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bucket
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n 1: a roughly cylindrical vessel that is open at the top [syn:
bucket, pail]
2: the quantity contained in a bucket [syn: bucket,
bucketful]
v 1: put into a bucket
2: carry in a bucket
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certificate
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n 1: a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
[syn: certificate, certification, credential,
credentials]
2: a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to
finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive
interest or dividends; "he held several valuable securities"
[syn: security, certificate]
v 1: present someone with a certificate
2: authorize by certificate
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collocate
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v 1: have a strong tendency to occur side by side; "The words
'new' and 'world' collocate"
2: group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by
side [syn: collocate, lump, chunk]
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delicate
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adj 1: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to
injury; "a delicate violin passage"; "delicate china"; "a
delicate flavor"; "the delicate wing of a butterfly"
[ant: rugged]
2: marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a
surgeon's delicate touch"
3: easily broken or damaged or destroyed; "a kite too delicate
to fly safely"; "fragile porcelain plates"; "fragile old
bones"; "a frail craft" [syn: delicate, fragile, frail]
4: easily hurt; "soft hands"; "a baby's delicate skin" [syn:
delicate, soft]
5: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire
touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
[syn: finespun, delicate]
6: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate
negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit
on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject" [syn:
delicate, ticklish, touchy]
7: of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute
differences or changes precisely; "almost undetectable with
even the most delicate instruments"
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ducat
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n 1: formerly a gold coin of various European countries
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silicate
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n 1: a salt or ester derived from silicic acid
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sophisticate
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n 1: a worldly-wise person [syn: sophisticate, man of the
world]
v 1: make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had
sophisticated the young girls"
2: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about
in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words" [syn:
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute,
sophisticate]
3: alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive;
"Sophisticate rose water with geraniol" [syn: sophisticate,
doctor, doctor up]
4: make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
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syndicate
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n 1: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized
criminal activities [syn: syndicate, crime syndicate,
mob, family]
2: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn:
consortium, pool, syndicate]
3: a news agency that sells features or articles or photographs
etc. to newspapers for simultaneous publication
v 1: join together into a syndicate; "The banks syndicated"
2: organize into or form a syndicate
3: sell articles, television programs, or photos to several
publications or independent broadcasting stations
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triplicate
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n 1: one of three copies; any of three things that correspond to
one another exactly
v 1: reproduce threefold; "triplicate the letter for the
committee"
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wainscot
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n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
finished differently from the rest of the wall [syn:
wainscot, dado]
2: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room
[syn: wainscot, wainscoting, wainscotting]
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wastebasket
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n 1: a container with an open top; for discarded paper and other
rubbish [syn: wastepaper basket, waste-paper basket,
wastebasket, waste basket, circular file]
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workbasket
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n 1: container for holding implements and materials for work
(especially for sewing) [syn: workbasket, workbox,
workbag]
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alcott
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n 1: United States novelist noted for children's books
(1832-1888) [syn: Alcott, Louisa May Alcott]
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nantucket
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n 1: an island resort off Cape Cod; formerly a center of the
whaling industry
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spicate
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adj 1: having or relating to spikes; "spicate inflorescence"
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connecticut
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n 1: a New England state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Connecticut, Nutmeg State, Constitution State, CT]
2: a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from
northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire
and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where
it empties into Long Island Sound [syn: Connecticut,
Connecticut River]
3: one of the British colonies that formed the United States
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patriarchate
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n 1: the jurisdiction of a patriarch
2: a form of social organization in which a male is the family
head and title is traced through the male line [syn:
patriarchy, patriarchate]
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umbilicate
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adj 1: depressed like a navel
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hecate
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n 1: (Greek mythology) Greek goddess of fertility who later
became associated with Persephone as goddess of the
underworld and protector of witches
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westcott
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calicut
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thecate
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luckett
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frisket
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lockhart
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urquhart
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walcott
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prescot
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heathcote
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sickert
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