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button
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n 1: a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit
through buttonholes
2: an electrical switch operated by pressing; "the elevator was
operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated
a buzzer at the desk" [syn: push button, push, button]
3: any of various plant parts that resemble buttons
4: a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for
pinning onto a garment; "they passed out campaign buttons for
their candidate"
5: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn:
clitoris, clit, button]
6: a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
[syn: release, button]
7: any artifact that resembles a button
v 1: provide with buttons; "button a shirt"
2: fasten with buttons; "button the dress" [ant: unbutton]
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carton
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n 1: the quantity contained in a carton [syn: carton,
cartonful]
2: a box made of cardboard; opens by flaps on top
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chitin
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n 1: a tough semitransparent horny substance; the principal
component of the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell
walls of certain fungi
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cotton
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n 1: soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
[syn: cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool]
2: fabric woven from cotton fibers
3: erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls
containing seeds with many long hairy fibers [syn: cotton,
cotton plant]
4: thread made of cotton fibers
v 1: take a liking to; "cotton to something"
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cretin
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n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
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curtain
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n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of
secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
v 1: provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"
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dishearten
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v 1: take away the enthusiasm of [syn: dishearten, put off]
[ant: cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate]
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kitten
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n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty]
v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"
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smitten
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adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
"conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten,
stricken, struck]
2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the
rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn:
enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten,
soft on(p), taken with(p)]
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unwritten
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adj 1: based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten
law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had
their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"-
J.L.T.C.Spence [ant: written]
2: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an
oral agreement" [syn: oral, unwritten]
3: said or done without having been planned or written in
advance; "he made a few ad-lib remarks" [syn: ad-lib,
spontaneous, unwritten]
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written
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adj 1: set down in writing in any of various ways; "written
evidence" [ant: spoken]
2: systematically collected and written down; "written laws"
[ant: unwritten]
3: written as for a film or play or broadcast [syn: scripted,
written] [ant: unscripted]
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boughten
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adj 1: purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store-
bought dress" [syn: boughten, store-bought]
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breton
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who
speaks the Breton language)
2: a Celtic language of Brittany
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britain
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n 1: a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the
British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales
and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely
to refer to the United Kingdom [syn: United Kingdom,
UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland, Great Britain]
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briton
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adj 1: characteristic of or associated with the Britons; "the
Briton inhabitants of England"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher,
Briton, Brit]
2: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon
invasions
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burton
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n 1: English explorer who with John Speke was the first European
to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) [syn: Burton,
Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard
Francis Burton]
2: Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor
(1925-1984) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton]
3: a strong dark English ale
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chiton
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n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece
2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk
having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn:
chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle,
polyplacophore]
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lytton
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n 1: English writer of historical romances (1803-1873) [syn:
Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward
George Earle Bulwer-Lytton]
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britten
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n 1: major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his
operas (1913-1976) [syn: Britten, Benjamin Britten,
Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh]
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bitten
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overwritten
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rewritten
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ditton
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litton
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witton
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bitton
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brittain
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brittan
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britton
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ryton
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dakotan
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