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address
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n 1: (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece
of information is stored [syn: address, computer
address, reference]
2: the place where a person or organization can be found or
communicated with
3: the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an
audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"
[syn: address, speech]
4: the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in
his manner of address to the captain"
5: a sign in front of a house or business carrying the
conventional form by which its location is described
6: written directions for finding some location; written on
letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location
[syn: address, destination, name and address]
7: the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a
golf ball
8: social skill [syn: savoir-faire, address]
v 1: speak to; "He addressed the crowd outside the window" [syn:
address, turn to]
2: give a speech to; "The chairman addressed the board of
trustees" [syn: address, speak]
3: put an address on (an envelope) [syn: address, direct]
4: direct a question at someone
5: address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts
towards something, such as a question
6: greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name; "He always
addresses me with `Sir'"; "Call me Mister"; "She calls him by
first name" [syn: address, call]
7: access or locate by address
8: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This
book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western
Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
[syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address]
9: speak to someone [syn: address, accost, come up to]
10: adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting
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aggress
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v 1: take the initiative and go on the offensive; "The Serbs
attacked the village at night"; "The visiting team started
to attack" [syn: attack, aggress]
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ambassadress
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n 1: a woman ambassador
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authoress
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n 1: a woman author
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caress
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n 1: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling
it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a
fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his
face"
v 1: touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner;
"He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of
the taxi" [syn: caress, fondle]
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compress
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n 1: a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication)
applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve
discomfort or reduce fever)
v 1: make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the
data" [syn: compress, compact, pack together] [ant:
decompress, uncompress]
2: squeeze or press together; "she compressed her lips"; "the
spasm contracted the muscle" [syn: compress, constrict,
squeeze, compact, contract, press]
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congress
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n 1: the legislature of the United States government [syn:
Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US
Congress]
2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
3: a national legislative assembly
4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the
man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited
until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual
intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation,
coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual
relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
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decompress
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v 1: restore to its uncompressed form; "decompress data" [syn:
decompress, uncompress] [ant: compact, compress,
pack together]
2: decrease the pressure of; "depressurize the cabin in the air
plane" [syn: depressurize, depressurise, decompress]
[ant: pressurise, pressurize]
3: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn:
relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow
down] [ant: tense, tense up]
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depress
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v 1: lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news
depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health
demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down,
get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize,
demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick
up, uplift]
2: lower (prices or markets); "The glut of oil depressed gas
prices"
3: cause to drop or sink; "The lack of rain had depressed the
water level in the reservoir" [syn: lower, depress]
4: press down; "Depress the space key" [syn: press down,
depress]
5: lessen the activity or force of; "The rising inflation
depressed the economy"
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digress
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v 1: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or
speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her
mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
[syn: digress, stray, divagate, wander]
2: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: sidetrack,
depart, digress, straggle]
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distress
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n 1: psychological suffering; "the death of his wife caused him
great distress" [syn: distress, hurt, suffering]
2: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need); "a ship
in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
3: extreme physical pain; "the patient appeared to be in
distress"
4: the seizure and holding of property as security for payment
of a debt or satisfaction of a claim; "Originally distress
was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or
property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's
lien" [syn: distress, distraint]
v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial
hardship [syn: straiten, distress]
2: cause mental pain to; "The news of her child's illness
distressed the mother"
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duress
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n 1: compulsory force or threat; "confessed under duress"
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effloresce
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v 1: come into or as if into flower; "These manifestations
effloresced in the past" [syn: effloresce, burst forth]
2: assume crystalline form; become crystallized [syn:
crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce]
3: become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation
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egress
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n 1: (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an
eclipse [syn: egress, emersion] [ant: immersion,
ingress]
2: the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the
emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow
catkins" [syn: emergence, egress, issue]
3: the act of coming (or going) out; becoming apparent [syn:
egress, egression, emergence]
v 1: come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The
words seemed to come out by themselves" [syn: issue,
emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress]
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express
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adv 1: by express; "please send the letter express"
adj 1: not tacit or implied; "her express wish"
2: without unnecessary stops; "an express train"; "an express
shipment"
n 1: mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system
[syn: express, express mail]
2: public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes
only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New
York" [syn: express, limited] [ant: local]
3: rapid transport of goods [syn: express, expressage]
v 1: give expression to; "She showed her disappointment" [syn:
express, show, evince]
2: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise;
"She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn:
express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue
to]
3: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
4: indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.; "Can you express
this distance in kilometers?" [syn: express, state]
5: manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait); "Many of
the laboratory animals express the trait"
6: obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action; "Italians
express coffee rather than filter it" [syn: press out,
express, extract]
7: send by rapid transport or special messenger service; "She
expressed the letter to Florida"
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fluoresce
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v 1: exhibit or undergo fluorescence
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headdress
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n 1: clothing for the head [syn: headdress, headgear]
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heiress
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n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
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impress
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n 1: the act of coercing someone into government service [syn:
impress, impressment]
v 1: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me
as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike]
2: impress positively; "The young chess player impressed her
audience"
3: produce or try to produce a vivid impression of; "Mother
tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us" [syn:
impress, ingrain, instill]
4: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]
5: reproduce by printing [syn: print, impress]
6: take (someone) against his will for compulsory service,
especially on board a ship; "The men were shanghaied after
being drugged" [syn: shanghai, impress]
7: dye (fabric) before it is spun [syn: impress, yarn-dye]
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ingress
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n 1: (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to
an eclipse [syn: ingress, immersion] [ant: egress,
emersion]
2: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn:
entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]
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laundress
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n 1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman,
washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress]
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letterpress
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n 1: printing from a plate with raised characters [syn: relief
printing, letterpress]
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manageress
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n 1: a woman manager
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mayoress
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n 1: the wife of a mayor
2: a woman mayor
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misaddress
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v 1: put a wrong address on; "misdirect the letter" [syn:
misdirect, misaddress]
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murderess
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n 1: a woman murderer
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nightdress
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n 1: lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in
bed by women [syn: nightgown, gown, nightie, night-
robe, nightdress]
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ogress
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n 1: (folklore) a female ogre
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oppress
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v 1: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists" [syn:
oppress, suppress, crush]
2: cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet
Union" [syn: persecute, oppress]
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overdress
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v 1: dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she
will be too hot" [syn: overdress, overclothe] [ant:
underdress]
2: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and
attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the
opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
[syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck
up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick
out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog
out] [ant: dress down, underdress]
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overstress
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v 1: place special or excessive emphasis on; "I cannot
overemphasize the importance of this book" [syn:
overemphasize, overemphasise, overstress]
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peeress
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n 1: a woman of the peerage in Britain [syn: Lady,
noblewoman, peeress] [ant: Lord, noble, nobleman]
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phosphoresce
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v 1: to exhibit phosphorescence
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prioress
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n 1: the superior of a group of nuns [syn: abbess, mother
superior, prioress]
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procuress
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n 1: a woman pimp
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progress
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n 1: gradual improvement or growth or development; "advancement
of knowledge"; "great progress in the arts" [syn:
advancement, progress]
2: the act of moving forward (as toward a goal) [syn:
progress, progression, procession, advance,
advancement, forward motion, onward motion] [ant:
retreat]
3: a movement forward; "he listened for the progress of the
troops" [syn: progress, progression, advance]
v 1: develop in a positive way; "He progressed well in school";
"My plants are coming along"; "Plans are shaping up" [syn:
progress, come on, come along, advance, get on,
get along, shape up] [ant: regress, retrograde,
retrogress]
2: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense; "Time marches
on" [syn: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march
on, go on] [ant: draw back, move back, pull away,
pull back, recede, retire, retreat, withdraw]
3: form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's
plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the
Indian-Pakistani border" [syn: build up, work up,
build, progress]
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redress
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n 1: a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury
[syn: damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification,
restitution, redress]
2: act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil [syn:
redress, remedy, remediation]
v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate,
redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
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regress
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n 1: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is
true and reason backward to the evidence [syn: regress,
reasoning backward]
2: returning to a former state [syn: regression, regress,
reversion, retrogression, retroversion]
v 1: go back to a statistical means
2: go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"
[syn: revert, return, retrovert, regress, turn
back]
3: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn:
regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance, come
along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape
up]
4: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate,
regress, retrogress, fall back]
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repress
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v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: repress,
quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce]
2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
4: block the action of
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retrogress
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v 1: get worse or fall back to a previous condition [syn:
regress, retrograde, retrogress] [ant: advance,
come along, come on, get along, get on, progress,
shape up]
2: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often
minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate,
regress, retrogress, fall back]
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sorceress
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n 1: a woman sorcerer
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sundress
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n 1: a light loose sleeveless summer dress with a wide neckline
and thin shoulder straps that expose the arms and shoulders
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suppress
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v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's
desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit,
subdue, conquer, curb]
2: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
"The government oppresses political activists" [syn:
oppress, suppress, crush]
3: control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires,
impulses, or behavior [syn: inhibit, bottle up,
suppress]
4: put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
5: reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a
yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
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tigress
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n 1: a female tiger
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transgress
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v 1: act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
"offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or
human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" [syn:
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against,
breach, break] [ant: keep, observe]
2: spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline;
"The sea transgresses along the West coast of the island"
3: commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law [syn:
sin, transgress, trespass]
4: pass beyond (limits or boundaries) [syn: transgress,
trespass, overstep]
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undress
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n 1: partial or complete nakedness; "a state of undress"
v 1: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of
everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night
for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase,
unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant:
apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out,
garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment,
tog]
2: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly
undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her
outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
[syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]
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ungenerous
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adj 1: lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this
review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical
note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to
forgive" [syn: ungenerous, meanspirited] [ant:
generous]
2: unwilling to spend; "she practices economy without being
stingy"; "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
[syn: stingy, ungenerous] [ant: generous]
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unglamorous
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adj 1: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an
unglamorous job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace,
humdrum, prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous]
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uterus
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n 1: a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females;
contains the developing fetus [syn: uterus, womb]
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valorous
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adj 1: having or showing valor; "a valiant attempt to prevent
the hijack"; "a valiant soldier" [syn: valiant,
valorous]
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vaporous
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adj 1: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous
veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of
dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk
stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn:
diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer,
see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous,
vapourous, cobwebby]
2: resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
[syn: vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish,
vaporous, vapourous]
3: filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog" [syn:
miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous]
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venturous
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adj 1: disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of
the total conquest of space"; "an audacious
interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring
of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome
investor"; "a venturous spirit" [syn: audacious,
daring, venturesome, venturous]
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vigorous
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adj 1: characterized by forceful and energetic action or
activity; "a vigorous hiker"; "gave her skirt a vigorous
shake"; "a vigorous campaign"; "a vigorous foreign
policy"; "vigorous opposition to the war"
2: strong and active physically or mentally; "a vigorous old man
who spent half of his day on horseback"- W.H.Hudson
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viviparous
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adj 1: producing living young (not eggs) [syn: viviparous,
live-bearing] [ant: oviparous, ovoviviparous]
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vociferous
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adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant,
clamorous, strident, vociferous]
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waitress
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n 1: a woman waiter
v 1: serve as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant; "I'm waiting
on tables at Maxim's" [syn: wait, waitress]
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walrus
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n 1: either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory
tusks and tough hide over thick blubber [syn: walrus,
seahorse, sea horse]
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wardress
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n 1: a woman warder
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watercress
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adj 1: of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and
deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea
green [syn: cress green, cresson, watercress]
n 1: any of several water-loving cresses
2: cresses that grow in clear ponds and streams
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winepress
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n 1: a press that is used to extract the juice from grapes
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wondrous
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adv 1: (used as an intensifier) extremely well; "her voice is
superbly disciplined"; "the colors changed wondrously
slowly" [syn: wonderfully, wondrous, wondrously,
superbly, toppingly, marvellously, terrifically,
marvelously]
adj 1: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film
was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous
collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation
about politics"; "a tremendous achievement" [syn:
fantastic, grand, howling(a), marvelous,
marvellous, rattling(a), terrific, tremendous,
wonderful, wondrous]
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slumbrous
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adj 1: quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning" [syn:
slumberous, slumbrous]
2: inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or
slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a
somnolent effect" [syn: slumberous, slumbery,
slumbrous, somnolent]
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songstress
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n 1: a woman songster (especially of popular songs)
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taurus
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n 1: Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist
father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born
in 1949) [syn: Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez
Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Salim, Andres
Martinez, Taurus, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon,
Michael Assat]
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
[syn: Taurus, Bull]
3: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near
Orion; between Aries and Gemini
4: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull,
Bull]
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tigris
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n 1: an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River [syn:
Tigris, Tigris River]
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traitress
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n 1: female traitor
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tetramerous
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adj 1: having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous
flowers
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shirtdress
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n 1: a dress that is tailored like a shirt and has buttons all
the way down the front
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arcturus
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n 1: the 4th brightest star and the brightest star in the
constellation Bootes; 36 light-years from Earth
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underdress
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v 1: dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for
the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia" [ant:
overclothe, overdress]
2: dress informally and casually; "On Fridays, employees can
underdress" [syn: dress down, underdress] [ant: attire,
deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out,
fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig
out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up]
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beatrice
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n 1: the woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine
Comedy
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negress
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n 1: a Black woman or girl
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anchoress
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housedress
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verdurous
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viperous
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scirrhus
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sclerous
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matrass
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battledress
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readdress
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