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afternoon
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n 1: the part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a
quiet afternoon in the park"
2: a conventional expression of greeting or farewell [syn: good
afternoon, afternoon]
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attune
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v 1: adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with
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baboon
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n 1: large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles
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balloon
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n 1: large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air
2: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck
v 1: ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the
earth but storms forced him to land in China"
2: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon,
inflate, billow]
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bassoon
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n 1: a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
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boon
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adj 1: very close and convivial; "boon companions"
n 1: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a
spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing,
boon]
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buffoon
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n 1: a rude or vulgar fool [syn: clown, buffoon]
2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn:
clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew]
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cardoon
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n 1: southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple
flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots
[syn: cardoon, Cynara cardunculus]
2: only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched
and used as celery); related to artichokes
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cartoon
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n 1: a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or
magazine [syn: cartoon, sketch]
2: a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to
give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid
sequence [syn: cartoon, animated cartoon, toon]
v 1: draw cartoons of
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cocoon
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n 1: silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to
protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs
v 1: retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly
environment; "Families cocoon around the T.V. set most
evenings"; "She loves to stay at home and cocoon"
2: wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection
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commune
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n 1: the smallest administrative district of several European
countries
2: a body of people or families living together and sharing
everything
v 1: communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened,
intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"
2: receive Communion, in the Catholic church [syn: commune,
communicate]
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coon
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n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon
when the battle starts"
2: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person;
"only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger,
nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra]
3: North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, common
racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor]
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croon
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v 1: sing softly
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dune
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n 1: a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or
near lakes and oceans [syn: dune, sand dune]
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goon
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n 1: an awkward stupid person [syn: lout, clod,
stumblebum, goon, oaf, lubber, lummox, lump,
gawk]
2: an aggressive and violent young criminal [syn: hood,
hoodlum, goon, punk, thug, tough, toughie,
strong-armer]
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loon
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n 1: a worthless lazy fellow
2: large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the
northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back;
related to the grebes [syn: loon, diver]
3: a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought
[syn: addle-head, addlehead, loon, birdbrain]
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moon
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n 1: the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance
to the Moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on
the moon in 1969" [syn: Moon, moon]
2: any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he
used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed
various phases"
3: the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) [syn:
lunar month, moon, lunation, synodic month]
4: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy";
"the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight,
moonshine, Moon]
5: United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded
the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of
conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920) [syn: Moon, Sun
Myung Moon]
6: any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen
moons"
v 1: have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake; "She
looked out the window, daydreaming" [syn: daydream,
moon]
2: be idle in a listless or dreamy way [syn: moon, moon
around, moon on]
3: expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"
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noon
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n 1: the middle of the day [syn: noon, twelve noon, high
noon, midday, noonday, noontide]
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spoon
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n 1: a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and
a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food
2: as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of sugar"
[syn: spoon, spoonful]
3: formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face
v 1: scoop up or take up with a spoon; "spoon the sauce over the
roast"
2: snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back
of the others [syn: smooch, spoon]
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swoon
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n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient
blood to the brain [syn: faint, swoon, syncope,
deliquium]
v 1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due
to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: faint,
conk, swoon, pass out]
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tune
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n 1: a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she
was humming an air from Beethoven" [syn: tune, melody,
air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase]
2: the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch;
"he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
3: the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a
required frequency
v 1: adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine" [syn:
tune, tune up]
2: adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs
to be tuned" [syn: tune, tune up] [ant: untune]
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tycoon
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n 1: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
[syn: baron, big businessman, business leader,
king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive,
tycoon]
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typhoon
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n 1: a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or
Indian oceans
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boone
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n 1: an American pioneer and guide and explorer (1734-1820)
[syn: Boone, Daniel Boone]
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june
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n 1: the month following May and preceding July
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kuhn
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n 1: Austrian chemist who did research on carotenoids and
vitamins (1900-1967) [syn: Kuhn, Richard Kuhn]
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poon
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n 1: wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars
2: any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum
having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood
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bethune
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n 1: United States educator who worked to improve race relations
and educational opportunities for Black Americans
(1875-1955) [syn: Bethune, Mary McLeod Bethune]
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cancun
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n 1: a popular island resort off the northeastern tip of the
Yucatan peninsula
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strewn
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broun
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bruen
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brune
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bruun
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choon
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clune
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coone
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hoon
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antoon
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aoun
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banoun
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barloon
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cahoon
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calhoon
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calhoun
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cohoon
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corroon
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