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abalone
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n 1: any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus
Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
[syn: abalone, ear-shell]
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baloney
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n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney,
boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug,
taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
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boloney
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n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney,
boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug,
taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
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bony
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adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt
men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and
cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his
wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony,
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched,
skeletal, wasted]
2: composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue" [syn:
osseous, osteal, bony]
3: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony shad
fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish" [syn: bony, boney]
[ant: boneless]
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cannelloni
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n 1: tubular pasta filled with meat or cheese
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chine
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n 1: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone
2: backbone of an animal
v 1: cut through the backbone of an animal
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cicerone
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n 1: a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
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crony
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n 1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their
activities [syn: buddy, brother, chum, crony,
pal, sidekick]
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genet
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n 1: French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States
into the war between France and England (1763-1834) [syn:
Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet]
2: French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the
absurd (1910-1986) [syn: Genet, Jean Genet]
3: agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long
ringed tail [syn: genet, Genetta genetta]
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hogmanay
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n 1: New Year's Eve in Scotland
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macaroni
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n 1: a British dandy in the 18th century who affected
Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in
his cap and called it macaroni"
2: pasta in the form of slender tubes
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matinee
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n 1: a theatrical performance held during the daytime
(especially in the afternoon)
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minestrone
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n 1: soup made with a variety of vegetables [syn: petite
marmite, minestrone, vegetable soup]
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pepperoni
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n 1: a pork and beef sausage (or a thin slice of this sausage)
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phoney
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adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus,
fake, phony, phoney, bastard]
n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings
or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator,
phony, phoney, pretender]
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pony
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n 1: a range horse of the western United States
2: an informal term for a racehorse; "he liked to bet on the
ponies"
3: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
(often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot, crib]
4: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey
[syn: shot glass, jigger, pony]
5: any of various breeds of small gentle horses usually less
than five feet high at the shoulder
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rigatoni
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n 1: tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces
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sanctimony
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n 1: the quality of being hypocritically devout [syn:
sanctimoniousness, sanctimony]
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stony
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adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony
ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: rocky, bouldery,
bouldered, stony]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty
gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate
heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate,
stony]
3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic,
granitelike, rocklike, stony]
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zabaglione
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n 1: light foamy custard-like dessert served hot or chilled
[syn: zabaglione, sabayon]
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coney
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n 1: black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
[syn: coney, Epinephelus fulvus]
2: any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with
rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes [syn:
hyrax, coney, cony, dassie, das]
3: small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia
and western North America [syn: pika, mouse hare, rock
rabbit, coney, cony]
4: any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae
having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and
raised for pets or food [syn: rabbit, coney, cony]
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phony
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adj 1: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance [syn: bogus,
fake, phony, phoney, bastard]
n 1: a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she
does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings
or motives [syn: hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator,
phony, phoney, pretender]
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boney
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adj 1: having bones especially many or prominent bones; "a bony
shad fillet"; "her bony wrist"; "bony fish" [syn: bony,
boney] [ant: boneless]
2: being very thin; "a child with skinny freckled legs"; "a long
scrawny neck" [syn: scraggy, boney, scrawny, skinny,
underweight, weedy]
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marconi
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n 1: Italian electrical engineer who invented wireless
telegraphy and in 1901 transmitted radio signals across the
Atlantic Ocean (1874-1937) [syn: Marconi, Guglielmo
Marconi]
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shoshone
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n 1: a member of the North American Indian people (related to
the Aztecs) of the southwestern United States [syn:
Shoshone, Shoshoni]
2: the language spoken by the Shoshone (belonging to the Uto-
Aztecan family)
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koine
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n 1: a Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire
2: a common language used by speakers of different languages;
"Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua
franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely
spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman
times" [syn: lingua franca, interlanguage, koine]
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bologna
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n 1: the capital of Emilia-Romagna; located in northern Italy to
the east of the Apennines
2: large smooth-textured smoked sausage of beef and veal and
pork [syn: bologna, Bologna sausage]
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manet
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n 1: French painter whose work influenced the impressionists
(1832-1883) [syn: Manet, Edouard Manet]
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monet
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n 1: French impressionist painter (1840-1926) [syn: Monet,
Claude Monet]
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cabernet
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n 1: superior Bordeaux type of red wine [syn: Cabernet,
Cabernet Sauvignon]
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bodoni
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n 1: Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)
[syn: Bodoni, Gianbattista Bodoni]
2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista
Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs
and heavy downstrokes [syn: modern, modern font,
Bodoni, Bodoni font] [ant: old style, old style font]
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polony
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n 1: another name for Bologna sausage
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binet
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n 1: French psychologist remembered for his studies of the
intellectual development of children (1857-1911) [syn:
Binet, Alfred Binet]
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chardonnay
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n 1: white wine grape [syn: Chardonnay, chardonnay grape]
2: dry white table wine resembling Chablis but made from
Chardonnay grapes [syn: Chardonnay, Pinot Chardonnay]
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cloisonne
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adj 1: (for metals) having areas separated by metal and filled
with colored enamel and fired [syn: champleve,
cloisonne]
n 1: enamelware in which colored areas are separated by thin
metal strips
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massenet
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n 1: French composer best remembered for his pop operas
(1842-1912) [syn: Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic
Massenet]
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donne
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n 1: English clergyman and metaphysical poet celebrated as a
preacher (1572-1631) [syn: Donne, John Donne]
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estaminet
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n 1: a small (and usually shabby) cafe selling wine and beer and
coffee
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manzoni
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n 1: Italian novelist and poet (1785-1873) [syn: Manzoni,
Alessandro Manzoni]
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borne
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canzone
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carne
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carnet
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spumoni
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yoni
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tony
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toni
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antone
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antoni
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arnone
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balboni
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baldoni
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baroni
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bartone
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benoni
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mahoney
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maloney
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moloney
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moroni
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andreoni
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battistoni
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rene
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renee
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dione
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volpone
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tournai
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gratine
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dene
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nene
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leonie
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donnee
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mornay
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violone
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giorgione
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calzone
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