score (on a hole) equal to par
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regard
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n 1: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs
in that respect" [syn: respect, regard]
2: paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people);
"his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to
the consequences" [syn: attentiveness, heed, regard,
paying attention] [ant: heedlessness, inattentiveness]
3: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's
welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn:
regard, wish, compliments]
4: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" [syn:
gaze, regard]
5: the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well
regarded); "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high
regard" [syn: esteem, regard, respect] [ant:
disesteem]
6: a feeling of friendship and esteem; "she mistook his manly
regard for love"; "he inspires respect" [syn: regard,
respect]
7: an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect
for him" [syn: respect, esteem, regard] [ant:
disrespect]
v 1: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation
quite as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider,
reckon, view, regard]
2: look at attentively [syn: regard, consider]
3: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling
affects your business" [syn: involve, affect, regard]
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retard
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n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
v 1: cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate;
"This drug will retard your heart rate"
2: be delayed
3: slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will
retard the child's language development" [syn: check,
retard, delay]
4: lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated" [syn:
decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard] [ant:
accelerate, quicken, speed, speed up]
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scar
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n 1: a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured
tissue [syn: scar, cicatrix, cicatrice]
2: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar,
mark]
v 1: mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face
permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock, pit]
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scarred
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adj 1: deeply affected or marked by mental or physical pain or
injury; "Could her scarred mind ever be free of fear?";
"a face scarred by anxiety"; "the fire left her arm badly
scarred"
2: blemished by injury or rough wear; "the scarred piano bench";
"walls marred by graffiti" [syn: marred, scarred]
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shard
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n 1: a broken piece of a brittle artifact [syn: shard,
sherd, fragment]
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sitar
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n 1: a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable
frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13
resonating strings
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spar
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n 1: any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar)
that are light in color and transparent or translucent and
cleavable
2: a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
3: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and
arms; a part of training for a boxer [syn: spar,
sparring]
v 1: furnish with spars
2: fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"
3: box lightly
4: fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
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star
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adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the
leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star
figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a
stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p),
star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)]
n 1: (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates
energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
2: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz,
whizz, wizard, wiz]
3: any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the
Earth at night
4: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: star,
principal, lead]
5: a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
6: a performer who receives prominent billing [syn: headliner,
star]
7: a star-shaped character * used in printing [syn: asterisk,
star]
8: the topology of a network whose components are connected to a
hub [syn: star topology, star]
v 1: feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an
autistic man"
2: be the star in a performance
3: mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable
sentences" [syn: star, asterisk]
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starred
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adj 1: marked with an asterisk; "the starred items" [syn:
asterisked, starred]
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superstar
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n 1: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar,
whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz]
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tar
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n 1: any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a
residue [syn: pitch, tar]
2: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman,
tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob,
sea dog]
v 1: coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"
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tsar
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n 1: a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to
1917) [syn: czar, tsar, tzar]
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yard
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n 1: a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44
centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a
stride [syn: yard, pace]
2: the enclosed land around a house or other building; "it was a
small house with almost no yard" [syn: yard, grounds,
curtilage]
3: a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes
paved and usually associated with buildings); "they opened a
repair yard on the edge of town"
4: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad, G,
grand, thou, yard]
5: a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel) [syn: cubic yard,
yard]
6: a tract of land where logs are accumulated
7: an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for
storage and maintenance of cars and engines [syn: yard,
railway yard, railyard]
8: a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support
and spread a square sail or lateen
9: an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)
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ar
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n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert
gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
[syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
2: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
3: a state in south central United States; one of the
Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Arkansas, Land of Opportunity, AR]
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parr
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n 1: Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548)
[syn: Parr, Catherine Parr]
2: a young salmon up to 2 years old
3: the young of various fishes
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r
0
n 1: a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing
radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of
electricity in 1 cc of dry air [syn: roentgen, R]
2: (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation:
pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143
joules per kelvin per mole [syn: gas constant, universal
gas constant, R]
3: the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: R, r]
4: the length of a line segment between the center and
circumference of a circle or sphere [syn: radius, r]
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starr
0
n 1: rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) [syn:
Starr, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Richard Starkey]
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bazar
0
n 1: a street of small shops (especially in Orient) [syn:
bazaar, bazar]
2: a shop where a variety of goods are sold [syn: bazaar,
bazar]
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dakar
0
n 1: the capital and chief port and largest city of Senegal
[syn: Dakar, capital of Senegal]
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dinar
0
n 1: 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran [syn: Iranian dinar,
dinar]
2: the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia [syn: Yugoslavian
dinar, dinar]
3: the basic unit of money in Tunisia [syn: Tunisian dinar,
dinar]
4: the basic unit of money in Libya [syn: Libyan dinar,
dinar]
5: the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils [syn:
Kuwaiti dinar, dinar]
6: the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils [syn:
Jordanian dinar, dinar]
7: the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils [syn:
Iraqi dinar, dinar]
8: the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils [syn:
Bahrain dinar, dinar]
9: the basic unit of money in Algeria [syn: Algerian dinar,
dinar]
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myanmar
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n 1: a mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of
Bengal; "much opium is grown in Myanmar" [syn: Myanmar,
Union of Burma, Burma]
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qatar
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n 1: an Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar; achieved
independence from the United Kingdom in 1971; the economy
is dominated by oil [syn: Qatar, State of Qatar,
Katar, State of Katar]
2: a peninsula extending northward from the Arabian mainland
into the Persian Gulf [syn: Qatar, Qatar Peninsula,
Katar, Katar Peninsula]
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renoir
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n 1: French impressionist painter (1841-1919) [syn: Renoir,
Pierre Auguste Renoir]
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adar
0
n 1: the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the
ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and
March)
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bernard
0
n 1: French physiologist noted for research on secretions of the
alimentary canal and the glycogenic function of the liver
(1813-1878) [syn: Bernard, Claude Bernard]
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nard
0
n 1: an aromatic ointment used in antiquity [syn: nard,
spikenard]
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boyar
0
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charred
0
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our
0
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byard
0
-
barre
0
-
ahr
0
-
baar
0
-
bahr
0
-
bahre
0
-
barr
0
-
carr
0
-
carre
0
-
claar
0
-
clar
0
-
csar
0
-
dar
0
-
darr
0
-
haar
0
-
lar
0
-
maher
0
-
saar
0
-
sar
0
-
thar
0
-
voir
0
-
algar
0
-
alvare
0
-
azar
0
-
bargar
0
-
bejar
0
-
bodnar
0
-
bogar
0
-
bognar
0
-
bomar
0
-
bondar
0
-
ceasar
0
-
cisar
0
-
cotnoir
0
-
cousar
0
-
dardar
0
-
dzhokhar
0
-
dzokhar
0
-
farquar
0
-
hribar
0
-
jiar
0
-
kadar
0
-
kumar
0
-
labar
0
-
lamar
0
-
lamarr
0
-
lebar
0