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ail
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n 1: aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: garlic, ail]
v 1: be ill or unwell
2: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn:
trouble, ail, pain]
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ale
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n 1: a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast;
in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of
more than 4% alcohol by volume
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anthill
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n 1: a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest [syn:
anthill, formicary]
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kale
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n 1: informal terms for money [syn: boodle, bread,
cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale,
lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf,
scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum]
2: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a
head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort,
Brassica oleracea acephala]
3: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kale, kail, cole]
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molehill
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n 1: a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
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percale
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n 1: a fine closely woven cotton fabric
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scale
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n 1: an ordered reference standard; "judging on a scale of 1 to
10" [syn: scale, scale of measurement, graduated
table, ordered series]
2: relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale"
3: the ratio between the size of something and a representation
of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model"
4: a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin
[syn: scale, scale leaf]
5: a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the
skin [syn: scale, scurf, exfoliation]
6: (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a
specific scheme (usually within an octave) [syn: scale,
musical scale]
7: a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
[syn: scale, weighing machine]
8: an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
9: a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield
attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) [syn:
plate, scale, shell]
10: a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of
many animals
v 1: measure by or as if by a scale; "This bike scales only 25
pounds"
2: pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according
to some rate or standard
3: take by attacking with scaling ladders; "The troops scaled
the walls of the fort"
4: reach the highest point of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" [syn:
scale, surmount]
5: climb up by means of a ladder
6: remove the scales from; "scale fish" [syn: scale,
descale]
7: measure with or as if with scales; "scale the gold"
8: size or measure according to a scale; "This model must be
scaled down"
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uphill
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adv 1: against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"
2: upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"
adj 1: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising, uphill]
n 1: the upward slope of a hill
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kail
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n 1: a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a
head [syn: kale, kail, cole, borecole, colewort,
Brassica oleracea acephala]
2: coarse curly-leafed cabbage [syn: kale, kail, cole]
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upscale
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adj 1: appropriate for people with good incomes; "an upscale
neighborhood"; "an upscale motel"
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descale
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v 1: remove the scales from; "scale fish" [syn: scale,
descale]
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downscale
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adj 1: intended for people with low incomes; "mass-produced
downscale versions of high-priced fashions"
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seakale
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cail
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cale
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calle
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kael
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mchale
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mikael
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mikhail
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cahill
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scahill
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mccahill
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summerhill
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underhill
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clinkscale
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chrysocale
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haverhill
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