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buttery
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adj 1: unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in
manner or speech; "buttery praise"; "gave him a fulsome
introduction"; "an oily sycophantic press agent";
"oleaginous hypocrisy"; "smarmy self-importance"; "the
unctuous Uriah Heep"; "soapy compliments" [syn:
buttery, fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy,
soapy, unctuous]
2: resembling or containing or spread with butter; "a rich
buttery cake"
n 1: a small storeroom for storing foods or wines [syn:
pantry, larder, buttery]
2: a teashop where students in British universities can purchase
light meals
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certiorari
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n 1: a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of
inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular
case [syn: certiorari, writ of certiorari]
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charivari
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n 1: a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to
a newly married couple [syn: shivaree, chivaree,
charivari, callithump, callathump, belling]
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contributory
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adj 1: tending to bring about; being partly responsible for;
"working conditions are not conducive to productivity";
"the seaport was a contributing factor in the growth of
the city"; "a contributory factor" [syn: conducive,
contributing(a), contributive, contributory,
tributary]
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curare
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n 1: a toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American
trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles;
"curare acts by blocking cholinergic transmission at the
myoneural junction" [syn: tubocurarine, curare]
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lottery
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n 1: something that is regarded as a chance event; "the election
was just a lottery to them"
2: players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed
by casting lots [syn: lottery, drawing]
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mare
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n 1: female equine animal [syn: mare, female horse]
2: a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the
moon [syn: mare, maria]
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pottery
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n 1: ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln [syn:
pottery, clayware]
2: the craft of making earthenware
3: a workshop where clayware is made
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safari
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n 1: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) [syn:
campaign, hunting expedition, safari]
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sari
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n 1: a dress worn primarily by Hindu women; consists of several
yards of light material that is draped around the body
[syn: sari, saree]
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starry
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adj 1: abounding with or resembling stars; "a starry night";
"starry illumination" [ant: starless]
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tarry
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adj 1: having the characteristics of pitch or tar [syn:
pitchy, resinous, resiny, tarry]
v 1: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around
the department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle,
lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess
about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill
around]
2: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
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tottery
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adj 1: unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a
tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man" [syn:
tottering, tottery]
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watery
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adj 1: filled with water; "watery soil"
2: wet with secreted or exuded moisture such as sweat or tears;
"wiped his reeking neck" [syn: reeking, watery]
3: relating to or resembling or consisting of water; "a watery
substance"; "a watery color"
4: overly diluted; thin and insipid; "washy coffee"; "watery
milk"; "weak tea" [syn: watery, washy, weak]
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bari
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n 1: capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast
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mari
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n 1: a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
[syn: Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari]
2: the Finnic language spoken by the Cheremis [syn: Cheremis,
Cheremiss, Mari]
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bihari
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n 1: the Indic language spoken in Bihar (and by some people in
Pakistan and Bangladesh)
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harare
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Zimbabwe [syn: Harare,
Salisbury, capital of Zimbabwe]
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calamari
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n 1: (Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food [syn: squid,
calamari, calamary]
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stradivari
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n 1: Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and
created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737)
[syn: Stradivari, Antonio Stradivari, Stradivarius,
Antonius Stradivarius]
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distributary
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n 1: a branch of a river that flows away from the main stream
and does not rejoin it [ant: affluent, confluent,
feeder, tributary]
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vasari
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n 1: Italian painter and art historian (1511-1574) [syn:
Vasari, Giorgio Vasari]
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kalahari
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n 1: a desert in southwestern Africa - largely Botswana [syn:
Kalahari, Kalahari Desert]
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cautery
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n 1: an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for
medical reasons (eg removal of a wart) by burning it with a
hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing
it [syn: cautery, cauterant]
2: the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot
iron or caustic agent or by freezing [syn: cautery,
cauterization, cauterisation]
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bijouterie
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fluttery
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persecutory
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butare
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callari
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cribari
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cundari
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dibari
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dimare
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ferrari
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funari
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furnari
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gaspari
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gortari
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imari
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lamarre
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lazzari
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licari
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lipari
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macari
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mascari
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massari
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scolari
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sistare
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solari
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trifari
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vicari
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villari
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cagliari
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dicesare
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kuranari
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molinari
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montanari
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ricercare
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sparry
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askari
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shikari
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martyry
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godwottery
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