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contravene
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v 1: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the
law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn:
conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene]
2: deny the truth of [syn: contradict, negate, contravene]
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convene
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v 1: meet formally; "The council convened last week"
2: call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium"
[syn: convoke, convene]
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intervene
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v 1: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or
through force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not
intervene earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in,
interfere, interpose]
2: be placed or located between other things or extend between
spaces and events; "This interludes intervenes between the
two movements"; "Eight days intervened"
3: occur between other event or between certain points of time;
"the war intervened between the birth of her two children"
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keen
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adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
observations" [syn: acute, discriminating,
incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating,
penetrative, piercing, sharp]
2: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite
pleasure" [syn: exquisite, keen]
3: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn:
bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great,
groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy,
slap-up, swell, smashing]
4: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind";
"keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains";
"piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain";
"lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike,
piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating]
5: having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
n 1: a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the
child" [syn: lament, keen]
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latrine
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n 1: a public toilet in a military area
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lean
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adj 1: lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too
thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry
look"-Shakespeare [syn: thin, lean] [ant: fat]
2: lacking in mineral content or combustible material; "lean
ore"; "lean fuel" [ant: rich]
3: containing little excess; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy
allowance" [syn: lean, skimpy]
4: not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year"
n 1: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the
ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a
heavy inclination to the right" [syn: tilt, list,
inclination, lean, leaning]
v 1: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned
over the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant,
angle]
2: cause to lean or incline; "He leaned his rifle against the
wall"
3: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be
inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures";
"These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn:
tend, be given, lean, incline, run]
4: rely on for support; "We can lean on this man"
5: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
[syn: list, lean]
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lien
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n 1: the right to take another's property if an obligation is
not discharged
2: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body
between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells
involved in immune responses [syn: spleen, lien]
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machine
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n 1: any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or
modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of
human tasks
2: an efficient person; "the boxer was a magnificent fighting
machine"
3: an intricate organization that accomplishes its goals
efficiently; "the war machine"
4: a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying
force at some other point [syn: machine, simple machine]
5: a group that controls the activities of a political party;
"he was endorsed by the Democratic machine" [syn: machine,
political machine]
6: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an
internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
[syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
v 1: turn, shape, mold, or otherwise finish by machinery
2: make by machinery; "The Americans were machining while others
still hand-made cars"
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marine
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adj 1: of or relating to the sea; "marine explorations"
2: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or
seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"
[syn: nautical, maritime, marine]
3: of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land
and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps); "marine
barracks"
4: relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the
sea
5: native to or inhabiting the sea; "marine plants and animals
such as seaweed and whales"
n 1: a member of the United States Marine Corps [syn: Marine,
devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier]
2: a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
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mean
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adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected
value; "the average income in New England is below that
of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the
mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)]
2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean
mood" [syn: hateful, mean]
3: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that
liberal obedience without which your army would be a base
rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd
with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something
essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn:
base, mean, meanspirited]
4: excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"
5: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence
in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean]
6: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative
of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly
tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight]
7: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve
contempt [syn: beggarly, mean]
8: of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic"
[syn: bastardly, mean]
n 1: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of
the numbers and dividing by some function of n [syn:
mean, mean value]
v 1: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand
what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean,
intend]
2: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that
we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply,
mean]
3: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An
example sentence would show what this word means" [syn:
mean, intend, signify, stand for]
4: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to
help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to
return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think]
5: have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means
nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything"
6: intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk
about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about
people who gossip!" [syn: think of, have in mind, mean]
7: destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers
were meant for you"
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mien
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n 1: dignified manner or conduct [syn: bearing, comportment,
presence, mien]
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nineteen
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adj 1: being one more than eighteen [syn: nineteen, 19,
xix]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one
[syn: nineteen, 19, XIX]
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obscene
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adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often
becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead
2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene
massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs";
"repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent
novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene,
repugnant, repulsive]
3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd
whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture";
"obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn:
lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious]
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olivine
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n 1: a mineral consisting of magnesium iron silicate; a source
of magnesium
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preen
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v 1: clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" [syn: preen,
plume]
2: pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn:
preen, congratulate]
3: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when
going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress]
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queen
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n 1: the only fertile female in a colony of social insects such
as bees and ants and termites; its function is to lay eggs
2: a female sovereign ruler [syn: queen, queen regnant,
female monarch] [ant: Rex, king, male monarch]
3: the wife or widow of a king
4: something personified as a woman who is considered the best
or most important of her kind; "Paris is the queen of
cities"; "the queen of ocean liners"
5: a competitor who holds a preeminent position [syn: king,
queen, world-beater]
6: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer,
poof, poove, pouf]
7: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a queen
8: (chess) the most powerful piece
9: an especially large mole rat and the only member of a colony
of naked mole rats to bear offspring which are sired by only
a few males [syn: queen, queen mole rat]
10: female cat [syn: tabby, queen]
v 1: promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
2: become a queen; "her pawn queened"
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ravine
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n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
running water)
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reconvene
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v 1: meet again; "The bill will be considered when the
Legislature reconvenes next Fall"
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saline
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adj 1: containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears"
n 1: an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water
[syn: saline solution, saline]
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serene
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adj 1: not agitated; without losing self-possession; "spoke in a
calm voice"; "remained calm throughout the uproar"; "he
remained serene in the midst of turbulence"; "a serene
expression on her face"; "she became more tranquil";
"tranquil life in the country" [syn: calm,
unagitated, serene, tranquil]
2: completely clear and fine; "serene skies and a bright blue
sea"
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sheen
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n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected
light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre]
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sixteen
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adj 1: being one more than fifteen [syn: sixteen, 16, xvi]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one
[syn: sixteen, 16, XVI]
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spleen
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n 1: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body
between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells
involved in immune responses [syn: spleen, lien]
2: a feeling of resentful anger [syn: irascibility, short
temper, spleen, quick temper]
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sunscreen
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n 1: a cream spread on the skin; contains a chemical (as PABA)
to filter out ultraviolet light and so protect from sunburn
[syn: sunscreen, sunblock, sun blocker]
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supervene
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v 1: take place as an additional or unexpected development
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teen
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adj 1: being of the age 13 through 19; "teenage mothers"; "the
teen years" [syn: adolescent, teen, teenage,
teenaged]
n 1: a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity [syn:
adolescent, stripling, teenager, teen]
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thirteen
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adj 1: being one more than twelve [syn: thirteen, 13,
xiii]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one [syn:
thirteen, 13, XIII, baker's dozen, long dozen]
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umpteen
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adj 1: innumerable but many [syn: umpteen, umteen]
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unclean
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adj 1: soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty
unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty
slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on
the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a
dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her
sisters preened themselves" [syn: dirty, soiled,
unclean] [ant: clean]
2: having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure
according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and
the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3 [syn:
unclean, impure] [ant: clean]
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vaccine
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n 1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead
pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the
production of antibodies [syn: vaccine, vaccinum]
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slovene
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n 1: a native of Slovenia
2: the Slavic language of Slovenes
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seen
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devine
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christine
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levine
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margravine
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flavine
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acriflavine
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