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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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baccarat
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n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin
de fer]
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blah
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n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
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bola
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n 1: a cord fastened around the neck with an ornamental clasp
and worn as a necktie [syn: bolo tie, bolo, bola tie,
bola]
2: a rope with weights attached to the ends; is thrown to
entangle the legs of an animal; of South American origin
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bourgeois
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adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-
owning class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois,
conservative, materialistic]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial
enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
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bra
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n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
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cola
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n 1: large genus of African trees bearing kola nuts [syn:
Cola, genus Cola]
2: carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope'
is a southernism in the United States) [syn: cola, dope]
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granola
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n 1: cereal made of especially rolled oats with dried fruits and
nuts and honey or brown sugar
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kola
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n 1: tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine;
source of cola extract [syn: kola, kola nut, kola nut
tree, goora nut, Cola acuminata]
2: a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad [syn: Daba,
Kola, Musgoi]
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pa
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n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
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pasha
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n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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paw
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n 1: a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped
2: the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb; "he had the
hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" [syn: hand,
manus, mitt, paw]
v 1: scrape with the paws; "The bear pawed the door"
2: touch clumsily; "The man tried to paw her"
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payola
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n 1: a bribe given to a disc jockey to induce him to promote a
particular record
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pergola
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n 1: a framework that supports climbing plants; "the arbor
provided a shady resting place in the park" [syn: arbor,
arbour, bower, pergola]
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raw
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adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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saw
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n 1: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important
fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
[syn: proverb, adage, saw, byword]
2: hand tool having a toothed blade for cutting
3: a power tool for cutting wood [syn: power saw, saw,
sawing machine]
v 1: cut with a saw; "saw wood for the fireplace"
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shah
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n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
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slaw
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n 1: basically shredded cabbage [syn: coleslaw, slaw]
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spa
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n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
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squaw
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n 1: an American Indian woman
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straw
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adj 1: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
n 1: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as
fodder
2: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn:
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble]
3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
[syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat]
4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the
mouth [syn: straw, drinking straw]
v 1: cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were
strawed to weather the snowstorm"
2: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all
over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw]
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thaw
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n 1: the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to
a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt
that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes
several hours" [syn: thaw, melt, thawing, melting]
2: warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they
welcomed the spring thaw" [syn: thaw, thawing, warming]
3: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming
less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia
has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"
v 1: become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted
the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The
heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the
years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
[syn: dissolve, thaw, unfreeze, unthaw, dethaw,
melt]
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viola
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n 1: any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola
2: large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions [syn:
Viola, genus Viola]
3: a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin,
tuned a fifth lower
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withdraw
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v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw,
retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march
on, move on, pass on, progress]
2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
[syn: retire, withdraw]
3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or
entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence";
"disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant:
engage, lock, mesh, operate]
4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
recall, call in, call back, withdraw]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate,
withdraw]
7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw,
retire]
8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no
longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow
out, withdraw]
9: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000
from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from
the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw, draw,
take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit]
10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
[syn: retire, withdraw]
11: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]
12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking
off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat";
"remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the
table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take,
take away, withdraw]
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yaw
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n 1: an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw,
swerve]
v 1: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape,
yawn, yaw]
2: deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of
the ship"
3: swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge
waves hit it"
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shaw
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n 1: United States clarinetist and leader of a swing band
(1910-2004) [syn: Shaw, Artie Shaw, Arthur Jacob
Arshawsky]
2: United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
[syn: Shaw, Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings]
3: United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919) [syn:
Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw]
4: British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian
Society (1856-1950) [syn: Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George
Bernard Shaw]
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ca
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n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;
the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an
important component of most plants and animals [syn:
calcium, Ca, atomic number 20]
2: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd
largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: California,
Golden State, CA, Calif.]
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da
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n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn:
district attorney, DA]
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ra
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n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle,
measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the
vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that
passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in
hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to
specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right
ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension,
RA, celestial longitude]
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sa
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n 1: Nazi militia created by Hitler in 1921 that helped him to
power but was eclipsed by the SS after 1943 [syn: SA,
Sturmabteilung, Storm Troops]
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ta
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n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
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wa
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n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
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artois
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n 1: a former province of northern France near the English
Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
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sanaa
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central
plateau [syn: Sana, Sanaa, Sana'a]
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valois
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n 1: French royal house from 1328 to 1589
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bogota
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n 1: capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central
Colombia on a high fertile plain [syn: Bogota, capital
of Colombia]
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zola
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n 1: French novelist and critic; defender of Dreyfus (1840-1902)
[syn: Zola, Emile Zola]
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angola
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n 1: a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean;
achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the
scene of civil war until 1990 [syn: Angola, Republic of
Angola]
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canola
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n 1: vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in
monounsaturated fatty acids [syn: canola oil, canola]
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coppola
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n 1: United States filmmaker (born in 1939) [syn: Coppola,
Francis Ford Coppola]
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ebola
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n 1: a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman
primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola
virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal
bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely
limited to Africa [syn: Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola
fever, Ebola]
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loyola
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n 1: Spaniard and Roman Catholic theologian and founder of the
Society of Jesus; a leading opponent of the Reformation
(1491-1556) [syn: Ignatius of Loyola, Saint Ignatius of
Loyola, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Loyola]
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agricola
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n 1: Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended
Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93) [syn:
Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola]
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ayatollah
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n 1: a high-ranking Shiite religious leader who is regarded as
an authority on religious law and its interpretation and
who has political power as well
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hispaniola
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n 1: an island in the West Indies [syn: Hispaniola, Haiti,
Hayti]
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pensacola
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n 1: a town in extreme northwest Florida
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apalachicola
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n 1: a river in northwestern Florida formed by the confluence of
the Chattahoochee River and the Flint River at the Florida
border [syn: Apalachicola, Apalachicola River]
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ah
0
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aha
0
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bah
0
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qua
0
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rah
0
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yah
0
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abiola
0
-
bois
0
-
cha
0
-
sha
0
-
wah
0
-
ya
0
-
alvah
0
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beffa
0
-
bekaa
0
-
brisbois
0
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chargois
0
-
chua
0
-
comtois
0
-
contois
0
-
dabah
0
-
ahh
0
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accola
0
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colla
0
-
lola
0
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nola
0
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sola
0
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yola
0
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arcola
0
-
arzola
0
-
bedolla
0
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brizola
0
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buccola
0
-
burrola
0
-
cacciola
0
-
canchola
0
-
casola
0
-
cecola
0
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centola
0
-
copolla
0
-
decola
0
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dicola
0
-
enola
0
-
evola
0
-
idola
0
-
iola
0
-
jojola
0
-
kantola
0
-
lapolla
0
-
lascola
0
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vastola
0
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ventola
0
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vignola
0