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ab
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n 1: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of
Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB]
2: the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the
ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and
August) [syn: Ab, Av]
3: the muscles of the abdomen [syn: abdominal, abdominal
muscle, ab]
4: the blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B
antigens [syn: AB, type AB, group AB]
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adoptee
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n 1: someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
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agree
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v 1: be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of
the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with
those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord
on this point" [syn: agree, hold, concur, concord]
[ant: differ, disagree, dissent, take issue]
2: consent or assent to a condition, or agree to do something;
"She agreed to all my conditions"; "He agreed to leave her
alone"
3: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their
characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many
details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the
check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the
gun" [syn: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe,
gibe, tally, agree] [ant: disaccord, disagree,
discord]
4: go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas
concorded" [syn: harmonize, harmonise, consort,
accord, concord, fit in, agree]
5: show grammatical agreement; "Subjects and verbs must always
agree in English"
6: be agreeable or suitable; "White wine doesn't agree with me"
7: achieve harmony of opinion, feeling, or purpose; "No two of
my colleagues would agree on whom to elect chairman"
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alee
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adv 1: on or toward the lee; "put the helm alee"
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appointee
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n 1: an official who is appointed
2: a person who is appointed to a job or position [syn:
appointee, appointment]
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banshee
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n 1: (Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of
impending death [syn: banshee, banshie]
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be
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n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
[syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4]
v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective
or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good
answer"
2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of
the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my
umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind
this behavior?"
4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn:
exist, be]
5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during
the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred
people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the
kitchen"
6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ]
7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone
wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute
my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus";
"This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few
men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute,
represent, make up, comprise, be]
8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a
specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our
resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow]
9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was
Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify]
10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My
grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live]
12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used
only in infinitive form; "let her be"
13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
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bee
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n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and
solitary species
2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold
competitions
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brick
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n 1: rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln;
used as a building or paving material
2: a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
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brie
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n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
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cc
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adj 1: being ten more than one hundred ninety [syn: two
hundred, 200, cc]
n 1: a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter
[syn: milliliter, millilitre, mil, ml, cubic
centimeter, cubic centimetre, cc]
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chick
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n 1: young bird especially of domestic fowl [syn: chick,
biddy]
2: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll,
wench, skirt, chick, bird]
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click
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n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click,
clink]
2: a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth
(as in Bantu) [syn: suction stop, click]
3: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a
wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn:
pawl, detent, click, dog]
4: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the
right button for example" [syn: click, mouse click]
v 1: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light";
"his arm was snapped forward" [syn: snap, click]
2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
[syn: click, tick]
3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
chatter, click]
4: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn:
snap, click, flick]
5: produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
6: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck,
click, clack]
7: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated
with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come
home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into
place]
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cod
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adv 1: collecting the charges upon delivery; "mail a package
C.O.D." [syn: C.O.D., COD, cash on delivery]
adj 1: payable by the recipient on delivery; "a collect call";
"the letter came collect"; "a COD parcel" [syn:
collect, cod]
n 1: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the
seeds themselves) [syn: pod, cod, seedcase]
2: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish;
usually baked or poached [syn: cod, codfish]
3: major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters [syn:
cod, codfish]
v 1: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
2: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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conferee
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n 1: a person on whom something is bestowed; "six honorary were
conferred; the conferees were..."
2: a member of a conference
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crick
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n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink,
rick, wrick]
2: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover
the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004) [syn: Crick,
Francis Crick, Francis Henry Compton Crick]
v 1: twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your
neck"
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curie
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n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a
radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of
37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie,
Ci]
2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn:
Curie, Pierre Curie]
3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one
(with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on
radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and
polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame
Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
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debris
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n 1: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken
up [syn: debris, dust, junk, rubble, detritus]
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decree
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n 1: a legally binding command or decision entered on the court
record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New
Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
[syn: decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript]
v 1: issue a decree; "The King only can decree"
2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn
males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
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degree
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n 1: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a
moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is
required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree,
grade, level]
2: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or
especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness";
"at what stage are the social sciences?" [syn: degree,
level, stage, point]
3: an award conferred by a college or university signifying that
the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study;
"he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude" [syn:
academic degree, degree]
4: a measure for arcs and angles; "there are 360 degrees in a
circle" [syn: degree, arcdegree]
5: the highest power of a term or variable
6: a unit of temperature on a specified scale; "the game was
played in spite of the 40-degree temperature"
7: the seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime); "murder
in the second degree"; "a second degree burn"
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emcee
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n 1: a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an
introductory speech and introduces other speakers) [syn:
master of ceremonies, emcee, host]
v 1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]
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foresee
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v 1: realize beforehand [syn: anticipate, previse,
foreknow, foresee]
2: picture to oneself; imagine possible; "I cannot envision him
as President" [syn: envision, foresee]
3: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [syn:
anticipate, foresee, forestall, counter]
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gutsy
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adj 1: marked by courage and determination in the face of
difficulties or danger; robust and uninhibited; "you have
to admire her; it was a gutsy thing to do"; "the
gutsy...intensity of her musical involvement"-Judith
Crist; "a gutsy red wine" [syn: gutsy, plucky] [ant:
gutless]
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lessee
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n 1: a tenant who holds a lease [syn: leaseholder, lessee]
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licensee
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n 1: someone to whom a license is granted
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pick
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n 1: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
mayor" [syn: choice, pick, selection]
2: the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the first
picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach
pick in years" [syn: picking, pick]
3: the best people or things in a group; "the cream of England's
young men were killed in the Great War" [syn: cream,
pick]
4: the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [syn: woof,
weft, filling, pick]
5: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to
pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum,
plectron]
6: a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material;
"he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"
7: a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that
is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to
break the rocks" [syn: pick, pickax, pickaxe]
8: a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's
body; "he was called for setting an illegal pick"
9: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice,
selection, option, pick]
v 1: select carefully from a group; "She finally picked her
successor"; "He picked his way carefully"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull]
3: harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your
little brother" [syn: blame, find fault, pick]
4: provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
5: remove in small bits; "pick meat from a bone"
6: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits;
"Clean the turkey" [syn: clean, pick]
7: pilfer or rob; "pick pockets"
8: pay for something; "pick up the tab"; "pick up the burden of
high-interest mortgages"; "foot the bill" [syn: foot,
pick]
9: pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion; "he plucked
the strings of his mandolin" [syn: pluck, plunk, pick]
10: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground,
for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: pick, break up]
11: hit lightly with a picking motion [syn: peck, pick,
beak]
12: eat intermittently; take small bites of; "He pieced at the
sandwich all morning"; "She never eats a full meal--she just
nibbles" [syn: nibble, pick, piece]
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quick
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adv 1: with little or no delay; "the rescue squad arrived
promptly"; "come here, quick!" [syn: promptly,
quickly, quick]
adj 1: accomplished rapidly and without delay; "was quick to
make friends"; "his quick reaction prevented an
accident"; "hoped for a speedy resolution of the
problem"; "a speedy recovery"; "he has a right to a
speedy trial" [syn: quick, speedy]
2: hurried and brief; "paid a flying visit"; "took a flying
glance at the book"; "a quick inspection"; "a fast visit"
[syn: flying, quick, fast]
3: moving quickly and lightly; "sleek and agile as a gymnast";
"as nimble as a deer"; "nimble fingers"; "quick of foot";
"the old dog was so spry it was halfway up the stairs before
we could stop it" [syn: agile, nimble, quick, spry]
4: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a
quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready]
5: performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my
letter"; "a prompt reply"; "was quick to respond"; "a
straightaway denial" [syn: immediate, prompt, quick,
straightaway]
6: easily aroused or excited; "a quick temper"; "a warm temper"
[syn: quick, warm]
n 1: any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as
the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)
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sic
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adv 1: intentionally so written (used after a printed word or
phrase)
v 1: urge to attack someone; "The owner sicked his dogs on the
intruders"; "the shaman sics sorcerers on the evil spirits"
[syn: sic, set]
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sick
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adj 1: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental
function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering" [syn:
ill, sick] [ant: well]
2: feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated,
nauseous, queasy, sick, sickish]
3: affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
[syn: brainsick, crazy, demented, disturbed, mad,
sick, unbalanced, unhinged]
4: having a strong distaste from surfeit; "grew more and more
disgusted"; "fed up with their complaints"; "sick of it all";
"sick to death of flattery"; "gossip that makes one sick";
"tired of the noise and smoke" [syn: disgusted, fed
up(p), sick(p), sick of(p), tired of(p)]
5: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble;
"the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late
afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale
oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan)
stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid,
wan, sick]
6: deeply affected by a strong feeling; "sat completely still,
sick with envy"; "she was sick with longing"
7: shockingly repellent; inspiring horror; "ghastly wounds";
"the grim aftermath of the bombing"; "the grim task of
burying the victims"; "a grisly murder"; "gruesome evidence
of human sacrifice"; "macabre tales of war and plague in the
Middle ages"; "macabre tortures conceived by madmen" [syn:
ghastly, grim, grisly, gruesome, macabre, sick]
n 1: people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for
the sick"
v 1: eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth; "After
drinking too much, the students vomited"; "He purged
continuously"; "The patient regurgitated the food we gave
him last night" [syn: vomit, vomit up, purge, cast,
sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch,
puke, barf, spew, spue, chuck, upchuck, honk,
regurgitate, throw up] [ant: keep down]
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sightsee
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v 1: visit famous or interesting sights
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slick
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adj 1: made slick by e.g. ice or grease; "sidewalks slick with
ice"; "roads are slickest when rain has just started and
hasn't had time to wash away the oil"
2: having only superficial plausibility; "glib promises"; "a
slick commercial" [syn: glib, pat, slick]
3: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; "glossy
auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur";
"silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
seals and otters" [syn: satiny, sleek, silken, silky,
silklike, slick]
4: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily
old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy,
guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky,
wily]
n 1: a slippery smoothness; "he could feel the slickness of the
tiller" [syn: slickness, slick, slipperiness, slip]
2: a magazine printed on good quality paper [syn: slick,
slick magazine, glossy]
3: a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
4: a trowel used to make a surface slick
v 1: make slick or smooth [syn: slick, sleek]
2: give a smooth and glossy appearance; "slick one's hair" [syn:
slick, slick down, sleek down]
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snick
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n 1: a small cut [syn: notch, nick, snick]
2: a glancing contact with the ball off the edge of the cricket
bat
v 1: hit a glancing blow with the edge of the bat
2: cut slightly, with a razor; "The barber's knife nicked his
cheek" [syn: nick, snick]
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stick
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n 1: an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected
dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on
a stick"
2: a small thin branch of a tree
3: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators
of an airplane [syn: stick, control stick, joystick]
4: a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
5: informal terms for the leg; "fever left him weak on his
sticks" [syn: pin, peg, stick]
6: a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so
that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball
7: a long thin implement resembling a length of wood; "cinnamon
sticks"; "a stick of dynamite"
8: marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking [syn:
joint, marijuana cigarette, reefer, stick, spliff]
9: threat of a penalty; "the policy so far is all stick and no
carrot"
v 1: put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table";
"stick your thumb in the crack" [syn: lodge, wedge,
stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge, free]
2: stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we
are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner
here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!" [syn:
stay, stick, stick around, stay put] [ant: move]
3: stick to firmly; "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"
[syn: adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick
to]
4: be or become fixed; "The door sticks--we will have to plane
it"
5: endure; "The label stuck to her for the rest of her life"
6: be a devoted follower or supporter; "The residents of this
village adhered to Catholicism"; "She sticks to her
principles" [syn: adhere, stick]
7: be loyal to; "She stood by her husband in times of trouble";
"The friends stuck together through the war" [syn: stand
by, stick by, stick, adhere]
8: cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface;
"stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it"
9: fasten with an adhesive material like glue; "stick the poster
onto the wall"
10: fasten with or as with pins or nails; "stick the photo onto
the corkboard"
11: fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something;
"stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress"
12: pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument; "he stuck
the cloth with the needle"
13: pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed; "He
stuck the needle into his finger"
14: come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and
resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The
label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
[syn: cling, cleave, adhere, stick, cohere]
15: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They
stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax
bill" [syn: stick, sting]
16: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question
really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze,
dumbfound]
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thick
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adv 1: with a thick consistency; "the blood was flowing thick"
[syn: thickly, thick] [ant: thin, thinly]
2: in quick succession; "misfortunes come fast and thick" [syn:
thick, thickly]
adj 1: not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great
extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the
smallest of the three solid dimensions; "an inch thick";
"a thick board"; "a thick sandwich"; "spread a thick
layer of butter"; "thick coating of dust"; "thick warm
blankets" [ant: thin]
2: having component parts closely crowded together; "a compact
shopping center"; "a dense population"; "thick crowds"; "a
thick forest"; "thick hair"
3: relatively dense in consistency; "thick cream"; "thick soup";
"thick smoke"; "thick fog" [ant: thin]
4: spoken as if with a thick tongue; "the thick speech of a
drunkard"; "his words were slurred" [syn: slurred, thick]
5: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of
compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky legs"; "a
thickset young man" [syn: compact, heavyset, stocky,
thick, thickset]
6: hard to pass through because of dense growth; "dense
vegetation"; "thick woods" [syn: dense, thick]
7: (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness";
"a face in deep shadow"; "deep night" [syn: thick, deep]
8: (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close
friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular
customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months" [syn:
chummy, buddy-buddy, thick(p)]
9: (used informally) stupid [syn: blockheaded, boneheaded,
duncical, duncish, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick,
thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed]
10: abounding; having a lot of; "the top was thick with dust"
n 1: the location of something surrounded by other things; "in
the midst of the crowd" [syn: midst, thick]
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tic
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n 1: a local and habitual twitching especially in the face
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tick
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n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the
clock" [syn: tick, ticking]
2: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed
proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals
3: a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed
etc.; "as he called the role he put a check mark by each
student's name" [syn: check mark, check, tick]
4: a light mattress
v 1: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
[syn: click, tick]
2: make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were
ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick,
ticktock, ticktack, beat]
3: sew; "tick a mattress" [syn: tick, retick]
4: put a check mark on or near or next to; "Please check each
name on the list"; "tick off the items"; "mark off the units"
[syn: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off,
tick]
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trick
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n 1: a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick
on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it" [syn:
trick, fast one]
2: a period of work or duty
3: an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent;
"that offer was a dirty trick"
4: a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement [syn:
antic, joke, prank, trick, caper, put-on]
5: an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers [syn:
magic trick, conjuring trick, trick, magic,
legerdemain, conjuration, thaumaturgy, illusion,
deception]
6: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
7: (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played
by all the players; the high card is the winner
v 1: deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking
that class would be cancelled next week" [syn: flim-flam,
play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox,
pull a fast one on, play a trick on]
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undersea
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adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine,
undersea]
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wick
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n 1: any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action;
"the physician put a wick in the wound to drain it"
2: a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws
fuel by capillary action up into the flame [syn: wick,
taper]
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cree
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n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada
2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
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mc
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n 1: one million periods per second [syn: megahertz, MHz,
megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc]
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yangtze
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n 1: the longest river of Asia; flows eastward from Tibet into
the East China Sea near Shanghai [syn: Chang Jiang,
Changjiang, Chang, Yangtze, Yangtze River, Yangtze
Kiang]
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b
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n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
[syn: bacillus, B]
2: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated
into several B vitamins [syn: B-complex vitamin, B
complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B]
3: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black
crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn:
boron, B, atomic number 5]
4: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels
[syn: Bel, B]
5: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective
circular area that one particle presents to another as a
target for an encounter [syn: barn, b]
6: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: B, b]
7: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn:
B, type B, group B]
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c
0
adj 1: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, one
hundred, 100, c]
n 1: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn:
degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C]
2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy
and universality of the speed of light is recognized by
defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second [syn:
speed of light, light speed, c]
3: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits)
and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C, C,
ascorbic acid]
4: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate, C]
5: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine;
pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C]
6: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C,
atomic number 6]
7: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C]
8: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn:
coulomb, C, ampere-second]
9: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with
the UNIX operating system
10: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
11: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C, c]
12: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy,
snow, C]
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d
0
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
0
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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ac
0
n 1: a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in
uranium ores [syn: actinium, Ac, atomic number 89]
2: an electric current that reverses direction sinusoidally; "In
the US most household current is AC at 60 cycles per second"
[syn: alternating current, AC, alternating electric
current] [ant: DC, direct current, direct electric
current]
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albee
0
n 1: United States dramatist (1928-) [syn: Albee, Edward
Albee, Edward Franklin Albeen]
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capri
0
n 1: an island (part of Campania) in the Bay of Naples in
southern Italy; a tourist attraction noted for beautiful
scenery
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chablis
0
n 1: a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy
wines
2: dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling
it [syn: Chablis, white Burgundy]
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se
0
n 1: a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and
tellurium; occurs in several allotropic forms; a stable
grey metallike allotrope conducts electricity better in the
light than in the dark and is used in photocells; occurs in
sulfide ores (as pyrite) [syn: selenium, Se, atomic
number 34]
2: the compass point midway between south and east; at 135
degrees [syn: southeast, sou'-east, southeastward,
SE]
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apc
0
n 1: (military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with
caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry
[syn: armored personnel carrier, armoured personnel
carrier, APC]
2: a drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache
remedies (aspirin and phenacetin and caffeine)
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oversea
0
adv 1: beyond or across the sea; "He lived overseas for many
years" [syn: oversea, overseas]
adj 1: being or passing over or across the sea; "some overseas
trade in grain arose" [syn: oversea, overseas]
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tennessee
0
n 1: a state in east central United States [syn: Tennessee,
Volunteer State, TN]
2: a river formed by the confluence of two other rivers near
Knoxville; it follows a U-shaped course to become a tributary
of the Ohio River in western Kentucky [syn: Tennessee,
Tennessee River]
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rick
0
n 1: a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back
(`rick' and `wrick' are British) [syn: crick, kink,
rick, wrick]
2: a stack of hay [syn: haystack, hayrick, rick]
v 1: pile in ricks; "rick hay"
2: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "wrench one's ankle"; "The
wrestler twisted his shoulder"; "the hikers sprained their
ankles when they fell"; "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk
for several days" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn,
wrick, rick]
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spick
0
adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-
span, spic, spick, spotless]
n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American
descent [syn: spic, spik, spick]
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bea
0
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blea
0
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brea
0
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bree
0
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bui
0
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chea
0
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chee
0
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cie
0
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crea
0
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abee
0
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achee
0
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acree
0
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adee
0
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akey
0
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allee
0
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andree
0
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askey
0
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baldree
0
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beaudry
0
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bibee
0
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bibi
0
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bouchey
0
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bouie
0
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bouley
0
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bresee
0
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buie
0
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childree
0
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cottee
0
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couey
0
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coutee
0
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adoree
0
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amc
0
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dauphinee
0
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bric
0
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cwik
0
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vic
0
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bic
0
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bick
0
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blick
0
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bryk
0