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across
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adv 1: to the opposite side; "the football field was 300 feet
across"
2: transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across" [syn:
across, crosswise, crossways]
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adios
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n 1: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn:
adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au
revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby,
good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
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albatross
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n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was
an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross,
millstone]
2: large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long
narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight [syn:
albatross, mollymawk]
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boss
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adj 1: exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
cornfield" [syn: boss, brag]
n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want
to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn:
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
2: a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired
three more men for the new job" [syn: boss, hirer]
3: a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is
his own boss now"
4: a leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates
appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption"
[syn: party boss, political boss, boss]
5: a circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob,
boss]
v 1: raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss,
boss, stamp]
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close
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adv 1: near in time or place or relationship; "as the wedding
day drew near"; "stood near the door"; "don't shoot until
they come near"; "getting near to the true explanation";
"her mother is always near"; "The end draws nigh"; "the
bullet didn't come close"; "don't get too close to the
fire" [syn: near, nigh, close]
2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
[syn: close, closely, tight]
adj 1: at or within a short distance in space or time or having
elements near each other; "close to noon"; "how close are
we to town?"; "a close formation of ships" [ant:
distant]
2: close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are
all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close
resemblance" [ant: distant, remote]
3: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances;
"near neighbors"; "in the near future"; "they are near
equals"; "his nearest approach to success"; "a very near
thing"; "a near hit by the bomb"; "she was near tears"; "she
was close to tears"; "had a close call" [syn: near,
close, nigh] [ant: far]
4: rigorously attentive; strict and thorough; "close
supervision"; "paid close attention"; "a close study"; "kept
a close watch on expenditures"
5: marked by fidelity to an original; "a close translation"; "a
faithful copy of the portrait"; "a faithful rendering of the
observed facts" [syn: close, faithful]
6: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close
contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close,
tight]
7: crowded; "close quarters" [syn: close, confining]
8: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the dreadfully
close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air was blue with
smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy, unaired]
9: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very
tight weave" [syn: close, tight]
10: strictly confined or guarded; "kept under close custody"
11: confined to specific persons; "a close secret"
12: fitting closely but comfortably; "a close fit" [syn:
close, snug, close-fitting]
13: used of hair or haircuts; "a close military haircut"
14: giving or spending with reluctance; "our cheeseparing
administration"; "very close (or near) with his money"; "a
penny-pinching miserly old man" [syn: cheeseparing,
close, near, penny-pinching, skinny]
15: inclined to secrecy or reticence about divulging
information; "although they knew her whereabouts her friends
kept close about it" [syn: close, closelipped,
closemouthed, secretive, tightlipped]
n 1: the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point
of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up
at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of
the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis,
finish, last, conclusion, close]
2: the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to
say..." [syn: conclusion, end, close, closing,
ending]
3: the concluding part of any performance [syn: finale,
close, closing curtain, finis]
v 1: move so that an opening or passage is obstructed; make
shut; "Close the door"; "shut the window" [syn: close,
shut] [ant: open, open up]
2: become closed; "The windows closed with a loud bang" [syn:
close, shut] [ant: open, open up]
3: cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners
decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business
closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop" [syn:
close up, close, fold, shut down, close down] [ant:
open, open up]
4: finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting
was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board" [ant:
open]
5: come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by
Chopin" [syn: conclude, close]
6: complete a business deal, negotiation, or an agreement; "We
closed on the house on Friday"; "They closed the deal on the
building"
7: be priced or listed when trading stops; "The stock market
closed high this Friday"; "My new stocks closed at $59 last
night"
8: engage at close quarters; "close with the enemy"
9: cause a window or an application to disappear on a computer
desktop [ant: open]
10: change one's body stance so that the forward shoulder and
foot are closer to the intended point of impact
11: come together, as if in an embrace; "Her arms closed around
her long lost relative" [syn: close, come together]
12: draw near; "The probe closed with the space station"
13: bring together all the elements or parts of; "Management
closed ranks"
14: bar access to; "Due to the accident, the road had to be
closed for several hours"
15: fill or stop up; "Can you close the cracks with caulking?"
[syn: close, fill up]
16: unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of;
"close the circuit"; "close a wound"; "close a book"; "close
up an umbrella" [syn: close up, close]
17: finish a game in baseball by protecting a lead; "The relief
pitcher closed with two runs in the second inning"
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crisscross
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adv 1: crossing one another in opposite directions
adj 1: marked with crossing lines [syn: crisscross,
crisscrossed]
n 1: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
[syn: crisscross, cross, mark]
v 1: cross in a pattern, often random
2: mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles
crisscrossed her face"
3: mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet
of paper"
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cross
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adj 1: extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at
right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be
all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway
ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations";
"transverse colon" [syn: cross(a), transverse,
transversal, thwartwise]
2: annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross,
fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered]
n 1: a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a
transverse piece
2: a marking that consists of lines that cross each other [syn:
crisscross, cross, mark]
3: a representation of the structure on which Jesus was
crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry
4: any affliction that causes great suffering; "that is his
cross to bear"; "he bears his afflictions like a crown of
thorns" [syn: cross, crown of thorns]
5: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically
dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by
breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds
or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"
[syn: hybrid, crossbreed, cross]
6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties
of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn:
hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding,
crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing]
v 1: travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100
miles each day" [syn: traverse, track, cover,
cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut
through, cut across]
2: meet at a point [syn: intersect, cross]
3: hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What
ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing
September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart,
queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate,
baffle, bilk]
4: fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs" [ant:
uncross]
5: to cover or extend over an area or time period; "Rivers
traverse the valley floor", "The parking lot spans 3 acres";
"The novel spans three centuries" [syn: cross, traverse,
span, sweep]
6: meet and pass; "the trains crossed"
7: trace a line through or across; "cross your `t'"
8: breed animals or plants using parents of different races and
varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried
crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed" [syn:
crossbreed, cross, hybridize, hybridise,
interbreed]
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diagnose
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v 1: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an
illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: diagnose,
name]
2: subject to a medical analysis
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doss
0
v 1: sleep in a convenient place; "You can crash here, though
it's not very comfortable" [syn: doss, doss down,
crash]
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dross
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n 1: worthless or dangerous material that should be removed;
"there were impurities in the water" [syn: impurity,
dross]
2: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
[syn: slag, scoria, dross]
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emboss
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v 1: raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss,
boss, stamp]
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engross
0
v 1: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his
studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge,
engross, absorb, soak up]
2: consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in
butterflies absorbs her completely" [syn: absorb,
engross, engage, occupy]
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floss
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n 1: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery
2: a soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth [syn:
dental floss, floss]
v 1: use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every
meal"
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fosse
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n 1: ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water
[syn: moat, fosse]
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gloss
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n 1: an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text
[syn: gloss, rubric]
2: an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized
field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a
text on that field [syn: glossary, gloss]
3: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
4: an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately
misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of
authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of
moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different
color" [syn: semblance, gloss, color, colour]
v 1: give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing
2: provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases; "He
annotated on what his teacher had written" [syn: gloss,
comment, annotate]
3: provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
4: give a deceptive explanation or excuse for; "color a lie"
[syn: color, colour, gloss]
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grandiose
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adj 1: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur;
used to show disapproval
2: affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin,
highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]
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gross
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adj 1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: net,
nett]
2: lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of
the structure appear reasonable"
3: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: gross,
porcine]
4: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical
features) [syn: megascopic, gross]
5: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a),
complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a),
everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a),
sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a),
utter(a), unadulterated]
6: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a
crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a
revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of
language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude,
earthy, gross, vulgar]
7: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross
injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious,
flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
n 1: twelve dozen [syn: gross, 144]
2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[syn: gross, revenue, receipts]
v 1: earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
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hawse
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n 1: the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse,
hawsehole, hawsepipe]
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joss
0
n 1: a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
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lacrosse
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n 1: a game invented by American Indians; now played by two
teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and
throw the ball toward the opponents' goal
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loss
0
n 1: something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss
of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"
2: gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a
serious loss of business"
3: the act of losing someone or something; "everyone expected
him to win so his loss was a shock"
4: the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his
loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is
no great deprivation" [syn: loss, deprivation]
5: the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the
loss of their grandfather"
6: the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its
revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the
company operated in the red last year" [syn: loss, red
ink, red] [ant: gain]
7: military personnel lost by death or capture [syn: personnel
casualty, loss]
8: euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his
passing" [syn: passing, loss, departure, exit,
expiration, going, release]
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morose
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adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
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moss
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n 1: tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
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most
0
adv 1: used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most
dangerous snake" [syn: most, to the highest degree]
[ant: least, to the lowest degree]
2: very; "a most welcome relief"
3: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the
baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is
well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the
contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone
agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near,
nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
adj 1: (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often
preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in
number; "who has the most apples?"; "most people like
eggs"; "most fishes have fins" [ant: fewest(a)]
2: the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns
and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the
greatest in amount or extent or degree; "made the most money
he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the
most of a bad deal" [ant: least(a)]
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sauce
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n 1: flavorful relish or dressing or topping served as an
accompaniment to food
v 1: behave saucily or impudently towards
2: dress (food) with a relish
3: add zest or flavor to, make more interesting; "sauce the
roast"
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toss
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n 1: the act of flipping a coin [syn: flip, toss]
2: (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of
your team; "the pass was fumbled" [syn: pass, toss,
flip]
3: an abrupt movement; "a toss of his head"
v 1: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball";
"toss me newspaper" [syn: flip, toss, sky, pitch]
2: lightly throw to see which side comes up; "I don't know what
to do--I may as well flip a coin!" [syn: flip, toss]
3: throw carelessly; "chuck the ball" [syn: chuck, toss]
4: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]
5: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away]
6: agitate; "toss the salad"
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bos
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n 1: wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in
the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus
Bos]
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cos
0
n 1: ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-
angled triangle [syn: cosine, cos]
2: lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed
elongated head [syn: cos, cos lettuce, romaine,
romaine lettuce]
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coss
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n 1: (in India) a unit of length having different values in
different localities [syn: kos, coss]
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crosse
0
n 1: a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing
lacrosse
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das
0
n 1: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia
with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
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dos
0
n 1: the federal department in the United States that sets and
maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was
created in 1789" [syn: Department of State, United
States Department of State, State Department, State,
DoS]
2: an operating system that is on a disk [syn: DOS, disk
operating system]
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kos
0
n 1: (in India) a unit of length having different values in
different localities [syn: kos, coss]
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os
0
n 1: a mouth or mouthlike opening
2: a hard brittle blue-grey or blue-black metallic element that
is one of the platinum metals; the heaviest metal known [syn:
osmium, Os, atomic number 76]
3: (computer science) software that controls the execution of
computer programs and may provide various services [syn:
operating system, OS]
4: the left eye [syn: oculus sinister, OS]
5: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
vertebrates [syn: bone, os]
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ross
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n 1: Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded
geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest
Passage (1777-1856) [syn: Ross, John Ross, Sir John
Ross]
2: British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the
north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in
Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862) [syn: Ross,
James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross]
3: British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit
malaria (1857-1932) [syn: Ross, Sir Ronald Ross]
4: a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in
the United States (1876-1977) [syn: Ross, Nellie Ross,
Nellie Tayloe Ross]
5: American seamstress said to have made the first American flag
at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) [syn: Ross,
Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross]
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alsace
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n 1: a region of northeastern France famous for its wines [syn:
Alsace, Alsatia, Elsass]
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hamas
0
n 1: a militant Islamic fundamentalist political movement that
opposes peace with Israel and uses terrorism as a weapon;
seeks to create an Islamic state in place of Israel; is
opposed to the PLO and has become a leading perpetrator of
terrorist activity in Israel; pioneered suicide bombing
[syn: Hamas, Islamic Resistance Movement]
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semigloss
0
n 1: a paint that dries with a finish between glossy and flat
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bowse
0
v 1: haul with a tackle [syn: bowse, bouse]
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grosz
0
n 1: 100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland
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ploce
0
n 1: (rhetoric) repetition to gain special emphasis or extend
meaning
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boasts
0
-
bras
0
-
coasts
0
-
blas
0
-
bloss
0
-
bosse
0
-
bross
0
-
clauss
0
-
clos
0
-
closs
0
-
daas
0
-
dazs
0
-
fauss
0
-
foss
0
-
fross
0
-
goss
0
-
gosse
0
-
grosse
0
-
haas
0
-
haase
0
-
haass
0
-
hahs
0
-
hasse
0
-
hoss
0
-
kaas
0
-
kjos
0
-
klaas
0
-
klos
0
-
kloss
0
-
knauss
0
-
knous
0
-
koss
0
-
oss
0
-
poss
0
-
ros
0
-
soss
0
-
voss
0
-
amoss
0
-
chandross
0
-
chavous
0
-
demoss
0
-
devoss
0
-
hammas
0
-
kiryas
0
-
lacoss
0
-
lafosse
0
-
recross
0
-
beauce
0
-
boese
0
-
broce
0
-
froese
0
-
groce
0
-
grohs
0
-
gros
0
-
kroese
0
-
arkose
0
-
denosse
0
-
doorenbos
0
-
intercross
0