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acclimate
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v 1: get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in
Egypt" [syn: acclimatize, acclimatise, acclimate]
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ate
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n 1: goddess of criminal rashness and its punishment
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checkmate
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n 1: complete victory
2: a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible
attack on the opponent's king [syn: checkmate, mate]
v 1: place an opponent's king under an attack from which it
cannot escape and thus ending the game; "Kasparov
checkmated his opponent after only a few moves" [syn:
checkmate, mate]
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classmate
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n 1: an acquaintance that you go to school with [syn:
schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow]
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climate
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n 1: the weather in some location averaged over some long period
of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from
a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate,
clime]
2: the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion";
"the national mood had changed radically since the last
election" [syn: climate, mood]
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cremate
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v 1: reduce to ashes; "Cremate a corpse"
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debate
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n 1: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against
some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign
aid goes on and on" [syn: argument, argumentation,
debate]
2: the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the
opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) [syn: debate,
disputation, public debate]
v 1: argue with one another; "We debated the question of
abortion"; "John debated Mary"
2: think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the
possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your
mind" [syn: consider, debate, moot, turn over,
deliberate]
3: discuss the pros and cons of an issue [syn: debate,
deliberate]
4: have an argument about something [syn: argue, contend,
debate, fence]
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helpmate
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n 1: a helpful partner [syn: helpmate, helpmeet]
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inmate
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n 1: one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone
confined to a prison or hospital)
2: a patient who is residing in the hospital where he is being
treated [syn: inpatient, inmate] [ant: outpatient]
3: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]
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messmate
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n 1: (nautical) an associate with whom you share meals in the
same mess (as on a ship)
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overestimate
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n 1: an appraisal that is too high [syn: overestimate,
overestimation, overvaluation, overappraisal]
2: a calculation that results in an estimate that is too high
[syn: overestimate, overestimation, overrating,
overreckoning]
v 1: make too high an estimate of; "He overestimated his own
powers" [syn: overestimate, overrate] [ant:
underestimate, underrate]
2: assign too high a value to; "You are overestimating the value
of your old car" [syn: overvalue, overestimate] [ant:
underestimate, undervalue]
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palmate
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adj 1: (of the feet of water birds) having three toes connected
by a thin fold of skin
2: of a leaf shape; having leaflets or lobes radiating from a
common point [syn: palmate, palm-shaped]
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playmate
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n 1: a companion at play [syn: playmate, playfellow]
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primate
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n 1: a senior clergyman and dignitary [syn: archpriest,
hierarch, high priest, prelate, primate]
2: any placental mammal of the order Primates; has good eyesight
and flexible hands and feet
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roommate
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n 1: an associate who shares a room with you [syn: roommate,
roomie, roomy]
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schoolmate
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n 1: an acquaintance that you go to school with [syn:
schoolmate, classmate, schoolfellow, class fellow]
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shipmate
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n 1: an associate on the same ship with you
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stalemate
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n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no
advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the
negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse,
stalemate, standstill]
2: drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves
would place his king in check
v 1: subject to a stalemate
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sublimate
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adj 1: made pure
n 1: the product of vaporization of a solid
v 1: direct energy or urges into useful activities
2: make more subtle or refined [syn: rarefy, sublimate,
subtilize]
3: remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and
separate through the process of distillation; "purify the
water" [syn: purify, sublimate, make pure, distill]
4: change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor
without first melting; "sublime iodine"; "some salts sublime
when heated" [syn: sublime, sublimate]
5: vaporize and then condense right back again [syn: sublime,
sublimate]
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teammate
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n 1: a fellow member of a team; "it was his first start against
his former teammates" [syn: teammate, mate]
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bromate
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v 1: react with bromine [syn: bromate, brominate]
2: treat with bromine [syn: bromate, brominate]
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bichromate
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n 1: a salt of the hypothetical dichromic acid [syn:
bichromate, dichromate]
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microclimate
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seatmate
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aydt
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racemate
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ait
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amate
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sulphamate
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formate
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soulmate
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