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arson
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n 1: malicious burning to destroy property; "the British term
for arson is fire-raising" [syn: arson, incendiarism,
fire-raising]
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bison
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n 1: any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and
large heads and short horns
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boatswain
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n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun,
bo'sun]
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caisson
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n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn:
coffer, caisson, lacuna]
2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, ammunition
chest]
4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]
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christen
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v 1: administer baptism to; "The parents had the child baptized"
[syn: baptize, baptise, christen]
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coarsen
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v 1: make or become coarse or coarser; "coarsen the surface";
"Their minds coarsened"
2: make less subtle or refined; "coarsen one's ideals"
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coxswain
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n 1: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn:
coxswain, cox]
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ensign
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n 1: a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States
Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant
junior grade
2: an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality [syn: national
flag, ensign]
3: colors flown by a ship to show its nationality
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flaxen
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adj 1: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen
locks" [syn: flaxen, sandy]
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mason
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n 1: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose
objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights
(1725-1792) [syn: Mason, George Mason]
2: English film actor (1909-1984) [syn: Mason, James Mason,
James Neville Mason]
3: English writer (1865-1948) [syn: Mason, A. E. W. Mason,
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason]
4: a craftsman who works with stone or brick [syn: mason,
stonemason]
5: a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to
mutual assistance and brotherly love [syn: Freemason,
Mason]
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oxen
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n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come
home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of
oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
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person
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n 1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
[syn: person, individual, someone, somebody,
mortal, soul]
2: a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was
hidden on his person"
3: a grammatical category used in the classification of
pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to
whether they indicate the speaker, the addressee, or a third
party; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"
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vixen
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n 1: a malicious woman with a fierce temper [syn: vixen,
harpy, hellcat]
2: a female fox
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waxen
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adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]
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whoreson
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n 1: the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents [syn:
bastard, by-blow, love child, illegitimate child,
illegitimate, whoreson]
2: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or
irritating or ridiculous [syn: asshole, bastard,
cocksucker, dickhead, shit, mother fucker,
motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB]
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worsen
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v 1: grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened" [syn:
worsen, decline] [ant: ameliorate, better,
improve, meliorate]
2: make worse; "This drug aggravates the pain" [syn: worsen,
aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate] [ant: ameliorate,
amend, better, improve, meliorate]
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bunsen
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n 1: German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum
analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the
Bunsen burner (1811-1899) [syn: Bunsen, Robert Bunsen,
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]
2: a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to
regulate the mixture of gas and air [syn: bunsen burner,
bunsen, etna]
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carson
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n 1: United States biologist remembered for her opposition to
the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife
(1907-1964) [syn: Carson, Rachel Carson, Rachel Louise
Carson]
2: United States frontiersman who guided Fremont's expeditions
in the 1840s and served as a Union general in the American
Civil War (1809-1868) [syn: Carson, Kit Carson,
Christopher Carson]
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hudson
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n 1: a New York river; flows southward into New York Bay;
explored by Henry Hudson early in the 17th century [syn:
Hudson, Hudson River]
2: English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) [syn:
Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson]
3: English navigator who discovered the Hudson River; in 1610 he
attempted to winter in Hudson Bay but his crew mutinied and
set him adrift to die (1565-1611) [syn: Hudson, Henry
Hudson]
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jason
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the
Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
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johnson
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n 1: English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) [syn:
Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson]
2: 36th President of the United States; was elected vice
president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated
(1908-1973) [syn: Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Johnson, LBJ, President Johnson, President Lyndon
Johnson]
3: 17th President of the United States; was elected vice
president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was
assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote
(1808-1875) [syn: Johnson, Andrew Johnson, President
Johnson, President Andrew Johnson]
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texan
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its
residents
n 1: a native or resident of Texas
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thompson
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n 1: United States classical archaeologist (born in Canada)
noted for leading the excavation of the Athenian agora
(1906-2000) [syn: Thompson, Homer Thompson, Homer A.
Thompson, Homer Armstrong Thompson]
2: English physicist (born in America) who studied heat and
friction; experiments convinced him that heat is caused by
moving particles (1753-1814) [syn: Thompson, Benjamin
Thompson, Count Rumford]
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anderson
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n 1: United States author whose works were frequently
autobiographical (1876-1941) [syn: Anderson, Sherwood
Anderson]
2: United States physicist who studied the electronic structure
of magnetic and disordered systems (1923-) [syn: Anderson,
Philip Anderson, Philip Warren Anderson, Phil Anderson]
3: United States dramatist (1888-1959) [syn: Anderson,
Maxwell Anderson]
4: United States contralto noted for her performance of
spirituals (1902-1993) [syn: Anderson, Marian Anderson]
5: United States physicist who discovered antimatter in the form
of an antielectron that is called the positron (1905-1991)
[syn: Anderson, Carl Anderson, Carl David Anderson]
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andersen
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n 1: a Danish author remembered for his fairy stories
(1805-1875) [syn: Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen]
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jimpson
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hassan
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andersson
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granderson
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sanderson
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