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decision
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n 1: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden
of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"
[syn: decision, determination, conclusion]
2: a position or opinion or judgment reached after
consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition";
"his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied
with the panel's determination" [syn: decision,
determination, conclusion]
3: (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has
occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision
over his opponent"
4: the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three
decisions in a row"
5: the trait of resoluteness as evidenced by firmness of
character or purpose; "a man of unusual decisiveness" [syn:
decisiveness, decision] [ant: indecision,
indecisiveness]
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dungeon
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n 1: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or
fortress [syn: keep, donjon, dungeon]
2: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be
confined
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engine
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n 1: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
2: something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
3: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that
is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn:
locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway
locomotive]
4: an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a
battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval
engines of war"
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fidget
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n 1: a feeling of agitation expressed in continual motion; "he's
got the fidgets"; "waiting gave him a feeling of
restlessness" [syn: fidget, fidgetiness,
restlessness]
v 1: move restlessly; "The child is always fidgeting in his
seat"
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fission
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n 1: reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of
the cell into two more or less equal parts
2: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into
smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy [syn:
fission, nuclear fission]
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incision
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n 1: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn:
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent]
2: the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by
a surgeon as part of an operation) [syn: incision,
section, surgical incision]
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itching
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n 1: an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to
scratch [syn: itch, itchiness, itching]
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kitchen
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n 1: a room equipped for preparing meals
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legion
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adj 1: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times";
"the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
[syn: numerous, legion(p)]
n 1: archaic terms for army [syn: host, legion]
2: association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"
3: a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
4: a vast multitude [syn: horde, host, legion]
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midget
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adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest
of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn:
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
petite, tiny, flyspeck]
n 1: a person who is markedly small [syn: dwarf, midget,
nanus]
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mission
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n 1: an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to
carry on religious work [syn: mission, missionary post,
missionary station, foreign mission]
2: an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; "the
planes were on a bombing mission" [syn: mission, military
mission]
3: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a
message" [syn: mission, charge, commission]
4: the organized work of a religious missionary [syn: mission,
missionary work]
5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation,
commission, delegation, delegacy, mission]
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pigeon
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n 1: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short
legs
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pitching
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n 1: (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball
team
2: abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other
conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
[syn: lurch, pitch, pitching]
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religion
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n 1: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that
control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his
morality" [syn: religion, faith, religious belief]
2: an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was
raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith
contradicted him" [syn: religion, faith, organized
religion]
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smidgen
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n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
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virgin
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adj 1: being used or worked for the first time; "virgin wool"
2: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a
spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women
must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal, virtuous]
n 1: a person who has never had sex
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
[syn: Virgo, Virgin]
3: the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about August 23 to September 22 [syn: Virgo, Virgo the
Virgin, Virgin]
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vision
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n 1: a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"
2: the ability to see; the visual faculty [syn: sight,
vision, visual sense, visual modality]
3: the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged
from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual
sensation of intense light" [syn: vision, visual
sensation]
4: the formation of a mental image of something that is not
perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular
imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals
what the world could be" [syn: imagination,
imaginativeness, vision]
5: a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural
appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
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pidgin
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n 1: an artificial language used for trade between speakers of
different languages
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woodpigeon
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pridgeon
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