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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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auburn
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adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
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bin
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n 1: a container; usually has a lid
2: the quantity contained in a bin [syn: bin, binful]
3: an identification number consisting of a two-part code
assigned to banks and savings associations; the first part
shows the location and the second identifies the bank itself
[syn: bank identification number, BIN, ABA transit
number]
v 1: store in bins
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blacken
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v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling";
"The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize,
melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]
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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bourbon
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n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from
the South)
2: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and
aged in charred oak barrels
3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France
4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793)
and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: Bourbon, Bourbon
dynasty]
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bun
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n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun,
roll]
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bung
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n 1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn:
bung, spile]
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
2: close with a cork or stopper
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cabin
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n 1: small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
2: a small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area
3: the enclosed compartment of an aircraft or spacecraft where
passengers are carried
v 1: confine to a small space, such as a cabin
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carbon
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n 1: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon,
C, atomic number 6]
2: a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance
(often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from
the original to an under sheet of paper [syn: carbon paper,
carbon]
3: a copy made with carbon paper [syn: carbon, carbon copy]
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fluorocarbon
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n 1: a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been
replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
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gibbon
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n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman
Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon]
2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn:
gibbon, Hylobates lar]
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hydrocarbon
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n 1: an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
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radiocarbon
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n 1: a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon,
carbon 14]
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ribbon
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n 1: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
[syn: ribbon, thread]
2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal,
medallion, palm, ribbon]
3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper
with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon]
4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for
trimming
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slacken
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v 1: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow,
slow down, slow up, slack, slacken]
2: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got
tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack,
slacken, slack up, relax]
3: become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
4: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn:
slacken, remit]
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straighten
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v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten,
unbend] [ant: bend, flex]
2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out]
3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students
straightened when the teacher entered"
4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn:
tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten,
straighten out, square away]
5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll
out, straighten]
6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post";
"straighten hair"
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stubborn
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adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious
unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate,
unregenerate] [ant: docile]
2: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn:
refractory, stubborn]
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suburban
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs;
"suburban population"
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taken
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adj 1: understood in a certain way; made sense of; "a word taken
literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door
interpreted as an invitation" [syn: interpreted,
taken]
2: be affected with an indisposition; "the child was taken ill";
"couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk"
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turban
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n 1: a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf
wrapped around the head
2: a small round woman's hat [syn: pillbox, toque, turban]
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urban
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adj 1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated
area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban
property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant:
rural]
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wagon
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n 1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal
or a tractor [syn: wagon, waggon]
2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van,
police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon,
black Maria]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
[syn: wagon, coaster wagon]
5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind
rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon,
estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]
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waken
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v 1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn:
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]
[ant: cause to sleep]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come
alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off,
drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod
off]
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brisbane
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n 1: capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in
the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific;
settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in
Australia
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cuban
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people
of Cuba; "Cuban rum"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cuba
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latin
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adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Latins or the Latin
language; "Latin verb conjugations"
2: relating to people or countries speaking Romance languages;
"Latin America"
3: relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"
[syn: Romance, Latin]
4: of or relating to the ancient region of Latium; "Latin towns"
n 1: any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
2: an inhabitant of ancient Latium
3: a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages
derived from Latin
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patten
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n 1: footwear usually with wooden soles [syn: clog, geta,
patten, sabot]
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satan
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n 1: (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of
evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of
Hell [syn: Satan, Old Nick, Devil, Lucifer,
Beelzebub, the Tempter, Prince of Darkness]
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theban
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adj 1: of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its
people or culture
2: of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or
culture
n 1: an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
2: a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes
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laban
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n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation
(1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]
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copenhagen
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the
island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the
Paris of the North" [syn: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn,
Danish capital]
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reuben
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n 1: (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the
tribes of Israel
2: a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and
sauerkraut on rye bread
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durban
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n 1: a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean;
resort and industrial center
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steuben
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n 1: American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained
the troops under George Washington (1730-1794) [syn:
Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin
von Steuben]
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melbourne
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n 1: a resort town in east central Florida
2: the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian
city; a financial and commercial center
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been
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staten
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bing
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bihn
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binn
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portakabin
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bunn
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ruben
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alban
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eben
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habben
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maben
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raben
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rabun
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schaben
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betaken
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byng
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fitzgibbon
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woburn
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tyburn
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shelburne
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