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admiralty
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n 1: the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
2: the office of admiral
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casualty
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n 1: someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a
military engagement
2: someone injured or killed in an accident [syn: casualty,
injured party]
3: an accident that causes someone to die [syn: fatal
accident, casualty]
4: a decrease of military personnel or equipment
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commonalty
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n 1: a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
[syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
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cruelty
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n 1: a cruel act; a deliberate infliction of pain and suffering
[syn: cruelty, inhuman treatment]
2: feelings of extreme heartlessness [syn: cruelty,
mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness]
3: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
[syn: cruelty, cruelness, harshness]
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difficulty
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n 1: an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of
trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty
walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
[syn: trouble, difficulty]
2: a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or
tending to produce a negative result; "serious difficulties
were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
3: a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability
to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome;
"grappling with financial difficulties"
4: the quality of being difficult; "they agreed about the
difficulty of the climb" [syn: difficulty, difficultness]
[ant: ease, easiness, simpleness, simplicity]
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disloyalty
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n 1: the quality of being disloyal [ant: loyalty, trueness]
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faculty
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n 1: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the
mind [syn: faculty, mental faculty, module]
2: the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the
dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the
university" [syn: staff, faculty]
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faulty
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adj 1: having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was
defective" [syn: defective, faulty]
2: characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not
following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report";
"an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"
[syn: faulty, incorrect, wrong]
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fealty
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n 1: the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects
to their sovereign) [syn: allegiance, fealty]
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frailty
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n 1: the state of being weak in health or body (especially from
old age) [syn: infirmity, frailty, debility,
feebleness, frailness, valetudinarianism]
2: moral weakness [syn: frailty, vice]
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guilty
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adj 1: responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act;
"guilty of murder"; "the guilty person"; "secret guilty
deeds" [ant: clean-handed, guiltless, innocent]
2: showing a sense of guilt; "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and
shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater [syn:
guilty, hangdog, shamefaced, shamed]
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jolty
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adj 1: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular
movements; "a rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky,
bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]
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loyalty
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n 1: the quality of being loyal [syn: loyalty, trueness]
[ant: disloyalty]
2: feelings of allegiance
3: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally)
to a course of action; "his long commitment to public
service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn:
commitment, allegiance, loyalty, dedication]
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mayoralty
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n 1: the position of mayor
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novelty
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n 1: originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel [syn:
freshness, novelty]
2: originality by virtue of being new and surprising [syn:
novelty, freshness]
3: a small inexpensive mass-produced article [syn: knickknack,
novelty]
4: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle,
bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
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penalty
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n 1: the act of punishing [syn: punishment, penalty,
penalization, penalisation]
2: a payment required for not fulfilling a contract
3: the disadvantage or painful consequences of an action or
condition; "neglected his health and paid the penalty" [ant:
advantage, reward]
4: (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a
competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the
game
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royalty
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n 1: payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource
for the right to use their property; "he received royalties
on his book"
2: royal persons collectively; "the wedding was attended by
royalty" [syn: royalty, royal family, royal line,
royal house]
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salty
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adj 1: engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit";
"salty language" [syn: piquant, salty]
2: containing or filled with salt; "salt water" [ant: fresh,
sweet]
3: one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of sea
water
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severalty
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n 1: the state of being several and distinct [syn:
discreteness, distinctness, separateness,
severalty]
2: exclusive individual ownership
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subtlety
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n 1: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude;
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy
the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning" [syn:
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinement]
2: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had
to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew" [syn:
subtlety, niceness]
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viceroyalty
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n 1: a district or province governed by a viceroy
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welty
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n 1: United States writer about rural southern life (1909-2001)
[syn: Welty, Eudora Welty]
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specialty
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n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his
forte" [syn: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier,
specialty, speciality, strong point, strength]
[ant: weak point]
2: a distinguishing trait [syn: peculiarity, specialness,
specialty, speciality, distinctiveness]
3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career;
"his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn:
specialization, specialisation, specialty,
speciality, specialism]
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multi
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mcnulty
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solti
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felty
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