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actuary
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n 1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of
numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to
calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician,
actuary]
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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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airy
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adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
aired, airy]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
ethereal]
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apiary
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n 1: a shed containing a number of beehives [syn: apiary, bee
house]
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berry
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n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
(grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry,
Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry]
v 1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
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bury
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v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of]
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canary
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adj 1: having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate
yellow [syn: canary, canary-yellow]
n 1: someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police [syn:
fink, snitch, snitcher, stoolpigeon, stool
pigeon, stoolie, sneak, sneaker, canary]
2: a female singer
3: a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge [syn: canary
yellow, canary]
4: any of several small Old World finches [syn: canary,
canary bird]
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carry
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n 1: the act of carrying something
v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's
hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear";
"carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying
nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the
river" [syn: transport, carry]
2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an
umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she
goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take]
3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or
responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project";
"How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a
very large mortgage"
6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head
high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry,
bear]
7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The
canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn:
hold, bear, carry, contain]
8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her
ideas to the extreme"
9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the
neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote
mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend]
10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;
"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the
payroll?"
13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn:
stock, carry, stockpile]
15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the
ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review";
"All major networks carried the press conference" [syn:
carry, run]
16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn:
dribble, carry]
17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every
village in the province"
18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a
consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee";
"The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking
carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes";
"These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an
unusual name"
19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very
well in this big opera house"
20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government
carried the province for many years"
21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my
mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry
these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of
life insurance"
22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry
a small sail"
23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own
performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
25: take further or advance; "carry a cause"
26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a
brief fight"
28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
post, carry]
29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column
or unit's place before or after, in addition or
multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught
to fetch and carry"
31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled
the ball to the other side of the fence"
33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his
liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn:
carry, hold]
34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive
carried to the green"
37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The
motion carried easily"
38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry
a tune"
40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his
child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry,
gestate, expect]
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cherry
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adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
cherry
2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree]
3: a red fruit with a single hard stone
4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry,
cherry red]
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contemporary
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adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in
design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
[syn: contemporary, modern-day]
2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn:
contemporary, present-day(a)]
3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary]
n 1: a person of nearly the same age as another [syn:
contemporary, coeval]
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contrary
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adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts
contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a
contrary conclusion"
2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
obstinate, perverse, wayward]
4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
wind" [syn: adverse, contrary]
n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not
guilty"
3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries
if both cannot be true but both can be false
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dairy
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n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy,
dairy farm]
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fairy
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n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
2: offensive term for an openly homosexual man [syn: fagot,
faggot, fag, fairy, nance, pansy, queen, queer,
poof, poove, pouf]
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ferry
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n 1: a boat that transports people or vehicles across a body of
water and operates on a regular schedule [syn: ferry,
ferryboat]
2: transport by boat or aircraft [syn: ferry, ferrying]
v 1: transport from one place to another
2: transport by ferry
3: travel by ferry
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glary
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adj 1: shining intensely; "the blazing sun"; "blinding
headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of
sunlight"; "the glaring sun" [syn: blazing, blinding,
dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary]
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hairy
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adj 1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a
hairy caterpillar" [syn: hairy, haired, hirsute]
[ant: hairless]
2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
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jerry
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n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn:
Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]
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marry
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v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed,
conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
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merry
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adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund,
jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
2: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion";
"gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay,
festal, festive, merry]
3: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk,
lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
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nary
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adj 1: (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a'
or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"
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parry
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n 1: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular
motion of the sword
2: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch,
parry, counter]
v 1: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an
attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect]
2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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prairie
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n 1: a treeless grassy plain
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scary
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adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
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sherry
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n 1: dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern
Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as
an aperitif
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strawberry
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n 1: sweet fleshy red fruit
2: any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and
bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many
small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red
pulpy berry
3: a soft red birthmark [syn: strawberry, strawberry mark,
hemangioma simplex]
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terry
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n 1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: Terry, Dame Ellen
Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry]
2: a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both
sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes [syn: terry,
terry cloth, terrycloth]
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unwary
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adj 1: not alert to danger or deception; "the shrieks of unwary
animals taken by surprise"; "some thieves prey especially
on unwary travelers"; "seduce the unwary reader into easy
acquiescence"- O.J.Campbell [ant: wary]
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vary
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v 1: become different in some particular way, without
permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or
essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather";
"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according
to the season" [syn: change, alter, vary]
2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate,
vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform]
3: be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices
vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
4: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn:
vary, variegate, motley]
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very
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adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
2: precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very
opposite"
adj 1: precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
2: being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the
identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his
stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in
two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said
yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" [syn: identical,
selfsame(a), very(a)]
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wary
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adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were
wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black
clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary]
2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery,
mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]
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wherry
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n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn:
wherry, Norfolk wherry]
2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and
passengers in inland waters and harbors
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barrie
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n 1: Scottish dramatist and novelist; created Peter Pan
(1860-1937) [syn: Barrie, James Barrie, J. M. Barrie,
James Matthew Barrie, Sir James Matthew Barrie]
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aery
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adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas
Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition";
"physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform,
aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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biliary
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adj 1: relating to or containing bile [syn: bilious,
biliary]
2: relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder
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airey
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arie
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barey
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barre
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barry
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berrey
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berri
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berrie
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buerry
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