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abolish
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v 1: do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th
century in America and in Russia" [syn: abolish, get rid
of] [ant: establish, found, launch, set up]
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accomplish
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v 1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of
the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry
through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,
fulfill, fulfil]
2: to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
[syn: achieve, accomplish, attain, reach]
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bullish
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adj 1: expecting a rise in prices
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churlish
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adj 1: rude and boorish
2: having a bad disposition; surly; "churlish as a bear"-
Shakespeare
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demolish
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v 1: destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the
building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the
rebellion before it gets out of hand" [syn: demolish,
pulverize, pulverise]
2: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his
refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed
her" [syn: crush, smash, demolish]
3: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors" [syn:
demolish, destroy]
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devilish
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adv 1: in a playfully devilish manner; "the socialists are
further handicapped if they believe that capitalists are
not only wicked but also devilishly clever" [syn:
devilishly, devilish]
adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of
a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his
eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical,
mephistophelian, mephistophelean]
2: playful in an appealingly bold way; "a roguish grin" [syn:
devilish, rascally, roguish]
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disestablish
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v 1: deprive (an established church) of its status
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dish
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n 1: a piece of dishware normally used as a container for
holding or serving food; "we gave them a set of dishes for
a wedding present"
2: a particular item of prepared food; "she prepared a special
dish for dinner"
3: the quantity that a dish will hold; "they served me a dish of
rice" [syn: dish, dishful]
4: a very attractive or seductive looking woman [syn: smasher,
stunner, knockout, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart,
peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish]
5: directional antenna consisting of a parabolic reflector for
microwave or radio frequency radiation [syn: dish, dish
aerial, dish antenna, saucer]
6: an activity that you like or at which you are superior;
"chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to
play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish" [syn: cup of
tea, bag, dish]
v 1: provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals
for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M.";
"The entertainers served up a lively show" [syn: serve,
serve up, dish out, dish up, dish]
2: make concave; shape like a dish
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embellish
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v 1: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard,
embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up,
dramatize, dramatise]
2: be beautiful to look at; "Flowers adorned the tables
everywhere" [syn: deck, adorn, decorate, grace,
embellish, beautify]
3: make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.;
"Decorate the room for the party"; "beautify yourself for the
special day" [syn: decorate, adorn, grace, ornament,
embellish, beautify]
4: make more beautiful [syn: fancify, beautify, embellish,
prettify] [ant: uglify]
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establish
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v 1: set up or found; "She set up a literacy program" [syn:
establish, set up, found, launch] [ant: abolish,
get rid of]
2: set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new
department" [syn: establish, found, plant,
constitute, institute]
3: establish the validity of something, as by an example,
explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the
instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the
validity of the conjecture" [syn: prove, demonstrate,
establish, show, shew] [ant: confute, disprove]
4: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws" [syn: lay down,
establish, make]
5: bring about; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth"
[syn: establish, give]
6: place; "Her manager had set her up at the Ritz" [syn:
install, instal, set up, establish]
7: build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
[syn: build, establish]
8: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some
observation" [syn: establish, base, ground, found]
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fish
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n 1: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates
usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the
shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a
tank of colorful fish"
2: the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten
raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of
people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a
chef who specializes in fish"
3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
[syn: Pisces, Fish]
4: the twelfth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about February 19 to March 20 [syn: Pisces, Pisces the
Fishes, Fish]
v 1: seek indirectly; "fish for compliments" [syn: fish,
angle]
2: catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go
fishing on weekends"
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foolish
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adj 1: devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a
foolish decision" [ant: wise]
2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea
about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy,
dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]
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ghoulish
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adj 1: suggesting the horror of death and decay; "morbid
details" [syn: ghoulish, morbid]
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girlish
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adj 1: befitting or characteristic of a young girl; "girlish
charm"; "a dress too schoolgirlish for office wear" [syn:
girlish, schoolgirlish]
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hellish
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adj 1: very unpleasant; "hellish weather"; "stop that god-awful
racket" [syn: beastly, hellish, god-awful]
2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting
hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be
cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical
sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish
despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war";
"satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic,
diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal,
satanic, unholy]
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knish
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n 1: (Yiddish) a baked or fried turnover filled with potato or
meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack
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mulish
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adj 1: unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or
attack [syn: hardheaded, mulish]
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owlish
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adj 1: resembling an owl; solemn and wise in appearance
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polish
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adj 1: of or relating to Poland or its people or culture;
"Polish sausage"
n 1: the property of being smooth and shiny [syn: polish,
gloss, glossiness, burnish]
2: a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or
impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I
admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an
inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is
almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement,
culture, cultivation, finish]
3: a preparation used in polishing
4: the Slavic language of Poland
v 1: make (a surface) shine; "shine the silver, please"; "polish
my shoes" [syn: polish, smooth, smoothen, shine]
2: improve or perfect by pruning or polishing; "refine one's
style of writing" [syn: polish, refine, fine-tune,
down]
3: bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state;
"polish your social manners" [syn: polish, round, round
off, polish up, brush up]
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publish
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v 1: put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the
royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed"
[syn: print, publish]
2: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a
magazine or newspaper" [syn: publish, bring out, put
out, issue, release]
3: have (one's written work) issued for publication; "How many
books did Georges Simenon write?"; "She published 25 books
during her long career" [syn: publish, write]
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purplish
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adj 1: of a color intermediate between red and blue [syn:
purple, violet, purplish]
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relish
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n 1: vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment [syn: gusto,
relish, zest, zestfulness]
2: spicy or savory condiment
3: the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into
the mouth [syn: relish, flavor, flavour, sapidity,
savor, savour, smack, nip, tang]
v 1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take
pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her
glory" [syn: enjoy, bask, relish, savor, savour]
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smallish
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adj 1: rather small
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squish
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n 1: the noise of soft mud being walked on
v 1: walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet
meadow" [syn: squelch, squish, splash, splosh,
slosh, slop]
2: put (a liquid) into a container or another place by means of
a squirting action
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stylish
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adj 1: having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or
dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as
Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd" [syn:
stylish, fashionable] [ant: styleless, unstylish]
2: being or in accordance with current social fashions;
"fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a
fashionable cafe" [syn: fashionable, stylish] [ant:
unfashionable, unstylish]
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swish
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adj 1: elegant and fashionable; "classy clothes"; "a classy
dame"; "a posh restaurant"; "a swish pastry shop on the
Rue du Bac"- Julia Child [syn: classy, posh, swish]
n 1: a brushing or rustling sound
v 1: move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing
sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The
curtain swooshed open" [syn: lap, swish, swosh,
swoosh]
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ticklish
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adj 1: difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate
negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be
explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"
[syn: delicate, ticklish, touchy]
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wish
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n 1: a specific feeling of desire; "he got his wish"; "he was
above all wishing and desire" [syn: wish, wishing,
want]
2: an expression of some desire or inclination; "I could tell
that it was his wish that the guests leave"; "his crying was
an indirect request for attention" [syn: wish, indirect
request]
3: (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's
welfare; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" [syn:
regard, wish, compliments]
4: the particular preference that you have; "it was his last
wish"; "they should respect the wishes of the people"
v 1: hope for; have a wish; "I wish I could go home now"
2: prefer or wish to do something; "Do you care to try this
dish?"; "Would you like to come along to the movies?" [syn:
wish, care, like]
3: make or express a wish; "I wish that Christmas were over"
4: feel or express a desire or hope concerning the future or
fortune of [syn: wish, wish well] [ant: begrudge,
resent]
5: order politely; express a wish for
6: invoke upon; "wish you a nice evening"; "bid farewell" [syn:
wish, bid]
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english
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of England or its
culture or people; "English history"; "the English landed
aristocracy"; "English literature"
2: of or relating to the English language
n 1: an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic
branch; the official language of Britain and the United
States and most of the commonwealth countries [syn:
English, English language]
2: the people of England [syn: English, English people]
3: the discipline that studies the English language and
literature
4: (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side
or releasing it with a sharp twist [syn: English, side]
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frisch
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n 1: British physicist (born in Austria) who with Lise Meitner
recognized that Otto Hahn had produced a new kind of
nuclear reaction which they named nuclear fission; Frisch
described the explosive potential of a chain nuclear
reaction (1904-1979) [syn: Frisch, Otto Frisch, Otto
Robert Frisch]
2: Norwegian economist noted for his work in econometrics
(1895-1973) [syn: Frisch, Ragnar Frisch, Ragnar Anton
Kittil Frisch]
3: Austrian zoologist noted for his studies of honeybees
(1886-1982) [syn: Frisch, Karl von Frisch]
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gish
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n 1: United States film actress who appeared in films by D. W.
Griffith (1896-1993) [syn: Gish, Lillian Gish]
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palish
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adj 1: slightly pale
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salish
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n 1: a family of Mosan language spoken in northwestern United
States and western Canada [syn: Salish, Salishan]
2: a member of a group of North American Indians speaking a
Salishan language and living on the northwest coast of North
America
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reestablish
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v 1: bring back into original existence, use, function, or
position; "restore law and order"; "reestablish peace in
the region"; "restore the emperor to the throne" [syn:
restore, reinstate, reestablish]
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dullish
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coolish
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repolish
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blish
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disch
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fisch
0
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0
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0
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kisch
0
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kish
0
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misch
0
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mish
0
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risch
0
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rish
0
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tisch
0
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tish
0
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wisch
0
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wisz
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commish
0
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demisch
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ladish
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mcclish
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mclish
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mcnish
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janglish
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mellish
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gaulish
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