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birr
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings";
"the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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bur
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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burr
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or
cutting
3: United States politician who served as vice president under
Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander
Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr,
Aaron Burr]
4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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chamber
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n 1: a natural or artificial enclosed space
2: an enclosed volume in the body; "the chambers of his heart
were healthy"
3: a room where a judge transacts business
4: a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial
assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"
5: a room used primarily for sleeping [syn: bedroom, sleeping
room, sleeping accommodation, chamber, bedchamber]
v 1: place in a chamber
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dismember
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v 1: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered
the tourist"
2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our
funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
[syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]
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ember
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n 1: a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and
is glowing or smoldering [syn: ember, coal]
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member
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n 1: one of the persons who compose a social group (especially
individuals who have joined and participate in a group
organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member
of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of
his family" [syn: member, fellow member] [ant:
nonmember]
2: anything that belongs to a set or class; "snakes are members
of the class Reptilia"; "members of the opposite sex"
3: an external body part that projects from the body; "it is
important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity,
appendage, member]
4: an organization that is a member of another organization
(especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); "the
library was a member of the interlibrary loan association";
"Canada is a member of the United Nations"
5: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn:
penis, phallus, member]
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misremember
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v 1: remember incorrectly; "I misremembered the date"
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remember
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v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do
you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
[syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call
up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block,
draw a blank, forget]
2: keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the
Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of
the starving children in India!" [syn: remember, think
of] [ant: bury, forget]
3: recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how
he used to pick flowers" [syn: remember, think back]
4: show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"
5: mention favorably, as in prayer; "remember me in your
prayers"
6: mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship;
"Remember me to your wife" [syn: commend, remember]
7: exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling,
many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember
better than others"
8: call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or
something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the
dead of the First World War" [syn: commemorate, remember]
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slumber
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n 1: a natural and periodic state of rest during which
consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get
enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless
slumber" [syn: sleep, slumber]
2: a dormant or quiescent state
v 1: be asleep [syn: sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's,
catch some Z's] [ant: wake]
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timber
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n 1: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building
material [syn: lumber, timber]
2: a beam made of wood
3: a post made of wood
4: land that is covered with trees and shrubs [syn: forest,
woodland, timberland, timber]
5: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice
or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was
rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell
summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality,
tone]
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rhumba
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n 1: syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba [syn:
rumba, rhumba]
2: a folk dance in duple time that originated in Cuba with
Spanish and African elements; features complex footwork and
violent movement [syn: rumba, rhumba]
3: a ballroom dance based on the Cuban folk dance [syn: rumba,
rhumba]
v 1: dance the rhumba [syn: rhumba, rumba]
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december
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n 1: the last (12th) month of the year [syn: December, Dec]
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nonmember
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n 1: a person who is not a member [ant: fellow member,
member]
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november
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n 1: the month following October and preceding December [syn:
November, Nov]
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september
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n 1: the month following August and preceding October [syn:
September, Sep, Sept]
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humber
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n 1: an estuary in central northeastern England formed by the
Ouse River and the Trent River
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gamba
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n 1: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with
approximately the range of the cello [syn: viola da
gamba, gamba, bass viol]
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zomba
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n 1: a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971
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sambar
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n 1: a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
[syn: sambar, sambur, Cervus unicolor]
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liquidambar
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n 1: aromatic exudate from the sweet gum tree [syn: sweet gum,
liquidambar]
2: any tree of the genus Liquidambar
3: sweet gum [syn: genus Liquidambar, Liquidambar]
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columba
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n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and
Caelum [syn: Columba, Dove]
2: type genus of the Columbidae: typical pigeons [syn:
Columba, genus Columba]
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sambur
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n 1: a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines
[syn: sambar, sambur, Cervus unicolor]
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bir
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buhr
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tamber
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pemba
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cochabamba
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kimber
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toowoomba
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