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artery
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n 1: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the
body [syn: artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel]
2: a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
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buttery
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adj 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in
manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome
introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent";
"oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the
unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn:
buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy,
soapy, unctuous]
2: resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich
buttery cake"
n 1: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn:
pantry, larder, buttery]
2: a teashop where students in British universities can purchase
light meals
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contributory
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adj 1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for;
"working conditions are not conducive to productivity";
"the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of
the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: conducive,
contributing(a), contributive, contributory,
tributary]
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lottery
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n 1: something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election
was just a lottery to them"
2: players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed
by casting lots [syn: lottery, drawing]
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pottery
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n 1: ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln [syn:
pottery, clayware]
2: the craft of making earthenware
3: a workshop where clayware is made
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scurry
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n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
scamper, scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
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surrey
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n 1: a county in southeastern England on the Thames
2: a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four
seats
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tottery
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adj 1: unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a
tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man" [syn:
tottering, tottery]
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watery
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adj 1: filled with water; "watery soil"
2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears;
"wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking, watery]
3: relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery
substance"; "a watery color"
4: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak]
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distributary
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n 1: a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream
and does not rejoin it [ant: affluent, confluent,
feeder, tributary]
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tartary
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n 1: the vast geographical region of Europe and Asia that was
controlled by the Mongols in the 13th and 14th centuries;
"under Genghis Khan Tartary extended as far east as the
Pacific Ocean" [syn: Tartary, Tatary]
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cautery
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n 1: an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for
medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a
hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing
it [syn: cautery, cauterant]
2: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot
iron or caustic agent or by freezing [syn: cautery,
cauterization, cauterisation]
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bijouterie
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fluttery
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persecutory
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scutari
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godwottery
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