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castile
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n 1: a region of central Spain; a former kingdom that comprised
most of modern Spain and united with Aragon to form Spain
in 1479 [syn: Castile, Castilla]
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cockatiel
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n 1: small grey Australian parrot with a yellow crested head
[syn: cockateel, cockatiel, cockatoo parrot,
Nymphicus hollandicus]
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genteel
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adj 1: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a
genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized,
civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel,
polite]
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peal
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n 1: a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells) [syn:
peal, pealing, roll, rolling]
v 1: ring recurrently; "bells were pealing"
2: sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang" [syn: ring,
peal]
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peel
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n 1: British politician (1788-1850) [syn: Peel, Robert Peel,
Sir Robert Peel]
2: the rind of a fruit or vegetable [syn: peel, skin]
v 1: strip the skin off; "pare apples" [syn: skin, peel,
pare]
2: come off in flakes or thin small pieces; "The paint in my
house is peeling off" [syn: peel off, peel, flake off,
flake]
3: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!";
"She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
[syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip,
strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe,
dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get
dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]
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piecemeal
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adv 1: a little bit at a time; "the research structure has
developed piecemeal" [syn: piecemeal, little by
little, bit by bit, in stages]
adj 1: one thing at a time [syn: bit-by-bit, in small
stages, piecemeal, step-by-step, stepwise]
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pinwheel
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n 1: perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes
resembling pinwheels [syn: pinwheel, Aeonium haworthii]
2: a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles
to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the
pointer on `Go'"
3: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is
pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind
[syn: pinwheel, pinwheel wind collector]
4: a circular firework that spins round and round emitting
colored fire [syn: catherine wheel, pinwheel]
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real
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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]
adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant:
unreal]
2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat
and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a
real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
[ant: unreal]
3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty
and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man
sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the
poor" [syn: real, tangible]
5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]
6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected
for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
[ant: nominal]
7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material]
[ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial]
8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
land and buildings"
9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising
resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn:
veridical, real]
n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number,
real]
2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
3: an old small silver Spanish coin
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reel
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n 1: a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to
be projected by a movie projector
2: music composed for dancing a reel
3: winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle;
attached to a fishing rod
4: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel]
5: a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular
moves and gliding steps [syn: reel, Scottish reel]
6: an American country dance which starts with the couples
facing each other in two lines [syn: Virginia reel, reel]
v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
keel, lurch, swag, careen]
2: revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis; "The
dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy"
[syn: spin, spin around, whirl, reel, gyrate]
3: wind onto or off a reel
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repeal
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n 1: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
[syn: abrogation, repeal, annulment]
v 1: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift
an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke,
annul, lift, countermand, reverse, repeal,
overturn, rescind, vacate]
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reveal
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v 1: make visible; "Summer brings out bright clothes"; "He
brings out the best in her" [syn: uncover, bring out,
unveil, reveal]
2: make known to the public information that was previously
known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how
old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to
her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let
out]
3: disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his
plans for Mankind"
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seal
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n 1: fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is
plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels
and letters [syn: sealing wax, seal]
2: a device incised to make an impression; used to secure a
closing or to authenticate documents [syn: seal, stamp]
3: the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat
of seal" [syn: seal, sealskin]
4: a member of a Naval Special Warfare unit who is trained for
unconventional warfare; "SEAL is an acronym for Sea Air and
Land" [syn: Navy SEAL, SEAL]
5: a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its
authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's
seal"
6: an indication of approved or superior status [syn: cachet,
seal, seal of approval]
7: a finishing coat applied to exclude moisture
8: fastener that provides a tight and perfect closure
9: any of numerous marine mammals that come on shore to breed;
chiefly of cold regions
v 1: make tight; secure against leakage; "seal the windows"
[syn: seal, seal off]
2: close with or as if with a seal; "She sealed the letter with
hot wax" [ant: unseal]
3: decide irrevocably; "sealing dooms"
4: affix a seal to; "seal the letter"
5: cover with varnish [syn: varnish, seal]
6: hunt seals
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spiel
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n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
[syn: spiel, patter, line of gab]
v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the
third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel]
2: speak at great length (about something)
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squeal
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n 1: a high-pitched howl
v 1: utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn:
squeal, oink]
2: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under
pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink]
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steal
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n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances
safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a
hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet
on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my
dissertation"
2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
[syn: steal, slip]
3: steal a base
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steel
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n 1: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used
in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a
wide range
2: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and
a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand,
steel]
3: knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
v 1: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn:
steel, nerve]
2: cover, plate, or edge with steel
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surreal
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adj 1: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous
juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric
shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal
art and literature" [syn: phantasmagoric,
phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic]
2: resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike
quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" [syn:
dreamlike, surreal]
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teal
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adj 1: of a bluish shade of green [syn: bluish green, blue-
green, cyan, teal]
n 1: a blue-green color or pigment; "they painted it a light
shade of bluish green" [syn: bluish green, blue green,
teal]
2: any of various small short-necked dabbling river ducks of
Europe and America
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unreal
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adj 1: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not
corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts
and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as
news" [ant: existent, real]
2: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary;
"this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the
fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the
unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a)]
3: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers";
"artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial
fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial,
unreal] [ant: natural]
4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial
as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn:
insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material,
real, substantial]
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unseal
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v 1: break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" [ant: seal]
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veal
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n 1: meat from a calf [syn: veal, veau]
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wheel
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n 1: a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes
(or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in
vehicles or other machines)
2: a handwheel that is used for steering [syn: steering wheel,
wheel]
3: forces that provide energy and direction; "the wheels of
government began to turn"
4: a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
5: game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used
for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet
on which slot the roulette ball will stop in [syn: roulette
wheel, wheel]
6: an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or
mutilates victims [syn: rack, wheel]
7: a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot
pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle]
v 1: change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled
their horses around and left" [syn: wheel, wheel
around]
2: wheel somebody or something [syn: wheel, wheel around]
3: move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The
President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: wheel,
roll]
4: ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal,
wheel]
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zeal
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n 1: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person
or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor";
"he felt a kind of religious zeal" [syn: ardor, ardour,
elan, zeal]
2: excessive fervor to do something or accomplish some end; "he
had an absolute zeal for litigation"
3: prompt willingness; "readiness to continue discussions";
"they showed no eagerness to spread the gospel"; "they
disliked his zeal in demonstrating his superiority"; "he
tried to explain his forwardness in battle" [syn:
readiness, eagerness, zeal, forwardness]
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bastille
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n 1: a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a
prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed
July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
2: a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical
manner)
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handwheel
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n 1: a wheel worked by hand
2: control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle
by which a part is operated
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nosewheel
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n 1: a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part
of the plane's landing gear
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reheel
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v 1: put a new heel on; "heel shoes" [syn: heel, reheel]
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pastille
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n 1: a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat [syn: cough
drop, troche, pastille, pastil]
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lucille
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