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at
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n 1: a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the
halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium
[syn: astatine, At, atomic number 85]
2: 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos
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civet
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n 1: cat-like mammal typically secreting musk used in perfumes
[syn: civet, civet cat]
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covert
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adj 1: secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or
shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert
funding for the rebels" [ant: open, overt]
2: (of a wife) being under the protection of her husband; "a
woman covert"
n 1: a flock of coots
2: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a
screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness";
"the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest
concealment is to match perfectly the color of the
background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment]
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covet
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v 1: wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the
property of another person); "She covets her sister's
house"
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culvert
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n 1: a transverse and totally enclosed drain under a road or
railway
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divot
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n 1: (golf) the cavity left when a piece of turf is cut from the
ground by the club head in making a stroke; "it was a good
drive but the ball ended up in a divot"
2: a piece of turf dug out of a lawn or fairway (by an animals
hooves or a golf club)
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grivet
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n 1: white and olive green East African monkey with long white
tufts of hair beside the face [syn: grivet,
Cercopithecus aethiops]
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overt
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adj 1: open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt
lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering";
"open ballots" [syn: overt, open] [ant: covert]
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pivot
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n 1: the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and
maneuver [syn: pivot, pivot man]
2: axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that
turns [syn: pivot, pin]
3: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went
to the driving range to practice his pivot"
v 1: turn on a pivot [syn: pivot, swivel]
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private
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adj 1: confined to particular persons or groups or providing
privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions";
"private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private
secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is
now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to
maintain a private life" [ant: public]
2: concerning things deeply private and personal; "private
correspondence"; "private family matters"
3: concerning one person exclusively; "we all have individual
cars"; "each room has a private bath" [syn: individual(a),
private]
4: not expressed; "secret (or private) thoughts" [syn: secret,
private]
n 1: an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines;
"our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value"
[syn: private, buck private, common soldier]
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privet
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n 1: any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves
and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by
small black berries; many used for hedges
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rivet
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n 1: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as
on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: stud, rivet]
2: heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being
hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces
that are fastened together
v 1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your
studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate,
focus, center, centre, pore, rivet]
2: fasten with a rivet or rivets
3: hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull
riveted the paleontologists"
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semiprivate
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adj 1: confined to a small number of hospital patients;
"semiprivate room"
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trivet
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n 1: a three-legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel
in a hearth
2: a stand with short feet used under a hot dish on a table
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evert
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n 1: United States tennis player who won women's singles titles
in the United States and at Wimbledon (born in 1954) [syn:
Evert, Chris Evert, Chrissie Evert, Christine Marie
Evert]
v 1: turn inside out; turn the inner surface of outward; "evert
the eyelid"
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vervet
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n 1: South African monkey with black face and hands [syn:
vervet, vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops
pygerythrus]
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olivet
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mcdivitt
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calvert
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