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ally
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n 1: a friendly nation
2: an associate who provides cooperation or assistance; "he's a
good ally in fight" [syn: ally, friend] [ant: enemy,
foe]
v 1: become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage;
"He allied himself with the Communists"
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tear
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n 1: a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the
lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
[syn: tear, teardrop]
2: an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a
rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" [syn:
rip, rent, snag, split, tear]
3: an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a
bust that lasted three days" [syn: bust, tear, binge,
bout]
4: the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and
gave it a mighty tear"
v 1: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped";
"tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap, bust]
2: to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger
of being torn from the crossbars"
3: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street";
"He came charging into my office" [syn: tear, shoot,
shoot down, charge, buck]
4: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume]
5: fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"
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tier
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n 1: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group;
"lumber of the highest grade" [syn: grade, level,
tier]
2: any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
3: a worker who ties something [syn: tier, tier up]
4: something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to
the yard with tiers"
5: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier
of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"
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veer
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v 1: turn sharply; change direction abruptly; "The car cut to
the left at the intersection"; "The motorbike veered to the
right" [syn: swerve, sheer, curve, trend, veer,
slue, slew, cut]
2: shift to a clockwise direction; "the wind veered" [ant:
back]
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weir
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n 1: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or
divert its flow
2: a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain
fish
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year
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n 1: a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4
years old"; "in the year 1920" [syn: year, twelvemonth,
yr]
2: a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year
that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
3: the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g.,
Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun;
"a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
4: a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97";
"she was in my year at Hoehandle High" [syn: class, year]
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trier
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n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer]
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chablis
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n 1: a town in north central France noted for white Burgundy
wines
2: dry white table wine of Chablis, France or a wine resembling
it [syn: Chablis, white Burgundy]
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deere
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n 1: United States industrialist who manufactured plows suitable
for working the prairie soil (1804-1886) [syn: Deere,
John Deere]
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lear
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n 1: British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
[syn: Lear, Edward Lear]
2: the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed
and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters [syn: Lear,
King Lear]
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ai
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n 1: an agency of the United States Army responsible for
providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized
intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic
level commanders [syn: Army Intelligence, AI]
2: the branch of computer science that deal with writing
computer programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in
computers and robots" [syn: artificial intelligence, AI]
3: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each
hindfoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus
tridactylus]
4: the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some
means other than sexual intercourse [syn: artificial
insemination, AI]
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rhea
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n 1: fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of
Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and
Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
2: smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to
ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of
Magellan [syn: rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata]
3: larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to
ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
[syn: rhea, Rhea americana]
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cere
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n 1: the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of
some birds
v 1: wrap up in a cerecloth; "cere a corpse"
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tyr
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n 1: (Norse mythology) god of war and strife and son of Odin;
identified with Anglo-Saxon Tiu [syn: Tyr, Tyrr]
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scrutineer
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n 1: someone who examines votes at an election [syn:
scrutineer, canvasser]
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alai
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alveoli
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nucleoli
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we're
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grier
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bere
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frere
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greer
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kier
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kir
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mir
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shere
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zia
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keir
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holi
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moduli
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