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assay
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n 1: an appraisal of the state of affairs; "they made an assay
of the contents"; "a check on its dependability under
stress" [syn: assay, check]
2: a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components
3: a written report of the results of an analysis of the
composition of some substance
4: a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially
an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently
used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious
agents or antibodies etc.
v 1: analyze (chemical substances)
2: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his fears";
"The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police
attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself";
"She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn: try,
seek, attempt, essay, assay]
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brassy
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adj 1: resembling the sound of a brass instrument [syn:
brassy, brasslike]
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
3: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;
"bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with
its quick material successes and insolent belief in the
boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn:
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced,
brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
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chassis
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n 1: alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo
studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the
spirit is willing but the flesh is weak" [syn: human
body, physical body, material body, soma, build,
figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis,
frame, form, flesh]
2: a metal mounting for the circuit components of an electronic
device
3: the skeleton of a motor vehicle consisting of a steel frame
supported on springs that holds the body and motor
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classy
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adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy
dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the
Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]
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essay
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n 1: an analytic or interpretive literary composition
2: a tentative attempt
v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use
to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test
this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay]
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gainsay
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v 1: take exception to; "She challenged his claims" [syn:
challenge, dispute, gainsay]
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gassy
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adj 1: resembling gas
2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn:
colicky, flatulent, gassy]
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glassy
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adj 1: resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and
slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the
pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather
2: (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy
stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom" [syn:
glassy, glazed]
3: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by
fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy
porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures"
[syn: glassy, vitreous, vitrified]
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grassy
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adj 1: abounding in grass [ant: grassless]
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sassy
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adj 1: improperly forward or bold; "don't be fresh with me";
"impertinent of a child to lecture a grownup"; "an
impudent boy given to insulting strangers"; "Don't get
wise with me!" [syn: fresh, impertinent, impudent,
overbold, smart, saucy, sassy, wise]
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unsay
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v 1: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]
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brassie
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n 1: (formerly) a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a
driver but less than a spoon
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c
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adj 1: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, one
hundred, 100, c]
n 1: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn:
degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C]
2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy
and universality of the speed of light is recognized by
defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second [syn:
speed of light, light speed, c]
3: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits)
and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C, C,
ascorbic acid]
4: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate, C]
5: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine;
pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C]
6: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C,
atomic number 6]
7: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C]
8: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn:
coulomb, C, ampere-second]
9: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with
the UNIX operating system
10: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
11: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C, c]
12: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy,
snow, C]
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glace
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adj 1: (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or
allowing to absorb sugar [syn: candied, crystalized,
crystalised, glace]
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passe
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adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
"demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p),
outmoded, passe, passee]
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cassie
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n 1: tropical American thorny shrub or small tree; fragrant
yellow flowers used in making perfumery [syn: huisache,
cassie, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia,
scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana]
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tallahassee
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n 1: capital of the state of Florida; located in northern
Florida [syn: Tallahassee, capital of Florida]
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daresay
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cie
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gassee
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jose
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glisse
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pensee
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declasse
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bassi
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glassey
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grassi
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masci
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stassi
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tassi
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vasey
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vassey
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selassie
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malagasy
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