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aisle
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n 1: a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)
2: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or
passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in
stores [syn: aisle, gangway]
3: part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by
rows of pillars or columns
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awhile
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adv 1: for a short time; "sit down and stay awhile"; "they
settled awhile in Virginia before moving West"; "the baby
was quiet for a while" [syn: awhile, for a while]
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beguile
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v 1: influence by slyness [syn: juggle, beguile, hoodwink]
2: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's
hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch,
becharm, enamor, captivate, beguile, charm,
fascinate, bewitch, entrance, enchant]
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bile
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n 1: a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the
gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats [syn: bile,
gall]
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compile
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v 1: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the
man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot
of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"
[syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up,
amass, compile, hoard]
2: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn:
compose, compile]
3: use a computer program to translate source code written in a
particular programming language into computer-readable
machine code that can be executed
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denial
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n 1: the act of refusing to comply (as with a request); "it
resulted in a complete denial of his privileges"
2: the act of asserting that something alleged is not true [syn:
denial, disaffirmation]
3: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
4: renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests
of others [syn: abnegation, self-abnegation, denial,
self-denial, self-renunciation]
5: a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges
against him; "he gave evidence for the defense" [syn:
defense, defence, denial, demurrer] [ant: criminal
prosecution, prosecution]
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dial
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n 1: the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
2: the control on a radio or television set that is used for
tuning
3: the circular graduated indicator on various measuring
instruments
4: a disc on a telephone that is rotated a fixed distance for
each number called [syn: dial, telephone dial]
v 1: operate a dial to select a telephone number; "You must take
the receiver off the hook before you dial"
2: choose by means of a dial; "dial a telephone number"
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espial
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n 1: the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
[syn: detection, catching, espial, spying,
spotting]
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genial
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adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile";
"an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable,
cordial, genial]
2: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
[syn: genial, mental]
3: agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to
asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are
anything but kind to the feet" [syn: kind, genial]
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mistrial
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n 1: a trial that is invalid or inconclusive
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phial
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n 1: a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial,
vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule]
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retrial
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n 1: a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which
the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are
reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial
is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural
errors
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revile
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v 1: spread negative information about; "The Nazi propaganda
vilified the Jews" [syn: vilify, revile, vituperate,
rail]
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smile
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n 1: a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners
of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement [syn:
smile, smiling, grin, grinning]
v 1: change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often
to signal pleasure
2: express with a smile; "She smiled her thanks"
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stile
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n 1: an upright that is a member in a door or window frame
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style
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n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: a way of expressing something (in language or art or music
etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group
of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to
adopt the style of the newspaper" [syn: expressive style,
style]
3: a particular kind (as to appearance); "this style of shoe is
in demand"
4: the popular taste at a given time; "leather is the latest
vogue"; "he followed current trends"; "the 1920s had a style
of their own" [syn: vogue, trend, style]
5: (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the
ovary and the stigma
6: editorial directions to be followed in spelling and
punctuation and capitalization and typographical display
7: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan,
flair, panache, style]
8: a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew
the design on the stencil with a steel stylus" [syn:
stylus, style]
9: a slender bristlelike or tubular process; "a cartilaginous
style"
v 1: designate by an identifying term; "They styled their nation
`The Confederate States'" [syn: style, title]
2: make consistent with a certain fashion or style; "Style my
hair"; "style the dress"
3: make consistent with certain rules of style; "style a
manuscript"
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sundial
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n 1: timepiece that indicates the daylight hours by the shadow
that the gnomon casts on a calibrated dial
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trial
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n 1: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials
the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called
each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial,
run]
2: trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days
free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the
pain" [syn: trial, trial run, test, tryout]
3: the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of
battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill" [syn:
test, trial]
4: (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by
due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found
him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before
they go to trial"
5: (sports) a preliminary competition to determine
qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began
yesterday"
6: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his
mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is
full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn:
trial, tribulation, visitation]
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versatile
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adj 1: having great diversity or variety; "his various
achievements are impressive"; "his vast and versatile
erudition" [syn: versatile, various]
2: changeable or inconstant; "versatile moods"
3: competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one
thing to another; "a versatile writer"
4: able to move freely in all directions; "an owl's versatile
toe can move backward and forward"; "an insect's versatile
antennae can move up and down or laterally"; "a versatile
anther of a flower moves freely in the wind"
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vial
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n 1: a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed
sterile container for injection by needle) [syn: phial,
vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule]
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viol
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n 1: any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded
the violin family
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worthwhile
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adj 1: sufficiently valuable to justify the investment of time
or interest; "a worthwhile book"
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chyle
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n 1: a milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats;
formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested
fats
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nile
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n 1: the world's longest river (4150 miles); flows northward
through eastern Africa into the Mediterranean; the Nile
River valley in Egypt was the site of the world's first
great civilization [syn: Nile, Nile River]
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spile
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n 1: a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into
the ground to provide support for a structure [syn: pile,
spile, piling, stilt]
2: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn:
bung, spile]
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argyll
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n 1: a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing
a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy
warm [syn: argyll, argyle]
2: a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a
solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned
after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland [syn:
argyle, argyll]
3: a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used
in the plural) [syn: argyle, argyll]
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pretrial
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n 1: (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring
the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and
to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than
in criminal cases [syn: pretrial, pretrial conference]
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decrial
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redial
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bille
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cheil
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kile
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kyl
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kyle
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lile
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lyle
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theil
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delisle
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lyall
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panfile
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refile
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restyle
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lyell
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misdial
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myall
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