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basset
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n 1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
[syn: basset, basset hound]
v 1: appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn:
basset, crop out]
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concert
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n 1: a performance of music by players or singers not involving
theatrical staging
v 1: contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
2: settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"
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deficit
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n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less
than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from
the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional
deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]
2: a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental
functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal
memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
3: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
[ant: lead]
4: an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain
period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
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dulcet
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adj 1: extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet
swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"
2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn:
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet]
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facet
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n 1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied
every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet]
2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
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faucet
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n 1: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a
reservoir [syn: faucet, spigot]
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insensate
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adj 1: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation;
"insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: insentient,
insensate] [ant: animate, sentient]
2: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-
blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold,
cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
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lancet
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n 1: an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: lancet
arch, lancet]
2: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for
punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet, lance]
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tacit
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adj 1: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave
silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood
provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: silent, tacit,
understood]
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tercet
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
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quixote
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verset
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bassett
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cohasset
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narragansett
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dorset
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fawcett
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dysart
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