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array
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n 1: an orderly arrangement; "an array of troops in battle
order"
2: an impressive display; "it was a bewildering array of books";
"his tools were in an orderly array on the basement wall"
3: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
4: an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional
characteristics
v 1: lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;
"lay out the clothes"; "lay out the arguments" [syn:
range, array, lay out, set out]
2: align oneself with a group or a way of thinking [syn:
align, array]
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assay
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n 1: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay
of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under
stress" [syn: assay, check]
2: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
3: a written report of the results of an analysis of the
composition of some substance
4: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially
an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently
used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious
agents or antibodies etc.
v 1: analyze (chemical substances)
2: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears";
"The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police
attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself";
"She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try,
seek, attempt, essay, assay]
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astray
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adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led
astray"
2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
wide, astray]
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away
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adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away
from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school";
"the teacher waved the children away from the dead
animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go
forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth]
2: from one's possession; "he gave out money to the poor"; "gave
away the tickets" [syn: away, out]
3: out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts); "brush
the objections aside"; "pushed all doubts away" [syn:
aside, away]
4: out of existence; "the music faded away"; "tried to explain
away the affair of the letter"- H.E.Scudder; "idled the hours
away"; "her fingernails were worn away"
5: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or
away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away
back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away]
6: indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily; "he
worked away at the project for more than a year"; "the child
kept hammering away as if his life depended on it"
7: so as to be removed or gotten rid of; "cleared the mess
away"; "the rotted wood had to be cut away"
8: freely or at will; "fire away!"
9: in or into a proper place (especially for storage or
safekeeping); "put the toys away"; "her jewels are locked
away in a safe"; "filed the letter away"
10: in a different direction; "turn aside"; "turn away one's
face"; "glanced away" [syn: away, aside]
11: in reserve; not for immediate use; "started setting aside
money to buy a car"; "put something by for her old age";
"has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day" [syn: aside,
by, away]
adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you
must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother
is away"
2: used of an opponent's ground; "an away game" [ant: home(a)]
3: (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the
batter; "the pitch was away (or wide)"; "an outside pitch"
[syn: away, outside]
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aweigh
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adj 1: (used of an anchor) hanging clear of the bottom; "anchors
aweigh"
2: (of an anchor) just clear of the bottom [syn: aweigh,
atrip]
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ballet
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n 1: a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to
music by trained dancers [syn: ballet, concert dance]
2: music written for a ballet
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bay
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adj 1: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate
reddish-brown color
n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but
smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment]
2: the sound of a hound on the scent
3: small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish
berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in
cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn:
true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus
nobilis]
4: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a
hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
5: a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;
"he opened the bomb bay"
6: a small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove,
bay]
7: a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
v 1: utter in deep prolonged tones
2: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest]
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bidet
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n 1: a basin for washing genitals and anal area
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croquet
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n 1: a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series
of hoops; the winner is the first to traverse all the hoops
and hit a peg
v 1: drive away by hitting with one's ball, "croquet the
opponent's ball"
2: play a game in which players hit a wooden ball through a
series of hoops
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day
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n 1: time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis;
"two days later they left"; "they put on two performances
every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day" [syn:
day, twenty-four hours, twenty-four hour period,
24-hour interval, solar day, mean solar day]
2: some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now";
"after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the
days"; "these days it is not unusual"
3: a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance;
"Mother's Day"
4: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light
outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to
make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime,
daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime]
5: the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially
those when you are working); "my day began early this
morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she
called it a day and went to bed"
6: an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the
dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days
of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"
7: the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars)
to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day
on Jupiter?"
8: the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a
particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar
day [syn: sidereal day, day]
9: a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court";
"every dog has his day"
10: United States writer best known for his autobiographical
works (1874-1935) [syn: Day, Clarence Day, Clarence
Shepard Day Jr.]
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de
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n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
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decay
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n 1: the process of gradually becoming inferior
2: a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current [syn:
decay, decline]
3: the organic phenomenon of rotting [syn: decay,
decomposition]
4: an inferior state resulting from the process of decaying;
"the corpse was in an advanced state of decay"; "the house
had fallen into a serious state of decay and disrepair"
5: the spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance
along with the emission of ionizing radiation [syn: decay,
radioactive decay, disintegration]
v 1: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the
particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
[syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose]
2: fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to
decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate]
3: undergo decay or decomposition; "The body started to decay
and needed to be cremated"
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doomsday
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n 1: (New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon
when God will decree the fates of all individual humans
according to the good and evil of their earthly lives [syn:
Judgment Day, Judgement Day, Day of Judgment, Day of
Judgement, Doomsday, Last Judgment, Last Judgement,
Last Day, eschaton, day of reckoning, doomsday,
crack of doom, end of the world]
2: an unpleasant or disastrous destiny; "everyone was aware of
the approaching doom but was helpless to avoid it"; "that's
unfortunate but it isn't the end of the world" [syn: doom,
doomsday, day of reckoning, end of the world]
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monday
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n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
Monday, Mon]
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sunday
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n 1: first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and
worship by most Christians [syn: Sunday, Lord's Day,
Dominicus, Sun]
2: United States evangelist (1862-1935) [syn: Sunday, Billy
Sunday, William Ashley Sunday]
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tuesday
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n 1: the third day of the week; the second working day [syn:
Tuesday, Tues]
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wednesday
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n 1: the fourth day of the week; the third working day [syn:
Wednesday, Midweek, Wed]
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d
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
[syn: five hundred, 500, d]
n 1: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: vitamin
D, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol,
cholecalciferol, D]
2: the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and
five [syn: five hundred, 500, D]
3: the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: D, d]
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dea
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n 1: federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and
regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances;
goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations [syn:
Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement
Agency, DEA]
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blase
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adj 1: very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed
in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to
the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of
his worldly wisdom" [syn: blase, worldly]
2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his
blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze
of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]
3: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about
housecleaning"
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bombay
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n 1: a city in western India just off the coast of the Arabian
Sea; India's 2nd largest city (after Calcutta); has the
only natural deep-water harbor in western India [syn:
Mumbai, Bombay]
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cliche
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n 1: a trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche,
banality, commonplace, bromide]
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thursday
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n 1: the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day [syn:
Thursday, Th]
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saturday
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n 1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the
Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: Saturday,
Sabbatum, Sat]
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aye
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ae
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dae
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daye
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domesday
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