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analogue
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adj 1: of a circuit or device having an output that is
proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear
amplifier" [syn: analogue, analog, linear] [ant:
digital]
n 1: something having the property of being analogous to
something else [syn: analogue, analog, parallel]
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antilog
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n 1: the number of which a given number is the logarithm [syn:
antilogarithm, antilog]
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apologue
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n 1: a short moral story (often with animal characters) [syn:
fable, parable, allegory, apologue]
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backlog
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n 1: an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed
that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer
orders for products or services)
2: the large log at the back of a hearth fire
3: something kept back or saved for future use or a special
purpose [syn: reserve, backlog, stockpile]
v 1: accumulate and create a backlog
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bog
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n 1: wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer
drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but
can be cut and dried and used for fuel [syn: bog, peat
bog]
v 1: cause to slow down or get stuck; "The vote would bog down
the house" [syn: bog down, bog]
2: get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times
while she wrote her dissertation" [syn: bog down, bog]
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catalogue
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n 1: a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically;
"it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements"
[syn: catalog, catalogue]
2: a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he
found it in the Sears catalog" [syn: catalog, catalogue]
v 1: make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is
cataloguing his photographic negatives" [syn: catalogue,
catalog]
2: make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; "She spends her
weekends cataloguing" [syn: catalogue, catalog]
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cog
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n 1: a subordinate who performs an important but routine
function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"
2: tooth on the rim of gear wheel [syn: cog, sprocket]
v 1: roll steel ingots
2: join pieces of wood with cogs
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dialogue
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n 1: a conversation between two persons [syn: dialogue,
dialog, duologue]
2: the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction [syn:
dialogue, dialog]
3: a literary composition in the form of a conversation between
two people; "he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original
Greek" [syn: dialogue, dialog]
4: a discussion intended to produce an agreement; "the buyout
negotiation lasted several days"; "they disagreed but kept an
open dialogue"; "talks between Israelis and Palestinians"
[syn: negotiation, dialogue, talks]
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duologue
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n 1: a conversation between two persons [syn: dialogue,
dialog, duologue]
2: a part of the script in which the speaking roles are limited
to two actors
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eclogue
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n 1: a short poem descriptive of rural or pastoral life [syn:
eclogue, bucolic, idyll, idyl]
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epilogue
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n 1: a short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the
audience by an actor at the end of a play [syn: epilogue,
epilog]
2: a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the
epilogue told what eventually happened to the main
characters" [syn: epilogue, epilog]
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footslog
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v 1: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn:
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp]
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ideologue
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n 1: an advocate of some ideology [syn: ideologist,
ideologue]
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log
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n 1: a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
2: the exponent required to produce a given number [syn:
logarithm, log]
3: a written record of messages sent or received; "they kept a
log of all transmission by the radio station"; "an email log"
4: a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
5: measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails
from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's
speed through the water
v 1: enter into a log, as on ships and planes
2: cut lumber, as in woods and forests [syn: log, lumber]
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monologue
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n 1: speech you make to yourself [syn: soliloquy, monologue]
2: a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents
others from participating in the conversation)
3: a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor
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prolog
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n 1: a computer language designed in Europe to support natural
language processing [syn: Prolog, logic programing,
logic programming]
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prologue
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n 1: an introduction to a play
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travelogue
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n 1: a film or illustrated lecture on traveling [syn:
travelogue, travelog]
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tagalog
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n 1: a member of a people native to the Philippines chiefly
inhabiting central Luzon around and including Manila
2: the language of the Tagalog on which Filipino is based
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analog
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adj 1: of a circuit or device having an output that is
proportional to the input; "analogue device"; "linear
amplifier" [syn: analogue, analog, linear] [ant:
digital]
n 1: something having the property of being analogous to
something else [syn: analogue, analog, parallel]
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decalogue
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n 1: the biblical commandments of Moses [syn: Decalogue, Ten
Commandments]
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kellogg
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n 1: United States food manufacturer who (with his brother)
developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and
toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to
manufacture the cereal (1860-1951) [syn: Kellogg, W. K.
Kellogg, Will Keith Kellog]
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putlog
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acog
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