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accursed
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adj 1: under a curse [syn: accursed, accurst, maledict]
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acid
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adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
"her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter
words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about
political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical
ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic
critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid,
bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous,
sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic]
2: being sour to the taste [syn: acidic, acid, acidulent,
acidulous]
3: having the characteristics of an acid; "an acid reaction"
n 1: any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste
and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base
to form a salt
2: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen]
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blessed
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adj 1: highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace);
"our blessed land"; "the blessed assurance of a steady
income" [syn: blessed, blest] [ant: cursed,
curst]
2: worthy of worship; "the Blessed Trinity"
3: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted
idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a
blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or
goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or
goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal
nuisance" [syn: blasted, blame, blamed, blessed,
damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn,
goddamned, infernal]
4: Roman Catholic; proclaimed one of the blessed and thus worthy
of veneration [syn: beatified, blessed]
5: enjoying the bliss of heaven
6: characterized by happiness and good fortune; "a blessed time"
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censored
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adj 1: suppressed or subject to censorship; "the censored press
in some countries" [ant: uncensored]
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cursed
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adj 1: deserving a curse; sometimes used as an intensifier;
"villagers shun the area believing it to be cursed";
"cursed with four daughter"; "not a cursed drop"; "his
cursed stupidity"; "I'll be cursed if I can see your
reasoning" [syn: cursed, curst] [ant: blessed,
blest]
2: in danger of the eternal punishment of Hell; "poor damned
souls" [syn: cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed,
unsaved]
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cussed
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adj 1: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed,
obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant]
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deuced
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adj 1: expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a
blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold
winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or
blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such
thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a
deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance" [syn: blasted,
blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned,
deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal]
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forbid
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v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night";
"Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed
our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict,
proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow,
countenance, let, permit]
2: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of
tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects
precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [syn:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid]
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grid
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n 1: a pattern of regularly spaced horizontal and vertical lines
2: a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is
distributed throughout a region [syn: power system, power
grid, grid]
3: a perforated or corrugated metal plate used in a storage
battery as a conductor and support for the active material
[syn: grid, storage-battery grid]
4: an electrode placed between the cathode and anode of a vacuum
tube to control the flow of electrons through the tube [syn:
grid, control grid]
5: a cooking utensil of parallel metal bars; used to grill fish
or meat [syn: grid, gridiron]
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id
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n 1: a state in the Rocky Mountains [syn: Idaho, Gem State,
ID]
2: a card or badge used to identify the bearer; "you had to show
your ID in order to get in" [syn: ID, I.D.]
3: (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying
all psychic activity
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pellucid
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adj 1: transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity;
"the cold crystalline water of melted snow"; "crystal
clear skies"; "could see the sand on the bottom of the
limpid pool"; "lucid air"; "a pellucid brook";
"transparent crystal" [syn: crystalline, crystal
clear, limpid, lucid, pellucid, transparent]
2: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable;
"writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent
oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear
explanation"; "a perspicuous argument" [syn: limpid,
lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal clear,
perspicuous]
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quid
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern
Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: British pound, pound,
British pound sterling, pound sterling, quid]
2: something for something; that which a party receives (or is
promised) in return for something he does or gives or
promises [syn: quid pro quo, quid]
3: a wad of something chewable as tobacco [syn: chew, chaw,
cud, quid, plug, wad]
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squid
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n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid,
calamari, calamary]
2: widely distributed fast-moving ten-armed cephalopod mollusk
having a long tapered body with triangular tail fins
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unanswered
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adj 1: not returned in kind; "unrequited (unanswered) love"
[syn: unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequited]
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cid
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n 1: the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency
responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for
all levels of the Army anywhere in the world [syn:
Criminal Investigation Command, CID]
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madrid
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n 1: the capital and largest city situated centrally in Spain;
home of an outstanding art museum [syn: Madrid, capital
of Spain, Spanish capital]
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subacid
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adj 1: slightly sour to the taste
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oxyacid
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n 1: any acid that contains oxygen [syn: oxyacid, oxygen
acid]
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psocid
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n 1: small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees
and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter
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amid
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undid
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cyd
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ihde
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sid
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syd
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majid
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rebid
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redid
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adid
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schmid
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smid
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diacid
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hydracid
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monacid
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peracid
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triacid
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hypoacid
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polyacid
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peroxyacid
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salticid
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