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beating
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n 1: the act of overcoming or outdoing [syn: beating,
whipping]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing,
lacing, trouncing, whacking]
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betting
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adj 1: preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially
games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting
man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool";
"sporting gents and their ladies" [syn: dissipated,
betting, card-playing, sporting]
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bloodletting
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n 1: formerly used as a treatment to reduce excess blood (one of
the four humors of medieval medicine)
2: indiscriminate slaughter; "a bloodbath took place when the
leaders of the plot surrendered"; "ten days after the
bloodletting Hitler gave the action its name"; "the valley is
no stranger to bloodshed and murder"; "a huge prison battue
was ordered" [syn: bloodbath, bloodletting, bloodshed,
battue]
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discriminating
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adj 1: showing or indicating careful judgment and discernment
especially in matters of taste; "the discriminating eye
of the connoisseur" [ant: indiscriminating,
undiscriminating]
2: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning";
"as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating
insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute,
discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike,
penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
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letting
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n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease,
rental, letting]
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setting
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n 1: the context and environment in which something is set; "the
perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting,
scene]
2: the state of the environment in which a situation exists;
"you can't do that in a university setting" [syn: setting,
background, scope]
3: arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place
where a play or movie is enacted [syn: mise en scene,
stage setting, setting]
4: the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation
or event; "the historical context" [syn: context,
circumstance, setting]
5: the physical position of something; "he changed the setting
on the thermostat"
6: a table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling
flatware" [syn: place setting, setting]
7: a mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or
other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in
a plain gold mount" [syn: mount, setting]
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suffocating
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adj 1: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack
of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June
dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat";
"the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn:
smothering, suffocating, suffocative]
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sweating
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n 1: the process of the sweat glands of the skin secreting a
salty fluid; "perspiration is a homeostatic process" [syn:
perspiration, sweating, diaphoresis, sudation,
hidrosis]
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thermosetting
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adj 1: having the property of becoming permanently hard and
rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and
plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting
materials" [syn: thermosetting, thermoset] [ant:
thermoplastic]
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undeviating
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adj 1: going directly ahead from one point to another without
veering or turning aside; "some people see evolution as
an undeviating upward march from simple organisms to the
very complex"; "a straight and narrow tree-lined road
unswerving across the lowlands" [syn: undeviating,
unswerving]
2: used of values and principles; not subject to change; steady;
"undeviating loyalty"
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unfitting
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adj 1: not in keeping with what is correct or proper;
"completely inappropriate behavior" [syn:
inappropriate, incompatible, out or keeping(p),
unfitting]
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unhesitating
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adj 1: characterized by quickness and firmness; "his reply was
unhesitating" [syn: unhesitating, resolute]
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unremitting
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adj 1: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing;
"the ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain";
"night and day we live with the incessant noise of the
city"; "the never-ending search for happiness"; "the
perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy";
"man's unceasing warfare with drought and isolation";
"unremitting demands of hunger" [syn: ceaseless,
constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual,
unceasing, unremitting]
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unwitting
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adj 1: not done with purpose or intent; "an unintended slight";
"an unintentional pun"; "the offense was unintentional";
"an unwitting mistake may be overlooked" [syn:
unintentional, unplanned, unwitting]
2: not aware or knowing; "an unwitting subject in an experiment"
[ant: witting]
3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or
knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances";
"an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
[syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing,
unwitting]
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upsetting
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adj 1: causing an emotional disturbance; "his disconcerting
habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers
charmingly"- Herb Caen; "an upsetting experience" [syn:
disconcerting, upsetting]
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weighting
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n 1: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a
frequency distribution in order to represent their relative
importance [syn: weight, weighting]
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wetting
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n 1: the act of making something wet
2: a euphemism for urination; "he had to take a leak" [syn:
leak, wetting, making water, passing water]
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witting
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adj 1: aware or knowing; "a witting tool of the Communists"
[ant: unwitting]
2: intentionally conceived; "a conscious effort to speak more
slowly"; "a conscious policy" [syn: conscious, witting]
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abetting
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bayoneting
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begetting
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besetting
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coquetting
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forgetting
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fretting
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offsetting
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regretting
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typesetting
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vetting
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gatting
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sweeting
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keating
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