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ain
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adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
(especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for
your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own
clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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auburn
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adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
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ban
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n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
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bang
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adv 1: directly; "he ran bang into the pole"; "ran slap into
her" [syn: bang, slap, slapdash, smack, bolt]
n 1: a vigorous blow; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a
bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" [syn:
knock, bash, bang, smash, belt]
2: a sudden very loud noise [syn: bang, clap, eruption,
blast, bam]
3: a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the
forehead [syn: bang, fringe]
4: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush
from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang,
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
5: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show
is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit,
smash, smasher, strike, bang]
v 1: strike violently; "slam the ball" [syn: slam, bang]
2: to produce a sharp often metallic explosive or percussive
sound; "One of them banged the sash of the window nearest my
bed"
3: close violently; "He slammed the door shut" [syn: slam,
bang]
4: move noisily; "The window banged shut"; "The old man banged
around the house"
5: have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with
everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever
intimate with this man?" [syn: sleep together, roll in the
hay, love, make out, make love, sleep with, get
laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have
intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck,
jazz, eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it,
bang, get it on, bonk]
6: leap, jerk, bang; "Bullets spanged into the trees" [syn:
spang, bang]
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bhang
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n 1: a preparation of the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant;
much used in India
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bourbon
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n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from
the South)
2: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and
aged in charred oak barrels
3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France
4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793)
and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: Bourbon, Bourbon
dynasty]
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bun
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n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun,
roll]
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bung
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n 1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn:
bung, spile]
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
2: close with a cork or stopper
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fluorocarbon
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n 1: a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been
replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
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gibbon
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n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman
Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon]
2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn:
gibbon, Hylobates lar]
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hydrocarbon
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n 1: an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
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radiocarbon
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n 1: a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon,
carbon 14]
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ribbon
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n 1: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
[syn: ribbon, thread]
2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal,
medallion, palm, ribbon]
3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper
with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon]
4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for
trimming
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stubborn
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adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious
unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate,
unregenerate] [ant: docile]
2: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn:
refractory, stubborn]
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suburban
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs;
"suburban population"
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turban
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n 1: a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf
wrapped around the head
2: a small round woman's hat [syn: pillbox, toque, turban]
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urban
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adj 1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated
area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban
property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant:
rural]
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brisbane
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n 1: capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in
the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific;
settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in
Australia
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cuban
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people
of Cuba; "Cuban rum"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cuba
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anne
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n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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laban
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n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation
(1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]
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reuben
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n 1: (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the
tribes of Israel
2: a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and
sauerkraut on rye bread
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durban
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n 1: a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean;
resort and industrial center
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steuben
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n 1: American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained
the troops under George Washington (1730-1794) [syn:
Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin
von Steuben]
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melbourne
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n 1: a resort town in east central Florida
2: the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian
city; a financial and commercial center
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been
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bahn
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banh
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bann
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bunn
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ruben
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ahn
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ann
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graben
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fitzgibbon
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toobin
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woburn
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tyburn
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