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antimacassar
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n 1: a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a
chair from hair oils
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brassy
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adj 1: resembling the sound of a brass instrument [syn:
brassy, brasslike]
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
3: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;
"bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with
its quick material successes and insolent belief in the
boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn:
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced,
brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
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chassis
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n 1: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human
body, physical body, material body, soma, build,
figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis,
frame, form, flesh]
2: a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic
device
3: the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame
supported on springs that holds the body and motor
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classy
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adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy
dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the
Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]
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gassy
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adj 1: resembling gas
2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn:
colicky, flatulent, gassy]
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glassy
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adj 1: resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and
slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the
pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
2: (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy
stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom" [syn:
glassy, glazed]
3: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by
fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy
porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
[syn: glassy, vitreous, vitrified]
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grassy
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adj 1: abounding in grass [ant: grassless]
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lassie
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n 1: a girl or young woman who is unmarried [syn: lass,
lassie, young girl, jeune fille]
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passer
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n 1: a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn:
passerby, passer-by, passer]
2: a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or
racial group
3: a student who passes an examination
4: (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by
throwing a forward pass [syn: passer, forward passer]
5: type genus of the Passeridae [syn: Passer, genus Passer]
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sassy
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adj 1: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me";
"impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an
impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get
wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent,
overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise]
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brassie
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n 1: (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a
driver but less than a spoon
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masse
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n 1: a shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the
cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around
another ball before hitting the object ball [syn: masse,
masse shot]
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plassey
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n 1: the victory in 1757 by the British under Clive over Siraj-
ud-daula that established British supremacy over Bengal
[syn: Plassey, battle of Plassey]
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cassie
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n 1: tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant
yellow flowers used in making perfumery [syn: huisache,
cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia,
scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana]
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tallahassee
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n 1: capital of the state of Florida; located in northern
Florida [syn: Tallahassee, capital of Florida]
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nasa
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n 1: an independent agency of the United States government
responsible for aviation and spaceflight [syn: National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA]
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kinshasa
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n 1: the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the
Congo river opposite Brazzaville [syn: Kinshasa,
Leopoldville]
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nasser
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n 1: Egyptian statesman who nationalized the Suez Canal
(1918-1970) [syn: Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser]
2: lake in Egypt formed by dams built on the Nile River at Aswan
[syn: Lake Nasser, Nasser]
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lhasa
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n 1: the sacred city of Lamaism; known as the Forbidden City for
its former inaccessibility and hostility to strangers [syn:
Lhasa, Lassa, capital of Tibet, Forbidden City]
2: a breed of terrier having a long heavy coat raised in Tibet
as watchdogs [syn: Lhasa, Lhasa apso]
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mombasa
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n 1: a port city in southern Kenya on a coral island in a bay of
the Indian Ocean
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assur
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n 1: an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional
capital of Assyria; just to the south of the modern city of
Mosul in Iraq [syn: Assur, Asur, Ashur]
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amasser
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casa
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gasser
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glacis
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massy
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crasser
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glasser
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bassi
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brassey
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massey
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tassie
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malagasy
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macassar
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