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casing
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n 1: the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has
a walnut case" [syn: shell, case, casing]
2: the outermost covering of a pneumatic tire
3: the enclosing frame around a door or window opening; "the
casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" [syn:
casing, case]
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crossing
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n 1: traveling across
2: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford,
crossing]
3: a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
4: a junction where one street or road crosses another [syn:
intersection, crossroad, crossway, crossing,
carrefour]
5: a path (often marked) where something (as a street or
railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
[syn: crossing, crosswalk, crossover]
6: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties
of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids [syn:
hybridization, hybridisation, crossbreeding,
crossing, cross, interbreeding, hybridizing]
7: a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic
Ocean)
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decreasing
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adj 1: becoming less or smaller [ant: increasing]
2: music [ant: increasing]
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depressing
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adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the
economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless
about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an
uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless,
uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]
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increasing
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adj 1: becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices" [ant:
decreasing]
2: music [ant: decreasing]
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pressing
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adj 1: compelling immediate action; "too pressing to permit of
longer delay"; "the urgent words `Hurry! Hurry!'";
"bridges in urgent need of repair" [syn: pressing,
urgent]
n 1: the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the
button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding";
"at the pressing of a button" [syn: press, pressure,
pressing]
2: a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press
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rejoicing
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adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or
success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";
"a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn:
exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful,
rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
n 1: a feeling of great happiness
2: the utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn:
exultation, rejoicing, jubilation]
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releasing
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adj 1: emotionally purging (of e.g. art) [syn: cathartic,
releasing]
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spacing
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n 1: the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some
women do not control the spacing of their children"
2: the property possessed by an array of things that have space
between them [syn: spacing, spatial arrangement]
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suffix
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n 1: an affix that is added at the end of the word [syn:
suffix, postfix]
v 1: attach a suffix to; "suffix words" [ant: prefix]
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surpassing
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adj 1: exceeding or surpassing usual limits especially in
excellence [syn: transcendent, surpassing]
2: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
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teleconferencing
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n 1: a conference of people who are in different locations that
is made possible by the use of such telecommunications
equipment as closed-circuit television [syn:
teleconference, teleconferencing]
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tracing
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n 1: the act of drawing a plan or diagram or outline
2: a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of
paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of
the original image [syn: tracing, trace]
3: the discovery and description of the course of development of
something; "the tracing of genealogies"
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unceasing
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adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes
of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life
everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending
bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian,
eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending,
unceasing]
2: 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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unconvincing
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adj 1: not convincing; "unconvincing argument"; "as unconvincing
as a forced smile" [syn: unconvincing, flimsy] [ant:
convincing]
2: having a probability too low to inspire belief [syn:
improbable, unbelievable, unconvincing, unlikely]
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unprepossessing
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adj 1: creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression [syn:
unprepossessing, unpresentable]
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unpromising
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adj 1: unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment;
"faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising
combinations of instruments"
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voicing
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n 1: the act of adjusting an organ pipe (or wind instrument) so
that it conforms to the standards of tone and pitch and
color
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waxing
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adj 1: (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the
visible surface of the moon increases; "the waxing moon
passes from new to full" [ant: waning]
n 1: the application of wax to a surface
2: a gradual increase in magnitude or extent; "the waxing of the
moon" [ant: waning]
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lansing
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n 1: capital of the state of Michigan; located in southern
Michigan on the Grand River [syn: Lansing, capital of
Michigan]
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ceasing
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greasing
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leasing
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piecing
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policing
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fleecing
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thesing
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subleasing
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diesing
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gissing
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