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actuary
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n 1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of
numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to
calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician,
actuary]
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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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airy
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adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
aired, airy]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
ethereal]
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alimentary
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adj 1: of or providing nourishment; "good nourishing stew" [syn:
alimentary, alimental, nourishing, nutrient,
nutritious, nutritive]
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apiary
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n 1: a shed containing a number of beehives [syn: apiary, bee
house]
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baptistery
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n 1: bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font,
baptistry, baptistery, font]
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benedictory
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adj 1: expressing benediction [syn: benedictory,
benedictive]
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berry
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n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
(grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry,
Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry]
v 1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
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blistery
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adj 1: hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters;
"blistering sun" [syn: blistering, blistery]
2: covered with small blisters [syn: blebby, blistery]
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blustery
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adj 1: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or
blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day";
"a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn:
blustering(a), blusterous, blustery]
2: noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others [syn:
blustery, bullying]
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bury
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v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of]
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calefactory
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adj 1: serving to heat; "a heating pad is calefactory" [syn:
calefactory, calefactive]
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canary
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adj 1: having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate
yellow [syn: canary, canary-yellow]
n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool
pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
2: a female singer
3: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: canary
yellow, canary]
4: any of several small Old World finches [syn: canary,
canary bird]
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carry
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n 1: the act of carrying something
v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's
hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear";
"carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying
nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the
river" [syn: transport, carry]
2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an
umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she
goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take]
3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or
responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project";
"How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a
very large mortgage"
6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head
high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry,
bear]
7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The
canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn:
hold, bear, carry, contain]
8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her
ideas to the extreme"
9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the
neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote
mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend]
10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;
"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the
payroll?"
13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn:
stock, carry, stockpile]
15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the
ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review";
"All major networks carried the press conference" [syn:
carry, run]
16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn:
dribble, carry]
17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every
village in the province"
18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a
consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee";
"The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking
carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes";
"These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an
unusual name"
19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very
well in this big opera house"
20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government
carried the province for many years"
21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my
mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry
these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of
life insurance"
22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry
a small sail"
23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own
performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
25: take further or advance; "carry a cause"
26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a
brief fight"
28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
post, carry]
29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column
or unit's place before or after, in addition or
multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught
to fetch and carry"
31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled
the ball to the other side of the fence"
33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his
liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn:
carry, hold]
34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive
carried to the green"
37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The
motion carried easily"
38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry
a tune"
40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his
child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry,
gestate, expect]
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cherry
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adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
cherry
2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree]
3: a red fruit with a single hard stone
4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry,
cherry red]
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clerestory
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n 1: part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof
with windows admitting light [syn: clerestory,
clearstory]
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commentary
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n 1: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is
added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an
extended comment on the proposal" [syn: comment,
commentary]
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complementary
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adj 1: of words or propositions so related that each is the
negation of the other; "`male' and `female' are
complementary terms"
2: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes
the whole) [syn: complemental, complementary,
completing]
n 1: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together
give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of
pigments); "yellow and blue are complementaries" [syn:
complementary color, complementary]
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complimentary
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adj 1: conveying or resembling a compliment; "a complimentary
remark" [ant: uncomplimentary]
2: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets"; "free admission"
[syn: complimentary, costless, free, gratis(p),
gratuitous]
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consistory
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n 1: a church tribunal or governing body
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contemporary
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adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in
design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
[syn: contemporary, modern-day]
2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn:
contemporary, present-day(a)]
3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary]
n 1: a person of nearly the same age as another [syn:
contemporary, coeval]
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contradictory
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adj 1: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be
true and both cannot be false; "`perfect' and `imperfect'
are contradictory terms"
2: that confounds or contradicts or confuses [syn:
confounding, contradictory]
3: in disagreement; "the figures are at odds with our findings";
"contradictory attributes of unjust justice and loving
vindictiveness"- John Morley [syn: at odds(p),
conflicting, contradictory, self-contradictory]
4: unable to be both true at the same time [syn:
contradictory, mutually exclusive]
n 1: two propositions are contradictories if both cannot be true
(or both cannot be false) at the same time
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contrary
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adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts
contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a
contrary conclusion"
2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
obstinate, perverse, wayward]
4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
wind" [syn: adverse, contrary]
n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not
guilty"
3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries
if both cannot be true but both can be false
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dairy
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n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy,
dairy farm]
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directory
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n 1: an alphabetical list of names and addresses
2: (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory
(usually on a hard disk)
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dissatisfactory
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adj 1: not up to expectations; "a disappointing performance from
one who had seemed so promising" [syn: disappointing,
dissatisfactory, unsatisfying]
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documentary
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adj 1: relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
[syn: documentary, documental]
2: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without
distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional
matter, or interpretation; "objective art" [syn: objective,
documentary]
n 1: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or
event [syn: documentary, docudrama, documentary film,
infotainment]
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dysentery
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n 1: an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea
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effrontery
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n 1: audacious (even arrogant) behavior that you have no right
to; "he despised them for their presumptuousness" [syn:
presumption, presumptuousness, effrontery,
assumption]
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elementary
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adj 1: easy and not involved or complicated; "an elementary
problem in statistics"; "elementary, my dear Watson"; "a
simple game"; "found an uncomplicated solution to the
problem" [syn: elementary, simple, uncomplicated,
unproblematic]
2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or
elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary
teachers"
3: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need
for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental,
primary]
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factory
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n 1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities
for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing
plant, manufactory]
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fairy
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n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
2: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer,
poof, poove, pouf]
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ferry
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n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry,
ferryboat]
2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying]
v 1: transport from one place to another
2: transport by ferry
3: travel by ferry
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glary
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adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding
headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of
sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding,
dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
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hairy
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adj 1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a
hairy caterpillar" [syn: hairy, haired, hirsute]
[ant: hairless]
2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
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history
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n 1: the aggregate of past events; "a critical time in the
school's history"
2: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history
of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to
kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn:
history, account, chronicle, story]
3: the discipline that records and interprets past events
involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history";
"history takes the long view"
4: the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from
the past to the present and even into the future; "all of
human history"
5: all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a
body of knowledge; "the dawn of recorded history"; "from the
beginning of history"
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introductory
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adj 1: serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some
introductory remarks"
2: serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in
Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic
tools"; "an introductory art course" [syn: basic,
introductory]
3: serving as an introduction or preface [syn: introductory,
prefatorial, prefatory]
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inventory
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n 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn:
inventory, stock list]
2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast
inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes
in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory]
3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including
raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual
armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury,
inventory]
5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;
"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is
missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn:
inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]
v 1: make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory
all books before the end of the year" [syn: inventory,
take stock, stock-take]
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involuntary
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adj 1: not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary
manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary
shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They
sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy [syn: involuntary,
nonvoluntary, unvoluntary] [ant: voluntary]
2: controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious
control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"
[ant: voluntary]
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jerry
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n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn:
Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]
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manufactory
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n 1: a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities
for manufacturing [syn: factory, mill, manufacturing
plant, manufactory]
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marry
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v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed,
conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
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mastery
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n 1: great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or
activity; "a good command of French" [syn: command,
control, mastery]
2: power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas" [syn:
domination, mastery, supremacy]
3: the act of mastering or subordinating someone [syn:
mastery, subordination]
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merry
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adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund,
jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
2: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion";
"gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay,
festal, festive, merry]
3: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk,
lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
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mesentery
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n 1: a double layer of peritoneum that attaches to the back wall
of the abdominal cavity and supports the small intestines
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momentary
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adj 1: lasting for a markedly brief time; "a fleeting glance";
"fugitive hours"; "rapid momentaneous association of
things that meet and pass"; "a momentary glimpse" [syn:
fleeting, fugitive, momentaneous, momentary]
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monastery
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n 1: the residence of a religious community
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mystery
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n 1: something that baffles understanding and cannot be
explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one
of nature's secrets" [syn: mystery, enigma, secret,
closed book]
2: a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel
or play or movie [syn: mystery, mystery story,
whodunit]
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nary
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adj 1: (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a'
or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"
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olfactory
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adj 1: of or relating to olfaction [syn: olfactory,
olfactive]
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parliamentary
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adj 1: relating to or having the nature of a parliament;
"parliamentary reform"; "a parliamentary body"
2: having the supreme legislative power resting with a body of
cabinet ministers chosen from and responsible to the
legislature or parliament; "parliamentary government"
3: in accord with rules and customs of a legislative or
deliberative assembly; "parliamentary law"
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parry
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n 1: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular
motion of the sword
2: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch,
parry, counter]
v 1: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an
attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect]
2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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perfunctory
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adj 1: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the
house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance";
"perfunctory courtesy" [syn: casual, cursory,
passing(a), perfunctory]
2: as a formality only; "a one-candidate pro forma election"
[syn: pro forma, perfunctory]
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phylactery
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n 1: (Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing
texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as
tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left
arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer [syn:
phylactery, tefillin]
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prairie
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n 1: a treeless grassy plain
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prehistory
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n 1: the time during the development of human culture before the
appearance of the written word [syn: prehistory,
prehistoric culture]
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promontory
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n 1: a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out
into the sea) [syn: promontory, headland, head,
foreland]
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psaltery
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n 1: an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or
zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the
strings
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rectory
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n 1: an official residence provided by a church for its parson
or vicar or rector [syn: parsonage, vicarage,
rectory]
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refectory
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n 1: a communal dining-hall (usually in a monastery)
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refractory
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adj 1: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn:
refractory, stubborn]
2: temporarily unresponsive or not fully responsive to nervous
or sexual stimuli; "the refractory period of a muscle fiber"
3: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a fractious
animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory
child" [syn: fractious, refractory, recalcitrant]
n 1: lining consisting of material with a high melting point;
used to line the inside walls of a furnace [syn: furnace
lining, refractory]
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rudimentary
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adj 1: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the
fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental
incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths";
"underlying principles" [syn: fundamental,
rudimentary, underlying]
2: being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary
plans"
3: not fully developed in mature animals; "rudimentary wings"
[syn: vestigial, rudimentary]
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satisfactory
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adj 1: giving satisfaction; "satisfactory living conditions";
"his grades were satisfactory" [ant: unsatisfactory]
2: meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"
[syn: satisfactory, acceptable]
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scary
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adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
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sectary
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n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary,
sectarist]
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sedentary
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adj 1: requiring sitting or little activity; "forced by illness
to lead a sedentary life"
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sedimentary
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adj 1: resembling or containing or formed by the accumulation of
sediment; "sedimentary deposits"
2: produced by the action of water [syn: aqueous,
sedimentary] [ant: eruptive, igneous]
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sherry
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n 1: dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern
Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as
an aperitif
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splintery
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adj 1: subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces
2: resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender
fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough
splintery floor of old pine boards" [syn: splintery,
slivery]
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supplementary
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adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced
supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]
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terry
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n 1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: Terry, Dame Ellen
Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry]
2: a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both
sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes [syn: terry,
terry cloth, terrycloth]
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testamentary
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adj 1: of or relating to a will or testament or bequeathed by a
will or testament
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trajectory
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n 1: the path followed by an object moving through space [syn:
trajectory, flight]
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uncomplimentary
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adj 1: showing or representing unfavorably; "an unflattering
portrait"; "an uncomplimentary dress" [syn:
unflattering, uncomplimentary] [ant: flattering]
2: tending to (or intended to) detract or disparage [ant:
complimentary]
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unsatisfactory
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adj 1: not giving satisfaction; "shops should take back
unsatisfactory goods"; "her performance proved to be
unsatisfactory"; "life is becoming increasingly
unsatifactory"; "our discussion was very unsatisfactory"
[ant: satisfactory]
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unwary
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adj 1: not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary
animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially
on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy
acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell [ant: wary]
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upholstery
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n 1: covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a
piece of furniture
2: the craft of upholstering
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valedictory
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adj 1: of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell;
"a valedictory address"; "valedictory praise for his
uniformly manly course"; "a suitable valedictory gesture"
2: of a speech expressing leave-taking; "a valedictory address"
n 1: a farewell oration (especially one delivered during
graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a
graduating class) [syn: valediction, valedictory
address, valedictory oration, valedictory]
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vary
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v 1: become different in some particular way, without
permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or
essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather";
"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according
to the season" [syn: change, alter, vary]
2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate,
vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform]
3: be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices
vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
4: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn:
vary, variegate, motley]
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very
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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]
2: precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very
opposite"
adj 1: precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
2: being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the
identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his
stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in
two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said
yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" [syn: identical,
selfsame(a), very(a)]
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victory
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n 1: a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow
victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's
victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the
agreement was a triumph for common sense" [syn: victory,
triumph] [ant: defeat, licking]
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voluntary
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adj 1: of your own free will or design; done by choice; not
forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent";
"participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter";
"voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary
social workers"; "a voluntary confession" [ant:
involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary]
2: controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions";
"voluntary muscles" [ant: involuntary]
n 1: (military) a person who freely enlists for service [syn:
volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary] [ant:
conscript, draftee, inductee]
2: composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument
(especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious
service or musical performance
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wary
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adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were
wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black
clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary]
2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery,
mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]
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wherry
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n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn:
wherry, Norfolk wherry]
2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and
passengers in inland waters and harbors
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wintery
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adj 1: characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered
severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses" [syn:
wintry, wintery] [ant: autumnal, summery,
vernal]
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aery
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adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas
Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition";
"physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform,
aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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biliary
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adj 1: relating to or containing bile [syn: bilious,
biliary]
2: relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder
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filamentary
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interdictory
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interjectory
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airey
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arie
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phalanstery
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segmentary
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ligamentary
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maledictory
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bistoury
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ethnohistory
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enactory
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