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cleanse
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v 1: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up
before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails
before dinner" [syn: cleanse, clean]
2: purge of an ideology, bad thoughts, or sins; "Purgatory is
supposed to cleanse you from your sins"
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howitzer
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n 1: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that
fires shells at high elevations for a short range [syn:
mortar, howitzer, trench mortar]
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kibitzer
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n 1: (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others
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lens
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n 1: a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge
transmitted light and to form images [syn: lens, lense,
lens system]
2: genus of small erect or climbing herbs with pinnate leaves
and small inconspicuous white flowers and small flattened
pods: lentils [syn: Lens, genus Lens]
3: (metaphor) a channel through which something can be seen or
understood; "the writer is the lens through which history can
be seen"
4: biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the
eye; its role (along with the cornea) is to focuses light on
the retina [syn: lens, crystalline lens, lens of the
eye]
5: electronic equipment that uses a magnetic or electric field
in order to focus a beam of electrons [syn: lens, electron
lens]
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matzo
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n 1: brittle flat bread eaten at Passover [syn: matzo,
matzoh, matzah, unleavened bread]
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piazza
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n 1: a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm
Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" [syn: plaza, place, piazza]
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pizza
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n 1: Italian open pie made of thin bread dough spread with a
spiced mixture of e.g. tomato sauce and cheese [syn:
pizza, pizza pie]
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schnauzer
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n 1: old German breed of sturdy black or greyish wire-haired
terriers having a blunt muzzle ranging in size from fairly
small to very large; used as ratters and guard dogs or
police dogs
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seltzer
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n 1: naturally effervescent mineral water
2: effervescent beverage artificially charged with carbon
dioxide [syn: soda water, carbonated water, club soda,
seltzer, sparkling water]
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gens
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n 1: family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was
no one to carry on his name" [syn: name, gens]
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sens
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n 1: street names for marijuana [syn: pot, grass, green
goddess, dope, weed, gage, sess, sens, smoke,
skunk, locoweed, Mary Jane]
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pulitzer
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n 1: United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who
established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911) [syn:
Pulitzer, Joseph Pulitzer]
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schweitzer
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n 1: French philosopher and physician and organist who spent
most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon
(1875-1965) [syn: Schweitzer, Albert Schweitzer]
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contends
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dens
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friends
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hens
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hen's
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men's
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n's
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pens
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ten's
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tens
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wrens
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impatiens
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maritsa
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amritsar
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bens
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benz
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hennes
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jens
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mens
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menz
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menze
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penns
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rens
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renz
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stenz
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wenz
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zens
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zenz
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persiennes
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faenza
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vinnitsa
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matza
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tazza
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