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angle
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n 1: the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the
inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or
radians
2: a biased way of looking at or presenting something [syn:
slant, angle]
3: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and
merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons
v 1: move or proceed at an angle; "he angled his way into the
room"
2: to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over
the banister" [syn: lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle]
3: seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: fish,
angle]
4: fish with a hook
5: present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to
please the share holders" [syn: slant, angle, weight]
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bangle
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n 1: jewelry worn around the wrist for decoration [syn:
bracelet, bangle]
2: cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing [syn: bangle,
bauble, gaud, gewgaw, novelty, fallal, trinket]
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bespangle
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v 1: decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner" [syn:
spangle, bespangle]
2: dot or sprinkle with sparkling or glittering objects
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bungle
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n 1: an embarrassing mistake [syn: blunder, blooper,
bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup,
flub, botch, boner, boo-boo]
v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
fuck up]
2: spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!"
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commingle
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v 1: mix or blend; "His book commingles sarcasm and sadness"
2: mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
[syn: blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle,
immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge]
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cringle
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n 1: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole
to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle,
eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet]
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dangle
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v 1: hang freely; "the ornaments dangled from the tree"; "The
light dropped from the ceiling" [syn: dangle, swing,
drop]
2: cause to dangle or hang freely; "He dangled the ornaments
from the Christmas tree"
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dingle
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n 1: a small wooded hollow [syn: dell, dingle]
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disentangle
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v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot
extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate,
untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
2: extricate from entanglement; "Can you disentangle the cord?"
[syn: disentangle, unsnarl, straighten out] [ant:
entangle, mat, snarl, tangle]
3: free from involvement or entanglement; "How can I disentangle
myself from her personal affairs?" [syn: disinvolve,
disembroil, disentangle]
4: separate the tangles of [syn: unwind, disentangle]
5: smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb; "comb your hair
before dinner"; "comb the wool" [syn: comb, comb out,
disentangle]
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embrangle
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v 1: make more complicated or confused through entanglements
[syn: snarl, snarl up, embrangle]
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entangle
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v 1: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn:
entangle, mire]
2: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat,
snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
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fungal
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adj 1: of or relating to fungi [syn: fungal, fungous]
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intermingle
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v 1: combine into one; "blend the nuts and raisins together";
"he blends in with the crowd"; "We don't intermingle much"
[syn: blend, intermix, immingle, intermingle]
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jangle
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n 1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of
spurs" [syn: jingle, jangle]
v 1: make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were
jingling in his pocket" [syn: jingle, jingle-jangle,
jangle]
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jingle
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n 1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of
spurs" [syn: jingle, jangle]
2: a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly
doggerel that kept running through his mind" [syn:
doggerel, doggerel verse, jingle]
v 1: make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were
jingling in his pocket" [syn: jingle, jingle-jangle,
jangle]
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jungle
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n 1: a location marked by an intense competition and struggle
for survival
2: a place where hoboes camp [syn: hobo camp, jungle]
3: an impenetrable equatorial forest
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mangle
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n 1: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it
between two heavy heated rollers
v 1: press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"
2: injure badly by beating [syn: maul, mangle]
3: alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered
the French language" [syn: mangle, mutilate, murder]
4: destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"
[syn: mutilate, mangle, cut up]
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mingle
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v 1: to bring or combine together or with something else;
"resourcefully he mingled music and dance" [syn: mix,
mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate]
2: get involved or mixed-up with; "He was about to mingle in an
unpleasant affair"
3: be all mixed up or jumbled together; "His words jumbled"
[syn: jumble, mingle]
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pentangle
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n 1: a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between
the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
[syn: pentacle, pentagram, pentangle]
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quadrangle
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n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle,
tetragon]
2: a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings [syn:
quad, quadrangle]
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rectangle
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n 1: a parallelogram with four right angles
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shingle
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n 1: building material used as siding or roofing [syn:
shingle, shake]
2: coarse beach gravel of small waterworn stones and pebbles (or
a stretch of shore covered with such gravel)
3: a small signboard outside the office of a lawyer or doctor,
e.g.
v 1: cover with shingles; "shingle a roof"
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single
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adj 1: being or characteristic of a single thing or person;
"individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual
pages"; "they went their individual ways" [syn:
individual, single] [ant: common]
2: used of flowers having usually only one row or whorl of
petals; "single chrysanthemums resemble daisies and may have
more than one row of petals" [ant: double]
3: existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect
or individual; "upon the hill stood a single tower"; "had but
a single thought which was to escape"; "a single survivor";
"a single serving"; "a single lens"; "a single thickness"
[ant: multiple]
4: not married or related to the unmarried state; "unmarried men
and women"; "unmarried life"; "sex and the single girl";
"single parenthood"; "are you married or single?" [syn:
unmarried, single] [ant: married]
5: characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing; "an
individual serving"; "single occupancy"; "a single bed" [syn:
individual, single(a)]
6: having uniform application; "a single legal code for all"
7: not divided among or brought to bear on more than one object
or objective; "judging a contest with a single eye"; "a
single devotion to duty"; "undivided affection"; "gained
their exclusive attention" [syn: single(a), undivided,
exclusive]
n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
[syn: single, bingle]
2: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this
number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go
with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I,
ace, single, unity]
v 1: hit a single; "the batter singled to left field"
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spangle
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n 1: adornment consisting of a small piece of shiny material
used to decorate clothing [syn: sequin, spangle,
diamante]
v 1: glitter as if covered with spangles
2: decorate with spangles; "the star-spangled banner" [syn:
spangle, bespangle]
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strangle
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v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
"he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has
been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn:
strangle, strangulate, throttle]
2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [syn: smother, stifle, strangle,
muffle, repress]
3: die from strangulation
4: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in
his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation
wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
countries" [syn: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle]
5: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn:
choke, strangle]
6: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: gag, choke,
strangle, suffocate]
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tangle
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n 1: a twisted and tangled mass that is highly interwoven; "they
carved their way through the tangle of vines"
2: something jumbled or confused; "a tangle of government
regulations" [syn: tangle, snarl, maze]
v 1: force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of
action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me
into this business" [syn: embroil, tangle, sweep,
sweep up, drag, drag in]
2: tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story" [syn: ravel,
tangle, knot] [ant: ravel, ravel out, unknot,
unpick, unravel, unscramble, untangle]
3: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my
hair" [syn: tousle, dishevel, tangle]
4: twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; "The child
entangled the cord" [syn: entangle, tangle, mat,
snarl] [ant: disentangle, straighten out, unsnarl]
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tingle
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n 1: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
surprise shot through him" [syn: frisson, shiver,
chill, quiver, shudder, thrill, tingle]
2: a somatic sensation as from many tiny prickles [syn:
prickling, tingle, tingling]
v 1: cause a stinging or tingling sensation [syn: tingle,
prickle]
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triangle
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n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon,
trilateral]
2: something approximating the shape of a triangle; "the
coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of
a triangle"
3: a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda
and Aries [syn: Triangulum, Triangle]
4: any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw
straight lines at specified angles
5: a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the
shape of an open triangle
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untangle
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v 1: release from entanglement of difficulty; "I cannot
extricate myself from this task" [syn: extricate,
untangle, disentangle, disencumber]
2: become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or
threads of; "unravel the thread" [syn: unravel, unknot,
unscramble, untangle, unpick] [ant: knot, ravel,
tangle]
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wangle
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n 1: an instance of accomplishing something by scheming or
trickery [syn: wangle, wangling]
v 1: achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
[syn: wangle, finagle, manage]
2: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures";
"cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
misrepresent]
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wrangle
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n 1: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
[syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in,
dustup]
2: an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining) [syn:
haggle, haggling, wrangle, wrangling]
v 1: to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively; "The bar
keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on
down the street" [syn: brawl, wrangle]
2: herd and care for; "wrangle horses"
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mongol
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adj 1: of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or
their languages or cultures; "the Mongol invaders"; "a
Mongolian pony"; "Mongolian syntax strongly resembles
Korean syntax" [syn: Mongol, Mongolian]
n 1: a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia [syn: Mongol,
Mongolian]
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bingle
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n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base
[syn: single, bingle]
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dongle
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n 1: (computer science) an electronic device that must be
attached to a computer in order for it to use protected
software
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diphthongal
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fandangle
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bingel
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bringle
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klingel
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swingle
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pettingill
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kringle
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gangle
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mangel
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twangle
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wrangel
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atingle
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surcingle
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pongal
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