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abdomen
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n 1: the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax
and the pelvis [syn: abdomen, venter, stomach,
belly]
2: the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is
separated from the thorax by the diaphragm [syn: abdominal
cavity, abdomen]
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acetone
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n 1: the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely
used as an organic solvent and as material for making
plastics [syn: acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone]
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airman
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n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator,
aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
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alderman
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n 1: a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city
council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"
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artilleryman
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n 1: a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman,
cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
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assemblyman
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n 1: someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
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atone
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v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate,
aby, abye, atone]
2: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone]
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backgammon
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n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to
throws of the dice
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badminton
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n 1: a game played on a court with light long-handled rackets
used to volley a shuttlecock over a net
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baritone
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adj 1: lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a
baritone voice"; "baritone oboe"
n 1: a male singer [syn: baritone, barytone]
2: the second lowest adult male singing voice [syn: baritone,
baritone voice]
3: the second lowest brass wind instrument [syn: baritone,
baritone horn]
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barman
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n 1: an employee who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar
[syn: bartender, barman, barkeep, barkeeper,
mixologist]
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bemoan
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v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we
lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament,
bewail, bemoan]
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bloodstone
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n 1: green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn:
bloodstone, heliotrope]
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blown
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adj 1: being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown
clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on
the window sill"
2: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, pursy,
short-winded, winded]
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bluestone
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n 1: bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building
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bondwoman
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n 1: a female bound to serve without wages [syn: bondwoman,
bondswoman, bondmaid]
2: a female slave [syn: bondwoman, bondswoman, bondmaid]
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bowman
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n 1: a person who is expert in the use of a bow and arrow [syn:
archer, bowman]
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brimstone
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n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur,
native sulphur]
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brownstone
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n 1: a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
2: a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color
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businesswoman
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n 1: a female businessperson
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cacodemon
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n 1: an evil spirit [syn: cacodemon, cacodaemon] [ant:
eudaemon, eudemon, good spirit]
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caiman
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n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that
resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
[syn: caiman, cayman]
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canton
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n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the
capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port
[syn: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton]
2: a small administrative division of a country
v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter,
billet, canton]
2: divide into cantons, of a country
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capstan
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n 1: a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical
axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy
sails
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capstone
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n 1: a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination [syn:
finishing touch, capstone, copestone]
2: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn:
capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher]
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catechumen
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n 1: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity
by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte]
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cavalryman
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n 1: a soldier in a motorized army unit [syn: cavalryman,
trooper]
2: a soldier mounted on horseback; "a cavalryman always takes
good care of his mount" [syn: cavalryman, trooper]
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chairman
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n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an
organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair,
chairperson]
v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: chair, chairman]
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chairwoman
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n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an
organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair,
chairperson]
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charwoman
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n 1: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will
clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours
a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning
woman, cleaning lady, woman]
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cherrystone
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n 1: small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked
as in e.g. clams casino [syn: cherrystone, cherrystone
clam]
2: a half-grown quahog [syn: cherrystone, cherrystone clam]
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chieftain
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n 1: the leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry"
[syn: captain, chieftain]
2: the head of a tribe or clan [syn: headman, tribal chief,
chieftain, chief]
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cistern
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n 1: a sac or cavity containing fluid especially lymph or
cerebrospinal fluid [syn: cisterna, cistern]
2: a tank that holds the water used to flush a toilet [syn:
cistern, water tank]
3: an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an
underground tank for storing rainwater
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clergyman
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n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the
Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the
cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
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cobblestone
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n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make
roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett]
v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]
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cologne
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n 1: a commercial center and river port in western Germany on
the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a
member of the Hanseatic League [syn: Cologne, Koln]
2: a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn:
cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne]
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committeewoman
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n 1: a woman who is a member of a committee
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common
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adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a
whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are
set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant:
individual, single]
2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common
nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common
knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a
common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular
speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical
and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common
people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that
branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar
and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as
common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth
soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
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condone
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v 1: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
"excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's
occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
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cone
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n 1: any cone-shaped artifact
2: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a
point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]
3: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
[syn: cone, strobilus, strobile]
4: a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to
bright light and to color [syn: cone, cone cell, retinal
cone]
v 1: make cone-shaped; "cone a tire"
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congresswoman
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n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives
[syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
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copestone
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n 1: a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination [syn:
finishing touch, capstone, copestone]
2: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn:
capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher]
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cornerstone
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n 1: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun
or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole
argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis,
base, foundation, fundament, groundwork,
cornerstone]
2: a stone in the exterior of a large and important building;
usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate
ceremonies
3: a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
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councilwoman
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n 1: a woman who is a council member
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countryman
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n 1: a man from your own country
2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn:
countryman, ruralist]
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countrywoman
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n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
2: a woman from your own country
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cowman
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n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher,
cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
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crewman
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n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman]
2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member]
3: a member of a work crew
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crone
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n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam,
beldame, witch, crone]
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cyclone
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n 1: (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about
a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the
northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern [ant:
anticyclone]
2: a violent rotating windstorm
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daemon
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n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: daemon,
demigod]
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dairyman
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n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy
farmer]
2: a man who works in a dairy
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deliveryman
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n 1: someone employed to make deliveries [syn: deliveryman,
delivery boy, deliverer]
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demon
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n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
devil, demon, ogre]
3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a
demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
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destine
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v 1: decree or designate beforehand; "She was destined to become
a great pianist" [syn: destine, fate, doom,
designate]
2: design or destine; "She was intended to become the director"
[syn: intend, destine, designate, specify]
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dethrone
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v 1: remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not
abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" [ant: enthrone,
throne]
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disown
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v 1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting
[syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave,
will]
2: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents
repudiated their son" [syn: disown, renounce,
repudiate]
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doorman
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n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper,
doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter,
gatekeeper, ostiary]
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doubleton
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n 1: (bridge) a pair of playing cards that are the only cards in
their suit in the hand dealt to a player
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drone
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n 1: stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially
honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
2: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone,
droning]
3: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags
behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger,
trailer, poke]
4: an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote
control [syn: drone, pilotless aircraft, radio-
controlled aircraft]
5: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single
continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon]
v 1: make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was
droning on"
2: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone on]
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eastern
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adj 1: lying toward or situated in the east; "the eastern end of
the island"
2: of or characteristic of eastern regions of the United States;
"the Eastern establishment" [ant: western]
3: lying in or toward the east; "the east side of New York";
"eastern cities" [syn: easterly, eastern]
4: relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of
the world; "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions" [ant:
western]
5: from the east; used especially of winds; "an eastern wind";
"the winds are easterly" [syn: easterly, eastern]
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etymon
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n 1: a simple form inferred as the common basis from which
related words in several languages can be derived by
linguistic processes [syn: etymon, root]
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famine
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n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine,
shortage]
2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting
in violent hunger and starvation and death
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ferryman
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n 1: a man who operates a ferry
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fieldstone
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n 1: stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as
building material
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fireman
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n 1: play in which children pretend to put out a fire
2: a laborer who tends fires (as on a coal-fired train or
steamship) [syn: stoker, fireman]
3: a pitcher who does not start the game [syn: reliever,
relief pitcher, fireman]
4: a member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires
[syn: fireman, firefighter, fire fighter, fire-eater]
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flagstone
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n 1: stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving
stones [syn: flag, flagstone]
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foreman
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n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want
to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn:
foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss]
2: a man who is foreperson of a jury
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forewoman
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n 1: a woman who is foreperson of a jury [syn: forewoman,
forelady]
2: a woman in charge of a group of workers
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fountain
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n 1: a structure from which an artificially produced jet of
water arises
2: a natural flow of ground water [syn: spring, fountain,
outflow, outpouring, natural spring]
3: an artificially produced flow of water [syn: fountain,
jet]
4: a plumbing fixture that provides a flow of water [syn:
fountain, fount]
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freedwoman
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n 1: a person who has been freed from slavery [syn: freedman,
freedwoman]
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freeman
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n 1: a person who is not a serf or a slave [syn: freeman,
freewoman]
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freestone
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n 1: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the
pit
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gallstone
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n 1: a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts [syn:
gallstone, bilestone]
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gemstone
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n 1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for
jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she
had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: gem,
gemstone, stone]
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gentlewoman
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n 1: a woman of refinement; "a chauffeur opened the door of the
limousine for the grand lady" [syn: dame, madam,
ma'am, lady, gentlewoman]
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gravestone
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n 1: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone,
headstone, tombstone]
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grindstone
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n 1: a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or
sharpen or polish edge tools
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groan
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n 1: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan,
moan]
v 1: indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students
groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The
ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan]
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grown
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adj 1: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown
woman" [syn: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown,
grown, grownup]
-
hailstone
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n 1: small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
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halftone
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n 1: a print obtained from photoengraving
2: an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn:
halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving]
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headstone
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n 1: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
[syn: keystone, key, headstone]
2: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone,
headstone, tombstone]
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hearthstone
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n 1: a stone that forms a hearth
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highwayman
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n 1: a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it [syn:
highjacker, highwayman, hijacker, road agent]
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holystone
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n 1: a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship
v 1: scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck"
-
hornstone
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n 1: a fine-grained metamorphic rock formed by the action of
heat on clay rocks [syn: hornfels, hornstone]
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horsewoman
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n 1: a woman horseman
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human
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adj 1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature"
2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6
monkeys and 2 human subjects"
3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of
animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body";
"human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: nonhuman]
n 1: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being,
human]
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hymen
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
2: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the
vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal
membrane]
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ichneumon
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n 1: northern African mongoose; in ancient times thought to
devour crocodile eggs [syn: ichneumon, Herpestes
ichneumon]
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infantryman
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n 1: fights on foot with small arms [syn: infantryman,
marcher, foot soldier, footslogger]
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inhuman
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adj 1: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood";
"cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn:
cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
2: belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something
dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"
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intestine
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n 1: the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and
the anus [syn: intestine, bowel, gut]
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intone
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v 1: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The
students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn:
tone, chant, intone]
2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm;
"The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone,
intonate, cantillate]
3: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a
particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn:
intonate, intone]
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journeyman
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n 1: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
[syn: craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificer]
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juryman
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n 1: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a
jury [syn: juror, juryman, jurywoman]
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kerbstone
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n 1: a paving stone forming part of a curb [syn: curbstone,
kerbstone]
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keystone
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n 1: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith
is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the
ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn:
anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin,
lynchpin]
2: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
[syn: keystone, key, headstone]
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kinswoman
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n 1: a female relative