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dusky
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adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides
down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the
twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
[syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit]
2: naturally having skin of a dark color; "a dark-skinned
beauty"; "gold earrings gleamed against her dusky cheeks"; "a
smile on his swarthy face"; "`swart' is archaic" [syn: dark-
skinned, dusky, swart, swarthy]
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frisky
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adj 1: playful like a lively kitten [syn: kittenish, frisky]
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husky
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adj 1: muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a
tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a
strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish
term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping,
buirdly]
2: deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or
emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse
cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"-
Virgil Thomson [syn: gruff, hoarse, husky]
n 1: breed of heavy-coated Arctic sled dog [syn: Eskimo dog,
husky]
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musky
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adj 1: resembling the smell of musk
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pesky
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adj 1: causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying
rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is
particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it
galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating
delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito";
"swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety
catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him";
"a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you
are wrong" [syn: annoying, bothersome, galling,
irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering,
pestiferous, plaguy, plaguey, teasing,
vexatious, vexing]
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risky
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adj 1: involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous
sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog";
"a wild financial scheme" [syn: hazardous, risky,
wild]
2: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
[syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
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whisky
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n 1: a liquor made from fermented mash of grain [syn: whiskey,
whisky]
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bosky
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adj 1: covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy
undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park
leading to a modest yet majestic plaza"- Jack Beatty
[syn: bosky, brushy]
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dostoevsky
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n 1: Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor
and psychological insight (1821-1881) [syn: Dostoyevsky,
Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski,
Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor
Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich
Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor
Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky,
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky]
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paderewski
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n 1: Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime
Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) [syn:
Paderewski, Ignace Paderewski, Ignace Jan Paderewski]
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ascii
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n 1: (computer science) a code for information exchange between
computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary
digits represents each character; used in most
microcomputers [syn: American Standard Code for
Information Interchange, ASCII]
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malinowski
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n 1: British anthropologist (born in Poland) who introduced the
technique of the participant observer (1884-1942) [syn:
Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowski, Bronislaw Kasper
Malinowski]
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tchaikovsky
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n 1: important Russian composer whose works are noted for their
expressive melodies (1840-1893) [syn: Tchaikovsky, Peter
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Pyotr
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky]
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sikorsky
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n 1: United States industrialist (born in Russia) who designed
the first four-engine airplane and the first mass-produced
helicopter (1889-1972) [syn: Sikorsky, Igor Sikorsky,
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky]
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netsuke
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askey
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gorecki
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bukowski
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asci
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brzezinski
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kuklinski
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kulinski
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kurinsky
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kuzminski
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kwiecinski
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lubinsky
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lupinski
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malinski
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mezvinsky
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mrozinski
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muszynski
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myslinski
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nowinski
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obrinsky
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osinski
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ovshinsky
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peplinski
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pieczynski
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plucinski
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polinski
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polinsky
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prusinski
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raczynski
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repinski
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roginski
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rosinski
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rosinsky
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rowinski
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rucinski
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rudzinski
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laski
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pulaski
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russki
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polanski
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blavatsky
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brodsky
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