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agleam
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adj 1: bright with a steady but subdued shining; "from the plane
we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming
brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon"
[syn: agleam, gleaming, nitid]
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beam
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n 1: a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane
pilots in darkness or bad weather [syn: radio beam,
beam]
2: long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in
construction
3: a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation
[syn: beam, ray, electron beam]
4: a column of light (as from a beacon) [syn: beam, beam of
light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft
of light, irradiation]
5: (nautical) breadth amidships
6: the broad side of a ship; "they sighted land on the port
beam"
7: a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts [syn: balance
beam, beam]
v 1: smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial
expression
2: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun
shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
[syn: shine, beam]
3: express with a beaming face or smile; "he beamed his
approval"
4: broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We
cannot air this X-rated song" [syn: air, send,
broadcast, beam, transmit]
5: have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or
pink; "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna" [syn:
glow, beam, radiate, shine]
6: experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good
health or an intense emotion; "She was beaming with joy";
"Her face radiated with happiness" [syn: glow, beam,
radiate, shine]
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beseem
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v 1: accord or comport with; "This kind of behavior does not
suit a young woman!" [syn: befit, suit, beseem]
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blaspheme
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v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss,
blaspheme, swear, imprecate]
2: speak of in an irreverent or impious manner; "blaspheme God"
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bloodstream
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n 1: the blood flowing through the circulatory system [syn:
bloodstream, blood stream]
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bream
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n 1: flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of
Europe [syn: bream, freshwater bream]
2: flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family
Sparidae or the family Bramidae [syn: bream, sea bream]
3: any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not
exclusively) of the family Sparidae [syn: sea bream,
bream]
4: any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes
having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but
not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis [syn: freshwater
bream, bream]
v 1: clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
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cream
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n 1: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of
England's young men were killed in the Great War" [syn:
cream, pick]
2: the part of milk containing the butterfat
3: toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form
of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing
effect when applied to the skin [syn: cream, ointment,
emollient]
v 1: make creamy by beating; "Cream the butter"
2: beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight;
"We licked the other team on Sunday!" [syn: cream, bat,
clobber, drub, thrash, lick]
3: put on cream, as on one's face or body; "She creams her face
every night"
4: remove from the surface; "skim cream from the surface of
milk" [syn: skim, skim off, cream off, cream]
5: add cream to one's coffee, for example
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daydream
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n 1: absentminded dreaming while awake [syn: reverie,
revery, daydream, daydreaming, oneirism, air
castle, castle in the air, castle in Spain]
v 1: have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy [syn: dream,
daydream, woolgather, stargaze]
2: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She looked
out the window, daydreaming" [syn: daydream, moon]
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downstream
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adv 1: away from the source or with the current [syn:
downriver, downstream] [ant: upriver, upstream]
adj 1: in the direction of a stream's current [ant: upstream]
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extreme
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adj 1: of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity;
"extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure";
"utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the
uttermost distress" [syn: extreme, utmost(a),
uttermost(a)]
2: far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree; to an
utmost degree; "an extreme example"; "extreme temperatures";
"extreme danger"
3: beyond a norm in views or actions; "an extreme conservative";
"an extreme liberal"; "extreme views on integration";
"extreme opinions"
4: most distant in any direction; "the extreme edge of town"
n 1: the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it
to extremes"
2: the point located farthest from the middle of something [syn:
extreme point, extreme, extremum]
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harem
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n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and
female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem,
hareem, seraglio, serail]
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mainstream
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n 1: the prevailing current of thought; "his thinking was in the
American mainstream"
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midstream
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n 1: the middle of a stream
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slipstream
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n 1: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race,
backwash, wash]
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supreme
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adj 1: final or last in your life or progress; "the supreme
sacrifice"; "the supreme judgment"
2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme
tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme]
3: highest in excellence or achievement; "supreme among
musicians"; "a supreme endxxeavor"; "supreme courage"
4: greatest or maximal in degree; extreme; "supreme folly"
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trireme
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n 1: ancient Greek or Roman galley or warship having three tiers
of oars on each side
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upstream
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adv 1: toward the source or against the current [syn: upriver,
upstream] [ant: downriver, downstream]
adj 1: in the direction against a stream's current [ant:
downstream]
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purim
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n 1: (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance
from massacre by Haman
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airstream
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n 1: a relatively well-defined prevailing wind
2: the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft
propeller [syn: slipstream, airstream, race,
backwash, wash]
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bireme
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creme
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reem
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coldstream
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jetstream
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quadrireme
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quinquereme
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