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abyssal
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adj 1: relating to ocean depths from 2000 to 5000 meters
2: resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable;
"the abyssal depths of the ocean" [syn: abysmal, abyssal,
unfathomable]
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bristle
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n 1: a stiff fiber (coarse hair or filament); natural or
synthetic
2: a stiff hair
v 1: be in a state of movement or action; "The room abounded
with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with
toddlers" [syn: abound, burst, bristle]
2: rise up as in fear; "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight
to make one's hair uprise!" [syn: bristle, uprise, stand
up]
3: have or be thickly covered with or as if with bristles;
"bristling leaves"
4: react in an offended or angry manner; "He bristled at her
suggestion that he should teach her how to use the program"
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cacomistle
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n 1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the
southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with
black and white rings [syn: bassarisk, cacomistle,
cacomixle, coon cat, raccoon fox, ringtail, ring-
tailed cat, civet cat, miner's cat, Bassariscus
astutus]
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carboxyl
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adj 1: relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl
radical [syn: carboxyl, carboxylic]
n 1: the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic
of organic acids [syn: carboxyl, carboxyl group]
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codicil
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n 1: a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended
to alter an already executed will
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decal
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n 1: either a design that is fixed to some surface or a paper
bearing the design which is to be transferred to the
surface [syn: decal, decalcomania]
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diesel
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n 1: German engineer (born in France) who invented the diesel
engine (1858-1913) [syn: Diesel, Rudolf Diesel, Rudolf
Christian Karl Diesel]
2: an internal-combustion engine that burns heavy oil [syn:
diesel, diesel engine, diesel motor]
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dismissal
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n 1: a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial [syn:
judgment of dismissal, judgement of dismissal,
dismissal]
2: official notice that you have been fired from your job [syn:
dismissal, dismission, pink slip]
3: permission to go; the sending away of someone
4: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to
depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge,
firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
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epistle
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n 1: a specially long, formal letter
2: a book of the New Testament written in the form of a letter
from an Apostle
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gristle
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n 1: tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
[syn: cartilage, gristle]
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hydroxyl
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n 1: the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and
some acids and alcohols [syn: hydroxyl, hydroxyl group,
hydroxyl radical]
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nestle
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n 1: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace
[syn: cuddle, nestle, snuggle]
v 1: move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position;
"We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children
snuggled into their sleeping bags" [syn: cuddle,
snuggle, nestle, nest, nuzzle, draw close]
2: lie in a sheltered position; "The little cottage nestles in
the forest"
3: position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her
mother's elbow" [syn: nestle, snuggle]
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pestle
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n 1: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for
pounding or crushing ores [syn: stamp, pestle]
2: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a
handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or
drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: pestle,
muller, pounder]
3: a club-shaped hand tool for grinding and mixing substances in
a mortar
v 1: grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar; "pestle the garlic"
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teasel
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n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the
Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
[syn: teasel, teazel, teasle]
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thistle
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n 1: any of numerous plants of the family Compositae and
especially of the genera Carduus and Cirsium and Onopordum
having prickly-edged leaves
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trestle
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n 1: a supporting tower used to support a bridge
2: sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
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vessel
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n 1: a tube in which a body fluid circulates [syn: vessel,
vas]
2: a craft designed for water transportation [syn: vessel,
watercraft]
3: an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
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whistle
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n 1: the sound made by something moving rapidly or by steam
coming out of a small aperture [syn: whistle,
whistling]
2: the act of signalling (e.g., summoning) by whistling or
blowing a whistle; "the whistle signalled the end of the
game" [syn: whistle, whistling]
3: a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by
blowing into it
4: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or
into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound
5: an inexpensive fipple flute [syn: pennywhistle, tin
whistle, whistle]
v 1: make whistling sounds; "He lay there, snoring and
whistling"
2: move with, or as with, a whistling sound; "The bullets
whistled past him"
3: utter or express by whistling; "She whistled a melody"
4: move, send, or bring as if by whistling; "Her optimism
whistled away these worries"
5: make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was
singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle,
sing]
6: give a signal by whistling; "She whistled for her maid"
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windowsill
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n 1: the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom
of the window frame
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wrestle
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n 1: the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat; "they had
a fierce wrestle"; "we watched his grappling and wrestling
with the bully" [syn: wrestle, wrestling, grapple,
grappling, hand-to-hand struggle]
v 1: combat to overcome an opposing tendency or force; "He
wrestled all his life with his feeling of inferiority"
2: engage in deep thought, consideration, or debate; "I wrestled
with this decision for years"
3: to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when
struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child
tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace" [syn:
writhe, wrestle, wriggle, worm, squirm, twist]
4: engage in a wrestling match; "The children wrestled in the
garden"
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gracile
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adj 1: slender and graceful [syn: gracile, willowy]
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decile
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n 1: (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution
of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval
contains one-tenth of the scores
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wiesel
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n 1: United States writer (born in Romania) who survived Nazi
concentration camps and is dedicated to keeping alive the
memory of the Holocaust (born in 1928) [syn: Wiesel,
Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel]
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bessel
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n 1: German mathematician and astronomer who made accurate
measurements of stellar distances and who predicted the
existence on an 8th planet (1784-1846) [syn: Bessel,
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel]
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scissile
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cecil
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bissell
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kiesel
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chessel
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