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basset
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n 1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears
[syn: basset, basset hound]
v 1: appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn:
basset, crop out]
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concert
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n 1: a performance of music by players or singers not involving
theatrical staging
v 1: contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
2: settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"
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coyote
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n 1: small wolf native to western North America [syn: coyote,
prairie wolf, brush wolf, Canis latrans]
2: someone who smuggles illegal immigrants into the United
States (usually across the Mexican border)
3: a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe
forest fires (often for days at a time)
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creosote
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n 1: a colorless or yellowish oily liquid obtained by
distillation of wood tar; used as an antiseptic
2: a dark oily liquid obtained by distillation of coal tar; used
as a preservative for wood [syn: creosote, coal-tar
creosote]
v 1: treat with creosote; "creosoted wood"
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deficit
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n 1: the property of being an amount by which something is less
than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from
the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional
deficit" [syn: deficit, shortage, shortfall]
2: a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental
functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal
memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
3: (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
[ant: lead]
4: an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain
period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
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dhoti
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n 1: a long loincloth worn by Hindu men
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dulcet
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adj 1: extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet
swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"
2: pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello" [syn:
dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet]
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facet
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n 1: a distinct feature or element in a problem; "he studied
every facet of the question" [syn: aspect, facet]
2: a smooth surface (as of a bone or cut gemstone)
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faucet
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n 1: a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a
reservoir [syn: faucet, spigot]
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insensate
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adj 1: devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation;
"insentient (or insensate) stone" [syn: insentient,
insensate] [ant: animate, sentient]
2: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood"; "cold-
blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn: cold,
cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
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lancet
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n 1: an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: lancet
arch, lancet]
2: a surgical knife with a pointed double-edged blade; used for
punctures and small incisions [syn: lancet, lance]
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peyote
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n 1: a small spineless globe-shaped cactus; source of mescal
buttons [syn: mescal, mezcal, peyote, Lophophora
williamsii]
2: the hallucinatory alkaloid that is the active agent in mescal
buttons [syn: mescaline, peyote]
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throaty
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adj 1: sounding as if pronounced low in the throat; "a rich
throaty voice"
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floaty
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adj 1: tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas;
"buoyant balloons"; "buoyant balsawood boats"; "a floaty
scarf" [syn: buoyant, floaty]
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loti
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Lesotho
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tercet
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one
[syn: three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce,
leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary,
ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-
ace]
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marquisate
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coty
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roti
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myosote
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verset
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angotti
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brodie
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ciotti
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doty
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foti
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otey
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barsotti
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bellotti
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belote
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calcote
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cenote
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gillotti
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guidotti
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livoti
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pedrotti
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perotti
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perrotti
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pierotti
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sidoti
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bertolotti
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capriotti
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codispoti
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gigliotti
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gugliotti
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iannotti
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mazziotti
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michelotti
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narragansett
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dorset
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fawcett
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dysart
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