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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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caw
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n 1: the sound made by corvine birds
v 1: utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
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claw
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n 1: sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some
mammals or reptiles
2: a mechanical device that is curved or bent to suspend or hold
or pull something [syn: hook, claw]
3: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other
arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]
4: a bird's foot
v 1: move as if by clawing, seizing, or digging; "They clawed
their way to the top of the mountain"
2: clutch as if in panic; "She clawed the doorknob"
3: scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails
4: attack as if with claws; "The politician clawed his rival"
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craw
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n 1: a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles
a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food
[syn: craw, crop]
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draw
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n 1: a gully that is shallower than a ravine
2: an entertainer who attracts large audiences; "he was the
biggest drawing card they had" [syn: drawing card, draw,
attraction, attractor, attracter]
3: the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the
winner is undecided; "the game ended in a draw"; "their
record was 3 wins, 6 losses and a tie" [syn: draw,
standoff, tie]
4: anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random;
"the luck of the draw"; "they drew lots for it" [syn: draw,
lot]
5: a playing card or cards dealt or taken from the pack; "he got
a pair of kings in the draw"
6: a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed
golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking" [syn: hook,
draw, hooking]
7: (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass
and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward
the line of scrimmage [syn: draw, draw play]
8: poker in which a player can discard cards and receive
substitutes from the dealer; "he played only draw and stud"
[syn: draw, draw poker]
9: the act of drawing or hauling something; "the haul up the
hill went very slowly" [syn: draw, haul, haulage]
v 1: cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
[syn: pull, draw, force] [ant: force, push]
2: get or derive; "He drew great benefits from his membership in
the association" [syn: reap, draw]
3: make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the
outline of a figure in the sand" [syn: trace, draw,
line, describe, delineate]
4: make, formulate, or derive in the mind; "I draw a line here";
"draw a conclusion"; "draw parallels"; "make an estimate";
"What do you make of his remarks?" [syn: draw, make]
5: bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a
cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled
a knife on his victim" [syn: draw, pull, pull out, get
out, take out]
6: represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk,
etc. on a surface; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse"
7: take liquid out of a container or well; "She drew water from
the barrel" [syn: draw, take out]
8: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
[syn: describe, depict, draw]
9: select or take in from a given group or region; "The
participants in the experiment were drawn from a
representative population"
10: elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause,
etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from
the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"
11: suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a
cigarette" [syn: puff, drag, draw]
12: move or go steadily or gradually; "The ship drew near the
shore"
13: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew
$2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies
from the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw,
draw, take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit]
14: choose at random; "draw a card"; "cast lots" [syn: draw,
cast]
15: earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher; "He
drew a base on balls" [syn: draw, get]
16: bring or lead someone to a certain action or condition; "She
was drawn to despair"; "The President refused to be drawn
into delivering an ultimatum"; "The session was drawn to a
close"
17: cause to flow; "The nurse drew blood"
18: write a legal document or paper; "The deed was drawn in the
lawyer's office"
19: engage in drawing; "He spent the day drawing in the garden"
20: move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the
shades"; "draw the curtains"
21: allow a draft; "This chimney draws very well"
22: require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70
inches"
23: pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his
extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people
were drawn and quartered for certain crimes" [syn: draw,
quarter, draw and quarter]
24: cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force
upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A
declining dollar pulled down the export figures for the last
quarter" [syn: pull, draw]
25: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water
well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words" [syn:
absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up,
draw, take in, take up]
26: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some
psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks
attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many
potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The
store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new
customers" [syn: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw
in] [ant: beat back, drive, force back, push back,
repel, repulse]
27: thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string";
"the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried
cranberries" [syn: string, thread, draw]
28: stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow); "The archers
were drawing their bows" [syn: pull back, draw]
29: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her
body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He
drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run,
draw, pass]
30: finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.;
"The teams drew a tie" [syn: tie, draw]
31: contract; "The material drew after it was washed in hot
water"
32: reduce the diameter of (a wire or metal rod) by pulling it
through a die; "draw wire"
33: steep; pass through a strainer; "draw pulp from the fruit"
34: remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" [syn: disembowel,
eviscerate, draw]
35: flatten, stretch, or mold metal or glass, by rolling or by
pulling it through a die or by stretching; "draw steel"
36: cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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flaw
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n 1: an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the
crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should
send it back to the manufacturer" [syn: defect, fault,
flaw]
2: defect or weakness in a person's character; "he had his
flaws, but he was great nonetheless"
3: an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that
causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness
v 1: add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective [syn:
flaw, blemish]
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gnaw
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v 1: bite or chew on with the teeth; "gnaw an old cracker"
2: become ground down or deteriorate; "Her confidence eroded"
[syn: erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away]
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guffaw
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n 1: a burst of deep loud hearty laughter [syn: guffaw, belly
laugh]
v 1: laugh boisterously [syn: guffaw, laugh loudly]
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ha
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n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point
measured westward along the celestial equator from the
zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a
particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle,
HA]
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haw
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n 1: a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus
Crataegus [syn: hawthorn, haw]
2: the nictitating membrane of a horse
v 1: utter `haw'; "he hemmed and hawed"
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hurrah
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n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn:
hurrah, hooray]
v 1: shout `hurrah!'
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jaw
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n 1: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth
and holds the teeth
2: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open
it; the bones that hold the teeth
3: holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing
parts of a tool that close to hold an object
v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate,
confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer,
natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit]
2: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: yack, jaw, yack
away, rattle on, yap away]
3: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth; "He jawed his
bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The
cows were masticating the grass" [syn: chew, masticate,
manducate, jaw]
4: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime
Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing
cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task,
rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture,
reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold,
chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out,
chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]
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la
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n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57]
2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one
of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or
minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
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law
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n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
law, jurisprudence]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law,
natural law]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of
nature]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy]
6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in
a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
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ma
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n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA]
4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
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macaw
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n 1: long-tailed brilliantly colored parrot of Central America
and South America; among the largest and showiest of
parrots
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maw
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n 1: informal terms for the mouth [syn: trap, cakehole,
hole, maw, yap, gob]
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pa
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n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
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pasha
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n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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paw
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n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the
hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand,
manus, mitt, paw]
v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
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raw
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adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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saw
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n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]
2: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: power saw, saw,
sawing machine]
v 1: cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
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shah
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n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
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slaw
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n 1: basically shredded cabbage [syn: coleslaw, slaw]
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spa
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n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
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squaw
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n 1: an American Indian woman
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straw
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adj 1: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
n 1: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as
fodder
2: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn:
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble]
3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
[syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat]
4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the
mouth [syn: straw, drinking straw]
v 1: cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were
strawed to weather the snowstorm"
2: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all
over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw]
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thaw
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n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to
a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes
several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming]
3: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming
less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia
has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"
v 1: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted
the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The
heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the
years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
[syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw,
melt]
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withdraw
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v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw,
retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march
on, move on, pass on, progress]
2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
[syn: retire, withdraw]
3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or
entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence";
"disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant:
engage, lock, mesh, operate]
4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
recall, call in, call back, withdraw]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate,
withdraw]
7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw,
retire]
8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no
longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow
out, withdraw]
9: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000
from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from
the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw, draw,
take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit]
10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
[syn: retire, withdraw]
11: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]
12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking
off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat";
"remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the
table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take,
take away, withdraw]
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yaw
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n 1: an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw,
swerve]
v 1: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape,
yawn, yaw]
2: deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of
the ship"
3: swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge
waves hit it"
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chaw
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n 1: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew,
chaw, cud, quid, plug, wad]
v 1: chew without swallowing; "chaw tobacco"
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shaw
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n 1: United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band
(1910-2004) [syn: Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob
Arshawsky]
2: United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
[syn: Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings]
3: United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn:
Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw]
4: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian
Society (1856-1950) [syn: Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George
Bernard Shaw]
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daw
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n 1: common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
[syn: jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula]
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ka
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n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
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na
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n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal
group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially
in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts
violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral
halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number
11]
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ra
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n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle,
measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the
vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that
passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in
hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to
specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right
ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension,
RA, celestial longitude]
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ta
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n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
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wa
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n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
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hah
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redraw
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aw
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baugh
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craugh
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dawe
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gaw
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gras
0
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haugh
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nah
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ya
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albaugh
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allbaugh
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alpaugh
0
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alspaugh
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anspaugh
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ashbaugh
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bashaw
0
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czeslaw
0