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armful
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n 1: the quantity that can be contained in the arms
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bagful
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n 1: the quantity that a bag will hold; "he ate a large bag of
popcorn" [syn: bag, bagful]
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basketful
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n 1: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: basket,
basketful]
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bellyful
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n 1: an undesirable overabundance; "a bellyful of your
complaints"
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brimful
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adj 1: filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of
chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes
brimming with tears" [syn: brimful, brimfull,
brimming]
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bucketful
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n 1: the quantity contained in a bucket [syn: bucket,
bucketful]
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bulbul
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n 1: nightingale spoken of in Persian poetry
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bull
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n 1: uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle
2: a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a
man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he
got" [syn: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson]
3: obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot
of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
[syn: bullshit, bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit,
crap, dogshit]
4: a serious and ludicrous blunder; "he made a bad bull of the
assignment"
5: uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, cop,
copper, fuzz, pig]
6: an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor
who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later
[ant: bear]
7: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
[syn: Taurus, Bull]
8: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull,
Bull]
9: the center of a target [syn: bull's eye, bull]
10: a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in
antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla) [syn:
bull, papal bull]
11: mature male of various mammals of which the female is called
`cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle
v 1: push or force; "He bulled through his demands" [syn:
bull, bull through]
2: try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying
3: speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; "The
politician was not well prepared for the debate and faked it"
[syn: talk through one's hat, bullshit, bull, fake]
4: advance in price; "stocks were bulling"
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capful
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n 1: the quantity that a cap will hold
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cool
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adj 1: neither warm nor very cold; giving relief from heat; "a
cool autumn day"; "a cool room"; "cool summer dresses";
"cool drinks"; "a cool breeze" [ant: warm]
2: marked by calm self-control (especially in trying
circumstances); unemotional; "play it cool"; "keep cool";
"stayed coolheaded in the crisis"; "the most nerveless winner
in the history of the tournament" [syn: cool, coolheaded,
nerveless]
3: (color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially
of greens and blues and violets; "cool greens and blues and
violets" [ant: warm]
4: psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or
unresponsive or showing dislike; "relations were cool and
polite"; "a cool reception"; "cool to the idea of higher
taxes" [ant: warm]
5: (used of a number or sum) without exaggeration or
qualification; "a cool million bucks"
6: fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or
socially adept; "he's a cool dude"; "that's cool"; "Mary's
dress is really cool"; "it's not cool to arrive at a party
too early"
n 1: the quality of being at a refreshingly low temperature;
"the cool of early morning"
2: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
[syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-froid]
v 1: make cool or cooler; "Chill the food" [syn: cool,
chill, cool down] [ant: heat, heat up]
2: loose heat; "The air cooled considerably after the
thunderstorm" [syn: cool, chill, cool down] [ant:
heat, heat up, hot up]
3: lose intensity; "His enthusiasm cooled considerably" [syn:
cool, cool off, cool down]
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cupful
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n 1: the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee";
"he borrowed a cup of sugar" [syn: cup, cupful]
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drool
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n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney,
boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug,
taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, dribble,
drivel, slobber]
v 1: be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about
something; "She was salivating over the raise she
anticipated" [syn: salivate, drool]
2: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn:
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
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eyeful
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n 1: a strikingly beautiful woman; "she was a statuesque
redheaded eyeful"
2: a full view; a good look; "they wanted to see violence and
they got an eyeful"
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fool
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n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [syn: fool, sap,
saphead, muggins, tomfool]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy,
sucker, soft touch, mug]
3: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman
in the Middle Ages [syn: jester, fool, motley fool]
v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn: fool, gull, befool]
2: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate,
shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away]
3: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
4: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back
to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn:
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool]
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full
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adv 1: to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely;
(`full' in this sense is used as a combining form);
"fully grown"; "he didn't fully understand"; "knew full
well"; "full-grown"; "full-fledged" [syn: fully, to
the full, full]
adj 1: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal;
"a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life";
"the auditorium was full to overflowing" [ant: empty]
2: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an
entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full
attention"; "a total failure" [syn: entire, full,
total]
3: complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full
game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: full,
total]
4: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach"
[syn: full, replete(p)]
5: (of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a
full voice" [ant: thin]
6: having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure";
"gives good measure"; "a good mile from here" [syn: full,
good]
7: being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full
summer" [syn: broad(a), full(a)]
8: having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers";
"a full skirt" [syn: wide, wide-cut, full]
n 1: the time when the Moon is fully illuminated; "the moon is
at the full" [syn: full moon, full-of-the-moon, full
phase of the moon, full]
v 1: beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the
cloth"
2: make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
3: increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" [syn: wax, full]
[ant: wane]
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ghoul
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n 1: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for
anatomical dissection [syn: graverobber, ghoul, body
snatcher]
2: an evil spirit or ghost
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handful
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n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were
received" [syn: handful, smattering]
2: the quantity that can be held in the hand [syn: handful,
fistful]
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houseful
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n 1: as many as a house will accommodate; "they entertained a
houseful of guests"
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joule
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n 1: a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a
current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one
ohm for one second [syn: joule, J, watt second]
2: English physicist who established the mechanical theory of
heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics
(1818-1889) [syn: Joule, James Prescott Joule]
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mewl
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v 1: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail,
whimper, mewl, pule]
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mouthful
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n 1: the quantity that can be held in the mouth
2: a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"
[syn: taste, mouthful]
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mule
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n 1: hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse;
usually sterile
2: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule,
scuff]
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pool
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n 1: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
2: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn:
pond, pool]
3: an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a
car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he
was assigned to the pool"
4: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn:
consortium, pool, syndicate]
5: any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to
the pool"
6: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the
rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: pool,
puddle]
7: the combined stakes of the betters [syn: pool, kitty]
8: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of
light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
[syn: pool, puddle]
9: any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
[syn: pool, pocket billiards]
v 1: combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"
2: join or form a pool of people
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pull
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n 1: the act of pulling; applying force to move something toward
or with you; "the pull up the hill had him breathing
harder"; "his strenuous pulling strained his back" [syn:
pull, pulling]
2: the force used in pulling; "the pull of the moon"; "the pull
of the current"
3: special advantage or influence; "the chairman's nephew has a
lot of pull" [syn: pull, clout]
4: a device used for pulling something; "he grabbed the pull and
opened the drawer"
5: a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments; "the wrench to his
knee occurred as he fell"; "he was sidelined with a hamstring
pull" [syn: wrench, twist, pull]
6: a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke); "he took a puff on
his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the
smoke slowly" [syn: puff, drag, pull]
7: a sustained effort; "it was a long pull but we made it"
v 1: cause to move by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
[syn: pull, draw, force] [ant: force, push]
2: direct toward itself or oneself by means of some
psychological power or physical attributes; "Her good looks
attract the stares of many men"; "The ad pulled in many
potential customers"; "This pianist pulls huge crowds"; "The
store owner was happy that the ad drew in many new customers"
[syn: attract, pull, pull in, draw, draw in] [ant:
beat back, drive, force back, push back, repel,
repulse]
3: move into a certain direction; "the car pulls to the right"
4: apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the
motion; "Pull the rope"; "Pull the handle towards you"; "pull
the string gently"; "pull the trigger of the gun"; "pull your
knees towards your chin"
5: perform an act, usually with a negative connotation;
"perpetrate a crime"; "pull a bank robbery" [syn:
perpetrate, commit, pull]
6: bring, take, or pull out of a container or from under a
cover; "draw a weapon"; "pull out a gun"; "The mugger pulled
a knife on his victim" [syn: draw, pull, pull out, get
out, take out]
7: steer into a certain direction; "pull one's horse to a
stand"; "Pull the car over"
8: strain abnormally; "I pulled a muscle in my leg when I jumped
up"; "The athlete pulled a tendon in the competition" [syn:
pull, overstretch]
9: cause to move in a certain direction by exerting a force
upon, either physically or in an abstract sense; "A declining
dollar pulled down the export figures for the last quarter"
[syn: pull, draw]
10: operate when rowing a boat; "pull the oars"
11: rein in to keep from winning a race; "pull a horse"
12: tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to
bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" [syn: rend,
rip, rive, pull]
13: hit in the direction that the player is facing when carrying
through the swing; "pull the ball"
14: strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon" [syn:
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume]
15: remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an
abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take
out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"
[syn: extract, pull out, pull, pull up, take out,
draw out]
16: take sides with; align oneself with; show strong sympathy
for; "We all rooted for the home team"; "I'm pulling for the
underdog"; "Are you siding with the defender of the title?"
[syn: pull, root for]
17: take away; "pull the old soup cans from the supermarket
shelf"
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roomful
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n 1: the quantity a room will hold
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rule
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n 1: a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
"it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short
haircuts were the regulation" [syn: rule, regulation]
2: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of
not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the
exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn:
convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula]
3: prescribed guide for conduct or action [syn: rule,
prescript]
4: (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic
practice [syn: rule, linguistic rule]
5: a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can
be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their
principles of composition characterized all their works"
[syn: principle, rule]
6: the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during
the rule of Elizabeth"
7: dominance or power through legal authority; "France held
undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of
Caesar" [syn: dominion, rule]
8: directions that define the way a game or sport is to be
conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"
9: any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way
of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St.
Dominic"
10: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the
function of a complex system; "the principle of the
conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion";
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields" [syn:
principle, rule]
11: (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of
mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with
Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for
attacking polynomials" [syn: rule, formula]
12: measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or
plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing
straight lines and measuring lengths [syn: rule, ruler]
v 1: exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing
the country now?" [syn: govern, rule]
2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn
males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
3: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this
neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule,
reign, prevail]
4: decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
[syn: rule, find]
5: have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
6: mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"
7: keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness,
rein]
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school
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n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in
1900"
2: a building where young people receive education; "the school
was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn:
school, schoolhouse]
3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what
will you do when you finish school?" [syn: school,
schooling]
4: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a
similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of
painting"
5: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when
school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a
single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would
walk home together" [syn: school, schooltime, school
day]
6: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the
school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out
for the game"
7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: school, shoal]
v 1: educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled
at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
2: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school,
train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
3: swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of
schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
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spool
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n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel]
v 1: transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a
printer) into temporary storage
2: wind onto a spool or a reel
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spoonful
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n 1: as much as a spoon will hold; "he added two spoons of
sugar" [syn: spoon, spoonful]
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stool
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n 1: a simple seat without a back or arms
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn:
fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM,
stool, ordure, dejection]
3: (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed
for the production of saplings
4: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
v 1: lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2: react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3: grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers [syn: stool,
tiller]
4: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a
crap, ca-ca, crap, make]
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tool
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n 1: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
2: the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the
instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new
tools to fight disease" [syn: instrument, tool]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
creature, tool, puppet]
4: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
v 1: drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
2: ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the
pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn: joyride,
tool, tool around]
3: furnish with tools
4: work with a tool
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tulle
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n 1: a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or
gowns
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wool
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n 1: a fabric made from the hair of sheep [syn: wool,
woolen, woollen]
2: fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into
yarn for weaving
3: outer coat of especially sheep and yaks [syn: wool,
fleece]
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yule
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n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas,
Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide,
Noel]
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boole
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n 1: English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra
(1815-1864) [syn: Boole, George Boole]
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boule
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n 1: an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow
and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork [syn: boulle,
boule, buhl]
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buhl
0
n 1: an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow
and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork [syn: boulle,
boule, buhl]
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thule
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n 1: a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a
United States naval base was built there
2: the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be
the northernmost land in the inhabited world [syn: Thule,
ultima Thule]
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pul
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n 1: 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan
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pule
0
v 1: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail,
whimper, mewl, pule]
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chernobyl
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n 1: a city in north central Ukraine; site of a major disaster
at a nuclear power plant (26 April 1986)
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pailful
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n 1: the quantity contained in a pail [syn: pail, pailful]
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scoopful
0
n 1: the quantity a scoop will hold [syn: scoop, scoopful]
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kabul
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Afghanistan; located in
eastern Afghanistan [syn: Kabul, capital of
Afghanistan]
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you'll
0
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poole
0
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sproule
0
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raoul
0
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sool
0
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kuehl
0
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ruehl
0
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schul
0
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schull
0
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ambuehl
0
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turnbull
0