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anneal
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v 1: bring to a desired consistency, texture, or hardness by a
process of gradually heating and cooling; "temper glass"
[syn: anneal, temper, normalize]
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appeal
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n 1: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the
fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public
to keep calm" [syn: entreaty, prayer, appeal]
2: attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates; "his
smile was part of his appeal to her" [syn: appeal,
appealingness, charm]
3: (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a
higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower
court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment
or the granting of a new trial; "their appeal was denied in
the superior court"
4: request for a sum of money; "an appeal to raise money for
starving children" [syn: solicitation, appeal,
collection, ingathering]
v 1: take a court case to a higher court for review; "He was
found guilty but appealed immediately"
2: request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or
protection; "appeal to somebody for help"; "Invoke God in
times of trouble" [syn: appeal, invoke]
3: be attractive to; "The idea of a vacation appeals to me";
"The beautiful garden attracted many people" [syn: attract,
appeal] [ant: repel, repulse]
4: challenge (a decision); "She appealed the verdict"
5: cite as an authority; resort to; "He invoked the law that
would save him"; "I appealed to the law of 1900"; "She
invoked an ancient law" [syn: invoke, appeal]
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automobile
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n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an
internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
[syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]
v 1: travel in an automobile
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candela
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n 1: the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the
Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the
luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body
radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin [syn:
candle, candela, cd, standard candle]
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conceal
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v 1: prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide
their faces"; "hide the money" [syn: hide, conceal]
[ant: show]
2: hold back; keep from being perceived by others; "She conceals
her anger well" [syn: conceal, hold back, hold in]
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congeal
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v 1: become gelatinous; "the liquid jelled after we added the
enzyme" [syn: jell, set, congeal]
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corneal
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adj 1: of or related to the cornea
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creel
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n 1: a wicker basket used by anglers to hold fish
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deal
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n 1: a particular instance of buying or selling; "it was a
package deal"; "I had no further trade with him"; "he's a
master of the business deal" [syn: deal, trade,
business deal]
2: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of
shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal]
3: (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]
4: a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
5: wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
[syn: softwood, deal]
6: the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given
time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept
trying to see my hand" [syn: hand, deal]
7: the type of treatment received (especially as the result of
an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
8: the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed
around the table clockwise"
9: the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the
captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
v 1: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression;
"This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of
Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of
China" [syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal,
address]
2: take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the
case of China"; "Consider the following case" [syn:
consider, take, deal, look at]
3: take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are
we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how
to deal with these lazy students"
4: come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
"They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" [syn:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage]
5: administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer
critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money";
"shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to
someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks" [syn:
distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out,
lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out,
allot, dole out]
6: do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She
deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes" [syn: deal,
sell, trade]
7: be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this
crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She
managed her parents' affairs after they got too old" [syn:
manage, deal, care, handle]
8: behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with
his employees"
9: distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
10: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct
business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on, deal]
11: give out as one's portion or share [syn: share, divvy
up, portion out, apportion, deal]
12: give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen
of Spades"
13: sell; "deal hashish"
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dealer
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n 1: someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods
to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger]
2: a firm engaged in trading
3: a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"
4: the major party to a financial transaction at a stock
exchange; buys and sells for his own account [syn:
principal, dealer]
5: the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game
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feeler
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n 1: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g.
insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and
taste [syn: antenna, feeler]
2: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of
others; "she rejected his advances" [syn: overture,
advance, approach, feeler]
3: sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a
special antenna for public relations" [syn: antenna,
feeler]
4: slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish [syn: barbel,
feeler]
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freewheeler
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n 1: someone acting freely or even irresponsibly [syn: free
agent, free spirit, freewheeler]
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healer
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n 1: a person skilled in a particular type of therapy [syn:
therapist, healer]
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kneeler
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n 1: a person in a kneeling position
2: a board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on
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peeler
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n 1: a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing
to music [syn: stripper, striptease artist,
striptease, stripteaser, exotic dancer, ecdysiast,
peeler]
2: a worker who peels the skins from fruits and vegetables
3: a device for peeling vegetables or fruits; "she invented a
potato peeler"
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sealer
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n 1: a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard
coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish
used to size a surface) [syn: sealant, sealer]
2: an official who affixes a seal to a document
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spiel
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n 1: plausible glib talk (especially useful to a salesperson)
[syn: spiel, patter, line of gab]
v 1: replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the
third movement very beautifully" [syn: play, spiel]
2: speak at great length (about something)
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squeal
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n 1: a high-pitched howl
v 1: utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs [syn:
squeal, oink]
2: confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under
pressure [syn: confess, squeal, fink]
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squealer
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n 1: one who reveals confidential information in return for
money [syn: informer, betrayer, rat, squealer,
blabber]
2: domestic swine [syn: hog, pig, grunter, squealer,
Sus scrofa]
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steal
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n 1: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the
auction"; "the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn:
bargain, buy, steal]
2: a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances
safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a
hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)
v 1: take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet
on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my
dissertation"
2: move stealthily; "The ship slipped away in the darkness"
[syn: steal, slip]
3: steal a base
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stealer
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n 1: a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else
with the intention of keeping it or selling it [syn:
thief, stealer]
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steel
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n 1: an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used
in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a
wide range
2: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and
a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand,
steel]
3: knife sharpener consisting of a ridged steel rod
v 1: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant [syn:
steel, nerve]
2: cover, plate, or edge with steel
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stele
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n 1: the usually cylindrical central vascular portion of the
axis of a vascular plant
2: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn: stele,
stela]
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surreal
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adj 1: characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous
juxtapositions; "a great concourse of phantasmagoric
shadows"--J.C.Powys; "the incongruous imagery in surreal
art and literature" [syn: phantasmagoric,
phantasmagorical, surreal, surrealistic]
2: resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike
quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream" [syn:
dreamlike, surreal]
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tequila
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n 1: Mexican liquor made from fermented juices of an agave plant
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unreal
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adj 1: lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not
corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria; "ghosts
and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as
news" [ant: existent, real]
2: not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary;
"this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the
fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the
unreal world of advertising art" [ant: real(a)]
3: contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers";
"artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial
fibers"; "artificial sweeteners" [syn: artificial,
unreal] [ant: natural]
4: lacking material form or substance; unreal; "as insubstantial
as a dream"; "an insubstantial mirage on the horizon" [syn:
insubstantial, unsubstantial, unreal] [ant: material,
real, substantial]
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unseal
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v 1: break the seal of; "He unsealed the letter" [ant: seal]
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vela
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n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina
and Pyxis; "because of its configuration Vela is sometimes
called `the Sails'"
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velar
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adj 1: of or relating to the velum
2: produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the
soft palate (as `k' in `cat' and `g' in `gun' and `ng' in
`sing')
n 1: a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching
or near the soft palate [syn: velar, velar consonant]
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wheeler
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n 1: Scottish archaeologist (1890-1976) [syn: Wheeler, Sir
Mortimer Wheeler, Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler]
2: someone who makes and repairs wooden wheels [syn:
wheelwright, wheeler]
3: the man at the outermost end of the rank in wheeling
4: a person who rides a bicycle [syn: cyclist, bicyclist,
bicycler, wheeler]
5: a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels
of a vehicle [syn: wheel horse, wheeler]
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reeler
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n 1: someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall [syn:
staggerer, totterer, reeler]
2: a dancer of reels
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weil
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n 1: French philosopher (1909-1943) [syn: Weil, Simone Weil]
2: United States mathematician (born in France) (1906-1998)
[syn: Weil, Andre Weil]
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chela
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n 1: a Hindu disciple of a swami
2: a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other
arthropods [syn: claw, chela, nipper, pincer]
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stela
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n 1: an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings [syn:
stele, stela]
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monongahela
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n 1: a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows
north into Pennsylvania where it joins the Allegheny River
at Pittsburgh to form the Ohio River [syn: Monongahela,
Monongahela River]
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brasil
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n 1: the largest Latin American country and the largest
Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the
central and northeastern part of South America; world's
leading coffee exporter [syn: Brazil, Federative
Republic of Brazil, Brasil]
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steele
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n 1: English writer (1672-1729) [syn: Steele, Sir Richrd
Steele]
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emile
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n 1: the boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques
Rousseau
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abele
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n 1: a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States;
has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces [syn:
white poplar, white aspen, abele, aspen poplar,
silver-leaved poplar, Populus alba]
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hela
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n 1: (Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the
underworld [syn: Hel, Hela]
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vila
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n 1: capital of Vanuatu [syn: Port Vila, Vila, capital of
Vanuatu]
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appealer
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ceil
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labiovelar
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keeler
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beal
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beale
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beall
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beel
0
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beil
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biehl
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biel
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bleil
0
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briel
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cele
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ciel
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creal
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deahl
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deale
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miele
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teel
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adriel
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azbill
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brazeal
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braziel
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camille
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cecile
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chmiel
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corniel
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emil
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estill
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ferrill
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havill
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ifil
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averill
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becerril
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sheila
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leila
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shelagh
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philomela
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spieler
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keillor
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