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aunt
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n 1: the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle
[syn: aunt, auntie, aunty] [ant: uncle]
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bouffant
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adj 1: being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; "a
bouffant skirt" [syn: bouffant, puffy]
n 1: a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy
appearance
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commandant
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n 1: an officer in command of a military unit [syn: commanding
officer, commandant, commander]
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courante
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n 1: a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short
advances and retreats
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croissant
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n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll,
croissant]
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daunt
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v 1: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn:
daunt, dash, scare off, pall, frighten off,
scare away, frighten away, scare]
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debutante
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n 1: a young woman making her debut into society [syn:
debutante, deb]
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detente
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n 1: the easing of tensions or strained relations (especially
between nations)
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entente
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n 1: an informal alliance between countries [syn: entente,
entente cordiale]
2: a friendly understanding between political powers [syn:
entente, entente cordiale]
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flaunt
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n 1: the act of displaying something ostentatiously; "his
behavior was an outrageous flaunt"
v 1: display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously; "he
showed off his new sports car" [syn: flaunt, flash,
show off, ostentate, swank]
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font
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n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family
[syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case]
2: bowl for baptismal water [syn: baptismal font, baptistry,
baptistery, font]
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fount
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n 1: a specific size and style of type within a type family
[syn: font, fount, typeface, face, case]
2: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn:
fountain, fount]
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gaunt
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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]
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haunt
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n 1: a frequently visited place [syn: haunt, hangout,
resort, repair, stamping ground]
v 1: follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to;
"her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother
haunted her" [syn: haunt, stalk]
2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
[syn: haunt, obsess, ghost]
3: be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She
haunts the ballet" [syn: frequent, haunt]
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jaunt
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n 1: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to
the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after
cautious sashays into the field" [syn: excursion,
jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition,
sashay]
v 1: make a trip for pleasure [syn: travel, trip, jaunt]
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nonchalant
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adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest
casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold
weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an
elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with
nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant
manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
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piedmont
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n 1: the plateau between the coastal plain and the Appalachian
Mountains: parts of Virginia and North and South Carolina
and Georgia and Alabama
2: a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a
region of flat land
3: the region of northwestern Italy; includes the Po valley
[syn: Piedmont, Piemonte]
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restaurant
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n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant,
eating house, eating place, eatery]
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savant
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n 1: someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly
field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit,
savant]
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taunt
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n 1: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn:
twit, taunt, taunting]
v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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vaunt
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n 1: extravagant self-praise
v 1: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
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want
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n 1: a state of extreme poverty [syn: privation, want,
deprivation, neediness]
2: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable;
"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water
is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a
nail the shoe was lost" [syn: lack, deficiency, want]
3: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
wants" [syn: need, want]
4: a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was
above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, wishing,
want]
v 1: feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go
home now"; "I want my own room" [syn: desire, want]
2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
tuner" [syn: want, need, require]
3: hunt or look for; want for a particular reason; "Your former
neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
4: wish or demand the presence of; "I want you here at noon!"
5: be without, lack; be deficient in; "want courtesy"; "want the
strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and
shelter"
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wont
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n 1: an established custom; "it was their habit to dine at 7
every evening" [syn: habit, wont]
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belmont
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n 1: a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long
Island; site of the Belmont Stakes [syn: Belmont Park,
Belmont]
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vermont
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n 1: a state in New England [syn: Vermont, Green Mountain
State, VT]
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hellespont
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n 1: the strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that
separates European Turkey from Asian Turkey [syn:
Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont]
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nantes
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n 1: a port city in western France on the Loire estuary
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rand
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n 1: the basic unit of money in South Africa; equal to 100 cents
2: United States writer (born in Russia) noted for her polemical
novels and political conservativism (1905-1982) [syn: Rand,
Ayn Rand]
3: a rocky region in the southern Transvaal in northeastern
South Africa; contains rich gold deposits and coal and
manganese [syn: Witwatersrand, Rand, Reef]
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comte
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n 1: French philosopher remembered as the founder of positivism;
he also established sociology as a systematic field of
study [syn: Comte, Auguste Comte, Isidore Auguste
Marie Francois Comte]
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beaumont
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n 1: United States surgeon remembered for his studies of
digestion (1785-1853) [syn: Beaumont, William Beaumont]
2: English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher
(1584-1616) [syn: Beaumont, Francis Beaumont]
3: a city of southeastern Texas near Houston
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fremont
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n 1: United States explorer who mapped much of the American west
and Northwest (1813-1890) [syn: Fremont, John C.
Fremont, John Charles Fremont]
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debutant
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enfant
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glyptodont
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conte
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quant
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labonte
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bondt
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bonte
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dhondt
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avant
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cheuvront
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claremont
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clermont
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dumont
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guimont
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lafont
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lamont
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lamonte
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lemont
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poussaint
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bankvermont
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lophodont
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selenodont
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gauntt
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kvant
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coutant
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laplant
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poissant
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symbiont
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diplont
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