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betroth
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v 1: give to in marriage [syn: betroth, engage, affiance,
plight]
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both
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adj 1: (used with count nouns) two considered together; the two;
"both girls are pretty"
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growth
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n 1: (biology) the process of an individual organism growing
organically; a purely biological unfolding of events
involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to
a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous
development in children" [syn: growth, growing,
maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis]
[ant: nondevelopment]
2: a progression from simpler to more complex forms; "the growth
of culture"
3: a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or
more important; "the increase in unemployment"; "the growth
of population" [syn: increase, increment, growth] [ant:
decrease, decrement]
4: vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only
growth was some salt grass"
5: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the
emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence,
outgrowth, growth]
6: (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a
tumor)
7: something grown or growing; "a growth of hair"
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loath
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adj 1: unwillingness to do something contrary to your custom; "a
reluctant smile"; "loath to admit a mistake" [syn:
loath, loth, reluctant]
2: (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed; "antipathetic to
new ideas"; "averse to taking risks"; "loath to go on such
short notice"; "clearly indisposed to grant their request"
[syn: antipathetic, antipathetical, averse(p),
indisposed(p), loath(p), loth(p)]
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oath
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n 1: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
"expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word,
expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]
2: a commitment to tell the truth (especially in a court of
law); to lie under oath is to become subject to prosecution
for perjury [syn: oath, swearing]
3: a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness,
regarding your future acts or behavior; "they took an oath of
allegiance"
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outgrowth
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n 1: a natural consequence of development [syn: outgrowth,
branch, offshoot, offset]
2: the gradual beginning or coming forth; "figurines presage the
emergence of sculpture in Greece" [syn: emergence,
outgrowth, growth]
3: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an
organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" [syn:
process, outgrowth, appendage]
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overgrowth
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n 1: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of
growth hormone from the pituitary gland [syn: giantism,
gigantism, overgrowth]
2: a profusion of growth on or over something else
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sackcloth
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n 1: a garment made of coarse sacking; formerly worn as an
indication of remorse
2: a coarse cloth resembling sacking
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saddlecloth
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n 1: stable gear consisting of a blanket placed under the saddle
[syn: saddle blanket, saddlecloth, horse blanket]
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sailcloth
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n 1: a strong fabric (such as cotton canvas) used for making
sails and tents
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sloth
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n 1: a disinclination to work or exert yourself [syn: sloth,
slothfulness]
2: any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America
and Central America; they hang from branches back downward
and feed on leaves and fruits [syn: sloth, tree sloth]
3: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified
as one of the deadly sins) [syn: sloth, laziness,
acedia]
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stoat
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n 1: the ermine in its brown summer coat with black-tipped tail
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tablecloth
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n 1: a covering spread over a dining table
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tote
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n 1: a capacious bag or basket [syn: carryall, holdall,
tote, tote bag]
v 1: carry with difficulty; "You'll have to lug this suitcase"
[syn: lug, tote, tug]
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troth
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n 1: a mutual promise to marry [syn: betrothal, troth,
engagement]
2: a solemn pledge of fidelity [syn: plight, troth]
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undergrowth
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n 1: the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing
beneath taller trees in a wood or forest [syn:
underbrush, undergrowth, underwood]
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vote
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n 1: a choice that is made by counting the number of people in
favor of each alternative; "there were only 17 votes in
favor of the motion"; "they allowed just one vote per
person" [syn: vote, ballot, voting, balloting]
2: the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the
question to a vote"
3: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US
Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;
"American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote,
vote, suffrage]
4: a body of voters who have the same interests; "he failed to
get the Black vote"
5: the total number of voters who participated; "they are
expecting a large vote" [syn: vote, voter turnout]
v 1: express one's preference for a candidate or for a measure
or resolution; cast a vote; "He voted for the motion";
"None of the Democrats voted last night"
2: express one's choice or preference by vote; "vote the
Democratic ticket"
3: express a choice or opinion; "I vote that we all go home";
"She voted for going to the Chinese restaurant"
4: be guided by in voting; "vote one's conscience"
5: bring into existence or make available by vote; "They voted
aid for the underdeveloped countries in Asia"
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washcloth
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n 1: bath linen consisting of a piece of cloth used to wash the
face and body [syn: washcloth, washrag, flannel,
face cloth]
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wrath
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n 1: intense anger (usually on an epic scale)
2: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified
as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire,
ira]
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wroth
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adj 1: vehemently incensed and condemnatory; "they trembled
before the wrathful queen"; "but wroth as he was, a short
struggle ended in reconciliation" [syn: wrathful,
wroth, wrothful]
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phot
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n 1: a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square
centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux
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goth
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n 1: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or
refinement [syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl,
Goth, tyke, tike]
2: one of the Teutonic people who invaded the Roman Empire in
the 3rd to 5th centuries
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roth
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n 1: United States writer whose novels portray middle-class
Jewish life (born in 1933) [syn: Roth, Philip Roth,
Philip Milton Roth]
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visigoth
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n 1: a member of the western group of Goths who sacked Rome and
created a kingdom in present-day Spain and southern France
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ostrogoth
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n 1: a member of the eastern group of Goths who created a
kingdom in northern Italy around 500 AD
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thoth
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n 1: Egyptian Moon deity with the head of an ibis; god of wisdom
and learning and the arts; scribe of the gods
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ingrowth
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n 1: something that grows inward
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zeroth
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adj 1: preceding even the first
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intergrowth
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smote
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roath
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coth
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floorcloth
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upgrowth
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