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ablaze
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adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze,
aflame, aroused]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or
afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a
night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables";
"houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p),
aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)]
3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
in autumn"
4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn:
ablaze(p), inflamed, reddened]
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amaze
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v 1: affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages
amazes me!" [syn: amaze, astonish, astound]
2: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question
really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze,
dumbfound]
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appraise
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v 1: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent,
or significance of; "I will have the family jewels
appraised by a professional"; "access all the factors when
taking a risk" [syn: measure, evaluate, valuate,
assess, appraise, value]
2: consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation
carefully before acting" [syn: survey, appraise]
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as
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adv 1: to the same degree (often followed by `as'); "they were
equally beautiful"; "birds were singing and the child
sang as sweetly"; "sang as sweetly as a nightingale"; "he
is every bit as mean as she is" [syn: equally, as,
every bit]
n 1: a very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic
forms; arsenic and arsenic compounds are used as herbicides
and insecticides and various alloys; found in arsenopyrite
and orpiment and realgar [syn: arsenic, As, atomic
number 33]
2: a United States territory on the eastern part of the island
of Samoa [syn: American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS]
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baize
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n 1: a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to
cover gaming tables
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blaze
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n 1: a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread
rapidly" [syn: blaze, blazing]
2: a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to
blazes" [syn: hell, blaze]
3: noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes" [syn:
hell, blaze]
4: a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the
brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of
sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
5: a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the
trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
v 1: shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the
atmosphere"
2: shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
[syn: blaze away, blaze]
3: burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause
a pine to blaze"
4: move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out
into space" [syn: blaze, blaze out]
5: indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
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braise
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v 1: cook in liquid; "braise beef"
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braze
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v 1: solder together by using hard solder with a high melting
point
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chaise
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n 1: a long chair; for reclining [syn: chaise longue,
chaise, daybed]
2: a carriage consisting of two wheels and a calash top; drawn
by a single horse [syn: chaise, shay]
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craze
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n 1: an interest followed with exaggerated zeal; "he always
follows the latest fads"; "it was all the rage that season"
[syn: fad, craze, furor, furore, cult, rage]
2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium,
frenzy, fury, hysteria]
3: a fine crack in a glaze or other surface
v 1: cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind [syn: madden,
craze]
2: develop a fine network of cracks; "Crazed ceramics"
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dais
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n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
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days
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n 1: the time during which someone's life continues; "the
monarch's last days"; "in his final years" [syn: days,
years]
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daze
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n 1: the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when
something bad happens accidentally; "his mother's death
left him in a daze"; "he was numb with shock" [syn: daze,
shock, stupor]
2: confusion characterized by lack of clarity [syn: daze,
fog, haze]
v 1: to cause someone to lose clear vision, especially from
intense light; "She was dazzled by the bright headlights"
[syn: dazzle, bedazzle, daze]
2: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned
her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
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fez
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n 1: a city in north central Morocco; religious center [syn:
Fez, Fes]
2: a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped
cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown [syn: fez,
tarboosh]
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jazz
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n 1: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn:
wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz,
nothingness]
2: a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans
around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
3: a style of dance music popular in the 1920s; similar to New
Orleans jazz but played by large bands
v 1: play something in the style of jazz
2: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the
hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get
laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have
intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck,
jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it,
bang, get it on, bonk]
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maize
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n 1: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears:
widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the
principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America
since pre-Columbian times [syn: corn, maize, Indian
corn, Zea mays]
2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon
yellow, maize]
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malaise
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n 1: physical discomfort (as mild sickness or depression) [syn:
malaise, unease, uneasiness]
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maze
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n 1: complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to
get lost [syn: maze, labyrinth]
2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
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phase
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n 1: any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are
in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be
revised or rejected" [syn: phase, stage]
2: (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system;
matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical
state and separated from other material by the phase
boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the
system" [syn: phase, form]
3: a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some
arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle [syn: phase,
phase angle]
4: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of
illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the
part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the
full phase of the moon"
v 1: arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"
2: adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased
the intake with the output of the machine"
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phrase
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n 1: an expression consisting of one or more words forming a
grammatical constituent of a sentence
2: a short musical passage [syn: phrase, musical phrase]
3: an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the
meanings of the words that make it up [syn: idiom,
idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase,
phrase]
4: dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic
sequence
v 1: put into words or an expression; "He formulated his
concerns to the board of trustees" [syn: give voice,
formulate, word, phrase, articulate]
2: divide, combine, or mark into phrases; "phrase a musical
passage"
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pizzazz
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n 1: the activeness of an energetic personality [syn:
dynamism, pizzazz, pizzaz, oomph, zing]
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polonaise
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n 1: a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn
back to reveal a colorful underskirt
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praise
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n 1: an expression of approval and commendation; "he always
appreciated praise for his work" [syn: praise,
congratulations, kudos, extolment]
2: offering words of homage as an act of worship; "they sang a
hymn of praise to God"
v 1: express approval of; "The parents praised their children
for their academic performance" [ant: criticise,
criticize, knock, pick apart]
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raise
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n 1: the amount a salary is increased; "he got a 3% raise"; "he
got a wage hike" [syn: raise, rise, wage hike,
hike, wage increase, salary increase]
2: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise,
raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension,
declination, decline, declivity, descent,
downslope, fall]
3: increasing the size of a bet (as in poker); "I'll see your
raise and double it"
4: the act of raising something; "he responded with a lift of
his eyebrow"; "fireman learn several different raises for
getting ladders up" [syn: lift, raise, heave]
v 1: raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary";
"raise the price of bread"
2: raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands";
"Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up,
bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down,
lower, take down]
3: cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a
shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry"
4: collect funds for a specific purpose; "The President raised
several million dollars for his college"
5: cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means
of agricultural techniques; "The Bordeaux region produces
great red wines"; "They produce good ham in Parma"; "We grow
wheat here"; "We raise hogs here" [syn: grow, raise,
farm, produce]
6: bring up; "raise a family"; "bring up children" [syn: rear,
raise, bring up, nurture, parent]
7: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild
birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke,
stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward,
call forth]
8: move upwards; "lift one's eyes" [syn: lift, raise]
9: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" [syn: raise,
erect, rear, set up, put up] [ant: dismantle,
level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear
down]
10: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
provoke]
11: create a disturbance, especially by making a great noise;
"raise hell"; "raise the roof"; "raise Cain"
12: raise in rank or condition; "The new law lifted many people
from poverty" [syn: lift, raise, elevate]
13: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the
tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise]
14: give a promotion to or assign to a higher position; "John
was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired"; "Women
tend not to advance in the major law firms"; "I got promoted
after many years of hard work" [syn: promote, upgrade,
advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate] [ant:
break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate]
15: cause to puff up with a leaven; "unleavened bread" [syn:
raise, leaven, prove]
16: bid (one's partner's suit) at a higher level
17: bet more than the previous player
18: cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an
army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: recruit, levy,
raise]
19: put forward for consideration or discussion; "raise the
question of promotions"; "bring up an unpleasant topic"
[syn: raise, bring up]
20: pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof
of the mouth; "raise your `o'"
21: activate or stir up; "raise a mutiny"
22: establish radio communications with; "They managed to raise
Hanoi last night"
23: multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8
is 2 raised to the power 3
24: bring (a surface or a design) into relief and cause to
project; "raised edges"
25: invigorate or heighten; "lift my spirits"; "lift his ego"
[syn: raise, lift]
26: put an end to; "lift a ban"; "raise a siege" [syn: lift,
raise]
27: cause to become alive again; "raise from the dead"; "Slavery
is already dead, and cannot be resurrected"; "Upraising
ghosts" [syn: resurrect, raise, upraise]
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raze
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v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building
was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle,
tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put
up, raise, rear, set up]
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razzmatazz
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n 1: any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle)
the opponent [syn: razzle-dazzle, razzle, razzmatazz,
razmataz]
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rephrase
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v 1: express the same message in different words [syn:
paraphrase, rephrase, reword]
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stays
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n 1: a woman's close-fitting foundation garment [syn: corset,
girdle, stays]
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topaz
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n 1: a yellow quartz [syn: topaz, false topaz, common
topaz]
2: a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals
of various colors and is used as a gemstone
3: a light brown the color of topaz [syn: tan, topaz]
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ways
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n 1: structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water
from the place where ships are built or repaired [syn:
ways, shipway, slipway]
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bayes
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n 1: English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named
(1702-1761) [syn: Bayes, Thomas Bayes]
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mays
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n 1: United States baseball player (born in 1931) [syn: Mays,
Willie Mays, Willie Howard Mays Jr., Say Hey Kid]
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rase
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v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building
was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle,
tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put
up, raise, rear, set up]
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lyonnais
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n 1: a former province of east central France; now administered
by Rhone-Alpes
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blase
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adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed
in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to
the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of
his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly]
2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his
blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze
of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]
3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about
housecleaning"
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valdez
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n 1: a port on Alaska's southern coast from which oil is shipped
to markets around the world
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chavez
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n 1: Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from
Indian folk music (1899-1978) [syn: Chavez, Carlos
Chavez]
2: United States labor leader who organized farm workers (born
1927) [syn: Chavez, Cesar Chavez, Cesar Estrada Chavez]
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cortez
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n 1: Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered
Mexico (1485-1547) [syn: Cortes, Cortez, Hernando
Cortes, Hernando Cortez, Hernan Cortes, Hernan
Cortez]
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jerez
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n 1: a city in southwestern Spain that is famous for making
sherry [syn: Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera]
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allays
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arrays
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ballets
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ballet's
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bays
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betrays
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boas
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bouquets
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buffets
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caches
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clays
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conveys
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day's
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decays
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has
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lays
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pays
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rays
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says
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whereas
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baise
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bayse
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baze
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brase
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cayes
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claes
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claeys
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crase
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crays
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daise
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dase
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chalets
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cliches
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blaese
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blaise
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blaize
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blayze
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chez
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chazz
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baz
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braz
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chaz
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pizazz
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alcatraz
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pres
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basquez
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borquez
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bosquez
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canez
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dartez
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duenez
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florez
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francaise
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francaises
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fresquez
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galvez
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gamez
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inez
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