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coif
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n 1: the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
[syn: hairdo, hairstyle, hair style, coiffure,
coif]
2: a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a
hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
v 1: cover with a coif
2: arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding" [syn:
dress, arrange, set, do, coif, coiffe,
coiffure]
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cough
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n 1: a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears
the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory
infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis [syn:
cough, coughing]
v 1: exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or
congestion; "The smoker coughs all day"
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doff
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v 1: remove; "He doffed his hat"
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off
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adv 1: from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is
obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away
from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school";
"the teacher waved the children away from the dead
animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go
forth and preach" [syn: away, off, forth]
2: at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or
away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away
back in the 18th century" [syn: off, away]
3: no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt";
"he shaved off his mustache"
adj 1: not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the
lights are off" [ant: on]
2: below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his
performance was off"
3: (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is
definitely off" [syn: off, cancelled] [ant: on]
4: in an unpalatable state; "sour milk" [syn: off, sour,
turned]
5: not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every
Tuesday"
v 1: kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss
ordered his enemies murdered" [syn: murder, slay,
hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off,
remove]
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pilaf
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n 1: rice cooked in well-seasoned broth with onions or celery
and usually poultry or game or shellfish and sometimes
tomatoes [syn: pilaf, pilaff, pilau, pilaw]
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quaff
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n 1: a hearty draft
v 1: to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught; "The
men gulped down their beers" [syn: gulp, quaff, swig]
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scoff
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n 1: showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering,
mockery, scoff, scoffing]
v 1: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at
the speaker" [syn: jeer, scoff, flout, barrack,
gibe]
2: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn:
scoff, flout]
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takeoff
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n 1: a departure; especially of airplanes
2: the initial ascent of an airplane as it becomes airborne
3: a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's
style, usually in a humorous way [syn: parody, lampoon,
spoof, sendup, mockery, takeoff, burlesque,
travesty, charade, pasquinade, put-on]
4: humorous or satirical mimicry [syn: parody, mockery,
takeoff]
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toff
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n 1: informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person [syn:
toff, nob]
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trough
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n 1: a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves
or in the ocean bed)
2: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and
carries away rainwater [syn: gutter, trough]
3: a concave shape with an open top [syn: bowl, trough]
4: a treasury for government funds [syn: public treasury,
trough, till]
5: a long narrow shallow receptacle
6: a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle
or horses feed [syn: manger, trough]
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cracow
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n 1: an industrial city in southern Poland on the Vistula [syn:
Cracow, Krakow, Krakau]
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baryshnikov
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n 1: Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United
States (born in 1948) [syn: Baryshnikov, Mikhail
Baryshnikov]
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chekhov
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n 1: Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the
difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)
[syn: Chekhov, Chekov, Anton Chekhov, Anton Chekov,
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich Chekov]
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kalashnikov
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n 1: a type of submachine gun made in Russia
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kickoff
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n 1: (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a
football game or to resume it after a score
2: the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got
an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the
man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first,
outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time,
showtime, offset] [ant: end, ending, middle]
3: a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at
the kickoff" [syn: kickoff, send-off, start-off]
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kirchhoff
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n 1: German physicist who with Bunsen pioneered spectrum
analysis and formulated two laws governing electric
networks (1824-1887) [syn: Kirchhoff, G. R. Kirchhoff,
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff]
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zhukov
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n 1: Soviet general who during World Warr II directed the
counteroffensive at Stalingrad and relieved Leningrad and
captured Berlin (1896-1974) [syn: Zhukov, Georgi
Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov]
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pickoff
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hauff
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hoff
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knauf
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knauff
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knoff
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knopf
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lauf
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roff
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schroff
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shroff
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skoff
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stauff
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stoff
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baraff
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christophe
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mcgoff
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boff
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gough
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koff
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caph
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coff
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schwarzkopf
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cerenkov
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cherenkov
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