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almond
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n 1: small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa
having pretty pink blossoms and highly prized edible nuts
enclosed in a hard green hull; cultivated in southern
Australia and California [syn: almond, sweet almond,
Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus, Amygdalus communis]
2: oval-shaped edible seed of the almond tree
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commissioned
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adj 1: (of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission
a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above [ant:
noncommissioned]
2: given official approval to act; "an accredited college";
"commissioned broker"; "licensed pharmacist"; "authorized
representative" [syn: accredited, commissioned,
licensed, licenced]
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conditioned
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adj 1: established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned
response" [syn: conditioned, learned] [ant: innate,
unconditioned, unlearned]
2: physically fit; "exercised daily to keep herself in
condition" [syn: conditioned, in condition(p)]
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dachshund
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n 1: small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a
short sleek coat and long drooping ears; suited for
following game into burrows [syn: dachshund, dachsie,
badger dog]
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diamond
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n 1: a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and
polished and is valued as a precious gem
2: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [syn:
diamond, adamant]
3: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled
equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb,
diamond]
4: a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red
rhombuses on it; "he led a small diamond"; "diamonds were
trumps"
5: the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and
home plate [syn: baseball diamond, diamond, infield]
[ant: outfield]
6: the baseball playing field [syn: ball field, baseball
field, diamond]
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errand
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n 1: a short trip that is taken in the performance of a
necessary task or mission
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fecund
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adj 1: capable of producing offspring or vegetation
2: intellectually productive; "a prolific writer"; "a fecund
imagination" [syn: fecund, fertile, prolific]
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husband
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n 1: a married man; a woman's partner in marriage [syn:
husband, hubby, married man] [ant: married woman,
wife]
v 1: use cautiously and frugally; "I try to economize my spare
time"; "conserve your energy for the ascent to the summit"
[syn: conserve, husband, economize, economise]
[ant: blow, squander, waste]
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jocund
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adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund,
jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
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legend
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n 1: a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
[syn: legend, fable]
2: brief description accompanying an illustration [syn:
caption, legend]
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second
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adv 1: in the second place; "second, we must consider the
economy" [syn: second, secondly]
adj 1: coming next after the first in position in space or time
or degree or magnitude [syn: second, 2nd, 2d]
2: a part or voice or instrument or orchestra section lower in
pitch than or subordinate to the first; "second flute"; "the
second violins" [ant: first]
n 1: 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the
Systeme International d'Unites [syn: second, sec, s]
2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo";
"it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment,
mo, minute, second, bit]
3: the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is
stationed near the second of the bases in the infield [syn:
second base, second]
4: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
5: following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a
close second"
6: a 60th part of a minute of arc; "the treasure is 2 minutes
and 45 seconds south of here" [syn: second, arcsecond]
7: the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing
match
8: a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" [syn:
second, secondment, endorsement, indorsement]
9: the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the
gear box of a motor vehicle; "he had to shift down into
second to make the hill" [syn: second gear, second]
10: merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a
reduced price without the brand name [syn: irregular,
second]
v 1: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that
motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
[syn: second, back, endorse, indorse]
2: transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment;
"The officer was seconded for duty overseas"
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sweetened
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adj 1: with sweetening added [syn: sugared, sweetened,
sweet, sweet-flavored]
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thousand
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000 items or units
[syn: thousand, one thousand, 1000, m, k]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad,
G, grand, thou, yard]
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threatened
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adj 1: (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become
endangered; "the spotted owl is a threatened species, not
yet an endangered one"
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unseasoned
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adj 1: not aged or processed; "unseasoned timber" [ant:
seasoned]
2: without salt or seasoning [syn: unsalted, unseasoned]
3: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery
volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator
untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing" [syn:
unseasoned, untested, untried, young]
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viand
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n 1: a choice or delicious dish
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weakened
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adj 1: impaired by diminution [syn: diminished, lessened,
vitiated, weakened]
2: made weak or weaker
3: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
[syn: attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened]
4: mixed with water; "sold cut whiskey"; "a cup of thinned soup"
[syn: cut, thinned, weakened]
5: damaged inanimate objects or their value [syn: hurt,
weakened]
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whitened
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adj 1: (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old
age" [syn: white, whitened]
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wizened
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adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled
and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a
man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he
did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man
with frizzy grey hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened]
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ferdinand
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n 1: the king of Castile and Aragon who ruled jointly with his
wife Isabella; his marriage to Isabella I in 1469 marked
the beginning of the modern state of Spain and their
capture of Granada from the Moors in 1492 united Spain as
one country; they instituted the Spanish Inquisition in
1478 and supported the expedition of Christopher Columbus
in 1492 (1452-1516) [syn: Ferdinand, King Ferdinand,
Ferdinand of Aragon, Ferdinand V, Ferdinand the
Catholic]
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auditioned
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partitioned
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positioned
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propositioned
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reconditioned
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repositioned
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requisitioned
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summoned
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wakened
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