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appease
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v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" [syn: quell, stay,
appease]
3: make peace with [syn: propitiate, appease]
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breeze
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n 1: a slight wind (usually refreshing); "the breeze was cooled
by the lake"; "as he waited he could feel the air on his
neck" [syn: breeze, zephyr, gentle wind, air]
2: any undertaking that is easy to do; "marketing this product
will be no picnic" [syn: cinch, breeze, picnic, snap,
duck soup, child's play, pushover, walkover, piece
of cake]
v 1: blow gently and lightly; "It breezes most evenings at the
shore"
2: to proceed quickly and easily
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cheese
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n 1: a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
2: erect or decumbent Old World perennial with axillary clusters
of rosy-purple flowers; introduced in United States [syn:
tall mallow, high mallow, cheese, cheeseflower,
Malva sylvestris]
v 1: used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!"
2: wind onto a cheese; "cheese the yarn"
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commons
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n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
2: a pasture subject to common use [syn: commons, common
land]
3: a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
[syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
4: the common people [syn: third estate, Commons]
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displease
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v 1: give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]
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ease
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n 1: freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort; "he rose
through the ranks with apparent ease"; "they put it into
containers for ease of transportation"; "the very easiness
of the deed held her back" [syn: ease, easiness,
simplicity, simpleness] [ant: difficultness,
difficulty]
2: a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a
comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all
the material comforts of this world" [syn: ease, comfort]
3: the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially
after being relieved of distress); "he enjoyed his relief
from responsibility"; "getting it off his conscience gave him
some ease" [syn: relief, ease]
4: freedom from constraint or embarrassment; "I am never at ease
with strangers" [syn: ease, informality]
5: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
"took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest, ease,
repose, relaxation]
v 1: move gently or carefully; "He eased himself into the chair"
2: lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your
legs" [syn: comfort, ease]
3: make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing
your knowledge" [syn: facilitate, ease, alleviate]
4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay,
relieve, ease]
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environs
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n 1: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--
the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment,
environs, surroundings, surround]
2: an outer adjacent area of any place [syn: environs,
purlieu]
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freeze
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n 1: the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to
a solid [syn: freeze, freezing]
2: weather cold enough to cause freezing [syn: freeze,
frost]
3: an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or
movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze" [syn:
freeze, halt]
4: fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level; "a
freeze on hiring"
v 1: stop moving or become immobilized; "When he saw the police
car he froze" [syn: freeze, stop dead]
2: change to ice; "The water in the bowl froze" [ant: boil]
3: be cold; "I could freeze to death in this office when the air
conditioning is turned on"
4: cause to freeze; "Freeze the leftover food"
5: stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it;
"Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" [syn: freeze,
suspend]
6: be very cold, below the freezing point; "It is freezing in
Kalamazoo"
7: change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at
32 degrees Fahrenheit" [syn: freeze, freeze out, freeze
down]
8: prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds";
"Freeze the assets of this hostile government" [syn:
freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise] [ant: free,
release, unblock, unfreeze]
9: anesthetize by cold
10: suddenly behave coldly and formally; "She froze when she saw
her ex-husband"
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lamentations
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n 1: an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah
after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally
attributed to the prophet Jeremiah [syn: Lamentations,
Book of Lamentations]
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lees
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n 1: the sediment from fermentation of an alcoholic beverage
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manes
0
n 1: a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
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parsons
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n 1: United States sociologist (1902-1979) [syn: Parsons,
Talcott Parsons]
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summons
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n 1: a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" [syn:
bidding, summons]
2: an order to appear in person at a given place and time
3: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the
defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear
results in a default judgment against the defendant [syn:
summons, process]
v 1: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn:
summon, summons, cite]
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trapeze
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n 1: a swing used by circus acrobats
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wheeze
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n 1: breathing with a husky or whistling sound
2: (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick; "a clever
wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German
espionage threat"
v 1: breathe with difficulty
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chinese
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adj 1: of or pertaining to China or its peoples or cultures;
"Chinese food"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the island republic on
Taiwan or its residents or their language; "the Taiwanese
capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese, Chinese, Formosan]
n 1: any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded
as dialects of a single language (even though they are
mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic
writing system
2: a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist
China
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burmese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Myanmar or its
people; "the Burmese capital"; "Burmese tonal languages"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Myanmar
2: the official language of Burma
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maltese
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adj 1: of or relating to the island or republic of Malta or its
inhabitants; "Maltese customs officers"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malta
2: the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic
language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from
Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French [syn: Maltese, Maltese
language, Malti]
3: a term applied indiscriminately in the United States to any
short-haired bluish-grey cat [syn: Maltese, Maltese cat]
4: breed of toy dogs having a long straight silky white coat
[syn: Maltese dog, Maltese terrier, Maltese]
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sleaze
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n 1: tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn:
cheapness, tackiness, tat, sleaze]
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balinese
0
n 1: the Indonesian language of the people of Bali
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cantonese
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n 1: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Canton and neighboring
provinces and in Hong Kong and elsewhere outside China
[syn: Yue, Yue dialect, Cantonese, Cantonese
dialect]
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japanese
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its
people or their culture or language; "the Japanese
Emperor"; "Japanese cars" [syn: Japanese, Nipponese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Japan [syn: Japanese,
Nipponese]
2: the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the
Japanese
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javanese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its
inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples";
"Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]
2: the Indonesian language spoken on Java
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siamese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its
people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live in
the north" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai
tones" [syn: Thai, Tai, Siamese]
3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos" [syn:
Thai, Tai, Siamese]
n 1: a branch of the Tai languages [syn: Thai, Siamese,
Central Thai]
2: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: Thai, Tai,
Siamese]
3: an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be
attached so that fire engines can pump water into the
sprinkler system of a building [syn: siamese, siamese
connection]
4: a slender short-haired blue-eyed breed of cat having a pale
coat with dark ears paws face and tail tip [syn: Siamese
cat, Siamese]
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sudanese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the African
Republic of the Sudan or its people; "the Sudanese
desert"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sudan
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taiwanese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the island
republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language;
"the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese,
Chinese, Formosan]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Taiwan
2: any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province [syn:
Min, Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese,
Amoy, Taiwanese]
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athens
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena
(its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens
was the world's most powerful and civilized city" [syn:
Athens, Athinai, capital of Greece, Greek capital]
2: a town in southeast Ohio
3: a university town in northeast Georgia
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behrens
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n 1: German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory
buildings (1868-1940) [syn: Behrens, Peter Behrens]
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bhutanese
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Bhutan or its
people or culture or language; "Bhutanese Buddhists"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bhutan [syn: Bhutanese,
Bhutani]
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ceylonese
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adj 1: of or relating to Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) or its
people or culture; "Sri Lankan beaches"; "Sri Lankan
forces fighting the Sinhalese rebels" [syn: Sri Lankan,
Ceylonese]
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gabonese
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adj 1: of or relating to Gabon or its inhabitants; "Gabonese
hills"; "Gabonese writers"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Gabon
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milanese
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Milan or its
people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Milan
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pekinese
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n 1: a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long
silky coat and broad flat muzzle [syn: Pekinese,
Pekingese, Peke]
-
pekingese
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n 1: a Chinese breed of small short-legged dogs with a long
silky coat and broad flat muzzle [syn: Pekinese,
Pekingese, Peke]
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pyrenees
0
n 1: a chain of mountains between France and Spain
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sundanese
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n 1: the Indonesian language spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands
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testudines
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n 1: tortoises and turtles [syn: Chelonia, order Chelonia,
Testudinata, order Testudinata, Testudines, order
Testudines]
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diogenes
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n 1: an ancient Greek philosopher and Cynic who rejected social
conventions (circa 400-325 BC)
-
anaximenes
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n 1: a presocratic Greek philosopher and associate of
Anaximander who believed that all things are made of air in
different degrees of density (6th century BC)
-
aristophanes
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n 1: an ancient Greek dramatist remembered for his comedies
(448-380 BC)
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eratosthenes
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n 1: Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the
circumference of the earth and the distances to the Moon
and sun (276-194 BC)
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lorenz
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n 1: Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and
emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned
behaviors (1903-1989) [syn: Lorenz, Konrad Lorenz,
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz]
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clemens
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n 1: United States writer and humorist best known for his novels
about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) [syn:
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain]
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stevens
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n 1: United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed
Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
[syn: Stevens, Smitty Stevens, S. Smith Stevens,
Stanley Smith Stevens]
2: United States poet (1879-1955) [syn: Stevens, Wallace
Stevens]
3: United States filmmaker (1905-1975) [syn: Stevens, George
Stevens]
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siemens
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n 1: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
[syn: mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S]
2: engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and
who moved to England (1823-1883) [syn: Siemens, Karl
Wilhelm Siemens, Sir Charles William Siemens]
3: German electrical engineer (1816-1892) [syn: Siemens,
Ernst Werner von Siemens]
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evans
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n 1: United States anatomist who identified four pituitary
hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971) [syn:
Evans, Herbert McLean Evans]
2: British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in
Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
[syn: Evans, Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans]
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symons
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n 1: English poet (1865-1945) [syn: Symons, Arthur Symons]
-
colossians
0
n 1: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul
to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia [syn: Epistle of Paul
the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the
Colossians, Colossians]
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avens
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n 1: any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually
pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
-
holofernes
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n 1: (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the
biblical heroine Judith
-
jevons
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n 1: English economist and logician who contributed to the
development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)
[syn: Jevons, William Stanley Jevons]
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lutyens
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n 1: English architect who planned the city of New Delhi
(1869-1944) [syn: Lutyens, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir
Edwin Landseer Luytens]
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agrees
0
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appointees
0
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bees
0
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chersonese
0
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cousins
0
-
degrees
0
-
fees
0
-
knees
0
-
ovens
0
-
sees
0
-
skis
0
-
these
0
-
trees
0
-
trustees
0
-
louise
0
-
yeomans
0
-
ambones
0
-
aeschines
0
-
cleisthenes
0
-
goossens
0
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stephens
0
-
menes
0
-
hitchens
0
-
ivens
0
-
simons
0
-
simmons
0
-
fitzsimmons
0
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cozens
0