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blowtorch
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n 1: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
[syn: blowtorch, torch, blowlamp]
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caulk
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n 1: a waterproof filler and sealant that is used in building
and repair to make watertight [syn: caulk, caulking]
v 1: seal with caulking; "caulk the window" [syn: caulk,
calk]
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chalk
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n 1: a soft whitish calcite
2: a pure flat white with little reflectance
3: an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the
form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to
the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant [syn:
methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride,
Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken
feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash]
4: a piece of calcite or a similar substance, usually in the
shape of a crayon, that is used to write or draw on
blackboards or other flat surfaces
v 1: write, draw, or trace with chalk
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cork
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n 1: outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles
etc.
2: (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead
cells [syn: phellem, cork]
3: a port city in southern Ireland
4: the plug in the mouth of a bottle (especially a wine bottle)
[syn: cork, bottle cork]
5: a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing
line [syn: bob, bobber, cork, bobfloat]
v 1: close a bottle with a cork [syn: cork, cork up] [ant:
uncork]
2: stuff with cork; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with
cork to make it lighter"
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debauch
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n 1: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and
promiscuity [syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery,
saturnalia, riot, bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken
revelry]
v 1: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality; "debauch
the young people with wine and women"; "Socrates was
accused of corrupting young men"; "Do school counselors
subvert young children?"; "corrupt the morals" [syn:
corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize,
demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate,
deprave, misdirect]
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fork
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n 1: cutlery used for serving and eating food
2: the act of branching out or dividing into branches [syn:
branching, ramification, fork, forking]
3: the region of the angle formed by the junction of two
branches; "they took the south fork"; "he climbed into the
crotch of a tree" [syn: fork, crotch]
4: an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a
handle and metal prongs
5: the angle formed by the inner sides of the legs where they
join the human trunk [syn: crotch, fork]
v 1: lift with a pitchfork; "pitchfork hay" [syn: pitchfork,
fork]
2: place under attack with one's own pieces, of two enemy pieces
3: divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; "The
road forks" [syn: branch, ramify, fork, furcate,
separate]
4: shape like a fork; "She forked her fingers"
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gawk
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n 1: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod,
stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump,
gawk]
v 1: look with amazement; look stupidly [syn: goggle, gape,
gawp, gawk]
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porch
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n 1: a structure attached to the exterior of a building often
forming a covered entrance
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pork
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n 1: meat from a domestic hog or pig [syn: pork, porc]
2: a legislative appropriation designed to ingratiate
legislators with their constituents [syn: pork barrel,
pork]
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scorch
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n 1: a surface burn [syn: scorch, singe]
2: a plant disease that produces a browning or scorched
appearance of plant tissues
3: a discoloration caused by heat
v 1: make very hot and dry; "The heat scorched the countryside"
[syn: sear, scorch]
2: become superficially burned; "my eyebrows singed when I bent
over the flames" [syn: scorch, sear, singe]
3: destroy completely by or as if by fire; "The wildfire
scorched the forest and several homes"; "the invaders
scorched the land"
4: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
5: become scorched or singed under intense heat or dry
conditions; "The exposed tree scorched in the hot sun"
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stork
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n 1: large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-
and-black plumage
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torch
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n 1: a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some
flammable substance
2: tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow
flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in
tallow for funeral torches [syn: common mullein, great
mullein, Aaron's rod, flannel mullein, woolly mullein,
torch, Verbascum thapsus]
3: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn:
flashlight, torch]
4: a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame
[syn: blowtorch, torch, blowlamp]
v 1: burn maliciously, as by arson; "The madman torched the
barns"
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torque
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n 1: a twisting force [syn: torsion, torque]
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uncork
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v 1: release; "uncork his anger"
2: draw the cork from (bottles); "uncork the French wine" [ant:
cork, cork up]
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york
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n 1: the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line)
that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
[syn: York, House of York]
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nautch
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n 1: an intricate traditional dance in India performed by
professional dancing girls [syn: nautch, nauch, nautch
dance]
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dork
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n 1: a dull stupid fatuous person [syn: jerk, dork]
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bjork
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borck
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bork
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dorch
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goerke
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horch
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moerke
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mork
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nork
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roark
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roarke
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rork
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rorke
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rourk
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rourke
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schork
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schwark
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yorke
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oroark
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