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gnarl
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n 1: something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles
stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great
gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots" [syn: knot, gnarl]
v 1: twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this
old tree"
2: make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath; "she
grumbles when she feels overworked" [syn: murmur, mutter,
grumble, croak, gnarl]
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marl
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n 1: a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of
calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils
deficient in lime
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monaural
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adj 1: relating to or having or hearing with only one ear;
"monaural deafness" [ant: biaural, binaural]
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real
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adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant:
unreal]
2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat
and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a
real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
[ant: unreal]
3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty
and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man
sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the
poor" [syn: real, tangible]
5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]
6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected
for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
[ant: nominal]
7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material]
[ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial]
8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
land and buildings"
9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising
resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn:
veridical, real]
n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number,
real]
2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
3: an old small silver Spanish coin
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rial
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Yemen; equal to 100 fils [syn:
Yemeni rial, rial]
2: the basic unit of money in Oman [syn: riyal-omani, Omani
rial, rial]
3: the basic unit of money in Iran [syn: Iranian rial, rial]
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snarl
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n 1: a vicious angry growl
2: an angry vicious expression
3: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
v 1: utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk
snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled
at us" [syn: snap, snarl]
2: make a snarling noise or move with a snarling noise; "Bullets
snarled past us"
3: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat,
snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
4: make more complicated or confused through entanglements [syn:
snarl, snarl up, embrangle]
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voile
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n 1: a light semitransparent fabric
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aries
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n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
[syn: Aries, Ram]
2: a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere;
between Pisces and Taurus
3: the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the
vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21
to April 19 [syn: Aries, Aries the Ram, Ram]
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dahl
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n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat
pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea,
pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram,
dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan]
2: small highly nutritious seed of the tropical pigeon-pea plant
[syn: cajan pea, pigeon pea, dahl]
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basle
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n 1: a city in northwestern Switzerland [syn: Basel, Basle,
Bale]
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durrell
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n 1: English writer of Irish descent who spent much of his life
in Mediterranean regions (1912-1990) [syn: Durrell,
Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell]
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auroral
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adj 1: of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras; "a
prominent green line in the spectrum of the auroras is
called the `auroral line'"
2: characteristic of the dawn; "a dim auroral glow" [syn:
auroral, aurorean]
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balmoral
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n 1: a sturdy laced walking shoe
2: a brimless dark blue Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume
on one side [syn: Balmoral, bluebonnet]
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carroll
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n 1: English author; Charles Dodgson was an Oxford don of
mathematics who is remembered for the children's stories he
wrote under the pen name Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) [syn:
Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Dodgson, Reverend Dodgson,
Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson]
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kraal
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n 1: a village of huts for native Africans in southern Africa;
usually surrounded by a stockade
2: a pen for livestock in southern Africa
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baal
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n 1: any of numerous local fertility and nature deities
worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples; the Hebrews
considered Baal a false god
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dhal
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n 1: tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat
pods; much cultivated in the tropics [syn: pigeon pea,
pigeon-pea plant, cajan pea, catjang pea, red gram,
dhal, dahl, Cajanus cajan]
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taal
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n 1: an official language of the Republic of South Africa;
closely related to Dutch and Flemish [syn: Afrikaans,
Taal, South African Dutch]
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rale
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n 1: a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with
a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders); "the
death rattle" [syn: rattle, rattling, rale]
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chrysoberyl
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n 1: a rare hard yellow green mineral consisting of beryllium
aluminate in crystal form; used as a gemstone
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cyril
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n 1: Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is
attributed to him (826-869) [syn: Cyril, Saint Cyril,
St. Cyril]
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aboral
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adj 1: opposite to or away from the mouth; "the aboral surface
of a starfish" [ant: oral]
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toile
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unmoral
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scleral
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sural
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ural
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waal
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loral
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sorel
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sorrell
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chiral
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parol
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carole
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caryl
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cheryl
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darrell
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daryl
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harrell
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escorial
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aral
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barile
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carl
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harl
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karl
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carle
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karle
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delaurel
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ferrell
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bharal
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