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ailing
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adj 1: somewhat ill or prone to illness; "my poor ailing
grandmother"; "feeling a bit indisposed today"; "you look
a little peaked"; "feeling poorly"; "a sickly child"; "is
unwell and can't come to work" [syn: ailing,
indisposed, peaked(p), poorly(p), sickly,
unwell, under the weather, seedy]
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alien
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adj 1: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of
something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of
capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind
and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" [syn:
alien, foreign]
2: being or from or characteristic of another place or part of
the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse";
"exotic cuisine" [syn: alien, exotic]
n 1: a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does
not owe allegiance to your country [syn: foreigner,
alien, noncitizen, outlander] [ant: citizen]
2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
3: a form of life assumed to exist outside the Earth or its
atmosphere [syn: extraterrestrial being,
extraterrestrial, alien]
v 1: transfer property or ownership; "The will aliened the
property to the heirs" [syn: alien, alienate]
2: arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly
been love, affection, or friendliness; "She alienated her
friends when she became fanatically religious" [syn:
estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect]
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failing
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adj 1: below acceptable in performance; "received failing
grades"
n 1: a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's
failings" [syn: failing, weakness]
2: failure to reach a minimum required performance; "his failing
the course led to his disqualification"; "he got two flunks
on his report" [syn: failing, flunk] [ant: pass,
passing, qualifying]
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mailing
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n 1: mail sent by a sender at one time; "the candidate sent out
three large mailings"
2: the transmission of a letter; "the postmark indicates the
time of mailing" [syn: mailing, posting]
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railing
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n 1: a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports [syn:
railing, rail]
2: material for making rails or rails collectively
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sailing
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n 1: the work of a sailor [syn: seafaring, navigation,
sailing]
2: riding in a sailboat
3: the departure of a vessel from a port
4: the activity of flying a glider [syn: glide, gliding,
sailplaning, soaring, sailing]
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wailing
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adj 1: vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such
expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the
wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires
with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare [syn: lamenting,
wailing, wailful]
n 1: loud cries made while weeping [syn: wailing, bawling]
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helen
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda
who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to
get her back which resulted in the Trojan War [syn:
Helen, Helen of Troy]
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salem
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n 1: capital of the state of Oregon in the northwestern part of
the state on the Willamette River [syn: Salem, capital
of Oregon]
2: a city in northeastern Massachusetts; site of the witchcraft
trials in 1692
3: a city in southern India
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bailing
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whaling
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