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backgammon
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n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to
throws of the dice
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common
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adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a
whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are
set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant:
individual, single]
2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common
nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common
knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a
common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular
speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical
and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common
people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that
branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar
and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as
common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth
soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
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famine
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n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine,
shortage]
2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting
in violent hunger and starvation and death
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gamin
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n 1: (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned
and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin,
throwaway]
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gammon
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n 1: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn:
ham, jambon, gammon]
2: hind portion of a side of bacon
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lemon
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n 1: yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh
2: a strong yellow color [syn: gamboge, lemon, lemon
yellow, maize]
3: a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely
cultivated for its fruit [syn: lemon, lemon tree, Citrus
limon]
4: a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons
5: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or
unsatisfactory [syn: lemon, stinker]
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mammon
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n 1: wealth regarded as an evil influence
2: (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an
evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
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mountain
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n 1: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings;
higher than a hill [syn: mountain, mount]
2: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money";
"he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the
winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost
plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal,
hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint,
mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty,
pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate,
stack, tidy sum, wad]
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salmon
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adj 1: of orange tinged with pink [syn: pink-orange, pinkish-
orange, salmon]
n 1: any of various large food and game fishes of northern
waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn
2: a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho [syn: Salmon,
Salmon River]
3: flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the
family Salmonidae
4: a pale pinkish orange color
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shaman
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n 1: in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium
between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery
for healing or divination [syn: shaman, priest-doctor]
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summon
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v 1: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn:
summon, summons, cite]
2: ask to come; "summon a lawyer"
3: gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do
something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your
courage" [syn: muster, rally, summon, come up,
muster up]
4: make ready for action or use; "marshal resources" [syn:
mobilize, mobilise, marshal, summon]
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brahman
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n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a
descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston
brahman" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally
all brahmans were priests" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal
category [syn: brahman, brahmin]
4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large
American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved
in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now
used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: Brahman, Brahma,
Brahmin, Bos indicus]
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amman
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman,
capital of Jordan]
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alabaman
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n 1: a native or resident of Alabama [syn: Alabaman,
Alabamian]
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reexamine
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v 1: look at again; examine again; "let's review your situation"
[syn: review, reexamine]
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ammon
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amann
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ammann
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cammon
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damman
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dammann
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dammen
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hamon
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kamman
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lammon
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mammen
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salman
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sammon
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stammen
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tammen
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mccammon
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vercammen
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