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awakening
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n 1: the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the
waking up he hated most" [syn: awakening, wakening,
waking up]
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awning
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n 1: a canopy made of canvas to shelter people or things from
rain or sun [syn: awning, sunshade, sunblind]
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beginning
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adj 1: serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the
first verse" [syn: beginning(a), first]
n 1: the event consisting of the start of something; "the
beginning of the war" [ant: conclusion, ending,
finish]
2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
3: the first part or section of something; "`It was a dark and
stormy night' is a hackneyed beginning for a story" [ant:
end, middle]
4: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter
was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source
of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
5: the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the
beginning of negotiations" [syn: beginning, start,
commencement] [ant: finish, finishing]
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boring
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adj 1: so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a
boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening
effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his
competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who
couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task
the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious
days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"-
Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully
wearisome" [syn: boring, deadening, dull, ho-hum,
irksome, slow, tedious, tiresome, wearisome]
n 1: the act of drilling [syn: drilling, boring]
2: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of
producing petroleum [syn: boring, drilling, oil
production]
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calling
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n 1: the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn:
career, calling, vocation]
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christening
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n 1: giving a Christian name at baptism
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coming
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adj 1: of the relatively near future; "the approaching
election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming
holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn:
approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming]
n 1: the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the
hunter's approach scattered the geese" [syn: approach,
approaching, coming]
2: arrival that has been awaited (especially of something
momentous); "the advent of the computer" [syn: advent,
coming]
3: the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the
approach of winter" [syn: approach, approaching,
coming]
4: the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
[syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming]
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cunning
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adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness
or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
cunning, cute]
2: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily
old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy,
guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky,
wily]
3: showing inventiveness and skill; "a clever gadget"; "the
cunning maneuvers leading to his success"; "an ingenious
solution to the problem" [syn: clever, cunning,
ingenious]
n 1: shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
[syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness,
guile, slyness, wiliness]
2: crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
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dawning
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n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
[ant: sundown, sunset]
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designing
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adj 1: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own
interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with
the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a
scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger" [syn:
designing, scheming]
n 1: the act of working out the form of something (as by making
a sketch or outline or plan); "he contributed to the design
of a new instrument" [syn: design, designing]
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discerning
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adj 1: having or revealing keen insight and good judgment; "a
discerning critic"; "a discerning reader" [ant:
undiscerning]
2: unobtrusively perceptive and sympathetic; "a discerning
editor"; "a discreet silence" [syn: discerning, discreet]
3: quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"-
Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn: apprehensive, discerning]
4: able to make or detect effects of great subtlety; sensitive;
"discerning taste"; "a discerning eye for color"
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evening
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n 1: the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing
daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed
the evening light across the lake" [syn: evening, eve,
even, eventide]
2: a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the
Roman Empire"
3: the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in
a special way; "an evening at the opera"
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falling
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adj 1: decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"
2: becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling
market"; "falling incomes" [ant: rising]
3: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie
whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping,
falling]
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forewarning
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n 1: an early warning about a future event [syn: forewarning,
premonition]
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morning
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n 1: the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning
running errands" [syn: morning, morn, morning time,
forenoon]
2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good
morning, morning]
3: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked
until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora,
first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the
day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant:
sundown, sunset]
4: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning
of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
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mourning
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adj 1: sorrowful through loss or deprivation; "bereft of hope"
[syn: bereaved, bereft, grief-stricken, grieving,
mourning(a), sorrowing(a)]
n 1: state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one
[syn: mourning, bereavement]
2: the passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief
[syn: lamentation, mourning]
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snoring
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n 1: the act of snoring or producing a snoring sound [syn:
snore, snoring, stertor]
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thing
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n 1: a special situation; "this thing has got to end"; "it is a
remarkable thing"
2: an action; "how could you do such a thing?"
3: a special abstraction; "a thing of the spirit"; "things of
the heart"
4: an artifact; "how does this thing work?"
5: an event; "a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
6: a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to";
"it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" [syn:
matter, affair, thing]
7: a statement regarded as an object; "to say the same thing in
other terms"; "how can you say such a thing?"
8: an entity that is not named specifically; "I couldn't tell
what the thing was"
9: any attribute or quality considered as having its own
existence; "the thing I like about her is ..."
10: a special objective; "the thing is to stay in bounds"
11: a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion; "he
has a thing about seafood"; "she has a thing about him"
12: a separate and self-contained entity
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turning
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n 1: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the
course; "he took a turn to the right" [syn: turn,
turning]
2: act of changing in practice or custom; "the law took many
turnings over the years"
3: a shaving created when something is produced by turning it on
a lathe
4: a movement in a new direction; "the turning of the wind"
[syn: turning, turn]
5: the end-product created by shaping something on a lathe
6: the activity of shaping something on a lathe
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twinning
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adj 1: producing two offspring at a time [syn: biparous,
twinning]
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uncomplaining
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adj 1: not complaining; "uncomplaining courage" [ant:
complaining(a), complaintive]
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warning
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adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory,
cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
n 1: a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more
bombs could explode"
2: cautionary advice about something imminent (especially
imminent danger or other unpleasantness); "a letter of
admonition about the dangers of immorality"; "the warning was
to beware of surprises"; "his final word of advice was not to
play with matches" [syn: admonition, monition, warning,
word of advice]
3: notification of something, usually in advance; "they gave
little warning of their arrival"; "she had only had four
days' warning before leaving Berlin"
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yawning
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adj 1: gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or
something; "the yawning mine shaft"; "a yawning abyss"
2: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness; "a
yawning congregation"
3: showing lack of attention or boredom; "the yawning
congregation" [syn: drowsy, oscitant, yawning(a)]
n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;
usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not
suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it
was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy]
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adorning
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balling
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canning
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corning
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drowning
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twining
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underpinning
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horning
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