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acolyte
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n 1: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical
service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor
orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican
Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
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alight
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adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on
fire(p)]
v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
[syn: alight, light, perch]
2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down]
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candlelight
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n 1: the light provided by a burning candle [syn: candlelight,
candle flame]
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coprolite
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n 1: fossil excrement; petrified dung
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cosmopolite
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n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries
[syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite]
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crystallite
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n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of
unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock
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daylight
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n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light
outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to
make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime,
daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime]
2: light during the daytime
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deadlight
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n 1: a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in
stormy weather
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delight
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n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight
to see her was obvious to all" [syn: delight,
delectation]
2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a
joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car
is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure]
v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please
the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please,
delight] [ant: displease]
2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn:
delight, enjoy, revel]
3: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport,
enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant:
disenchant, disillusion]
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electrolyte
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n 1: a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount
and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential
for health"
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excite
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v 1: arouse or elicit a feeling
2: act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination";
"This play stimulates" [syn: stimulate, excite] [ant:
dampen, stifle]
3: stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the
audience"; "stir emotions" [syn: stimulate, excite,
stir]
4: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker
charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn:
agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite,
charge up] [ant: calm, calm down, lull, quiet,
quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise,
tranquillize]
5: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
audience" [syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind
up]
6: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories
shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" [syn:
stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir]
7: raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms" [syn:
excite, energize, energise]
8: produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
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fight
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n 1: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course
of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of
Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he
got into a real engagement" [syn: battle, conflict,
fight, engagement]
2: the act of fighting; any contest or struggle; "a fight broke
out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets";
"the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" [syn: fight,
fighting, combat, scrap]
3: an aggressive willingness to compete; "the team was full of
fight" [syn: competitiveness, fight]
4: an intense verbal dispute; "a violent fight over the bill is
expected in the Senate"
5: a boxing or wrestling match; "the fight was on television
last night"
v 1: be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen
fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting";
"Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
[syn: contend, fight, struggle]
2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would
oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose,
fight back, fight down, defend]
3: make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years
to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath" [syn:
fight, struggle]
4: exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to
gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or
person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for
reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is
pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: crusade, fight,
press, campaign, push, agitate]
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firelight
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n 1: the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
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flashlight
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n 1: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn:
flashlight, torch]
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floodlight
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n 1: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a
broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood,
floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood]
v 1: illuminate with floodlights
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forthright
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adv 1: directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a
problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with
them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the
point" [syn: squarely, forthrightly, forthright]
adj 1: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight
shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my
candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright
approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and
you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be
outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the
point"; "a point-blank accusation" [syn: blunt,
candid, forthright, frank, free-spoken,
outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-
from-the-shoulder]
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fright
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n 1: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific
pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or
fight) [syn: fear, fearfulness, fright] [ant:
bravery, fearlessness]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn:
frighten, fright, scare, affright]
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gaslight
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n 1: light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
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halite
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n 1: naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn:
halite, rock salt]
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headlight
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n 1: a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of
an automobile or locomotive [syn: headlight, headlamp]
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height
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n 1: the vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base
of something to the top [syn: height, tallness]
2: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of
development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty";
"the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her
career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak";
"...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit
of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by
man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height,
elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative,
meridian, tiptop, top]
3: (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot [syn:
stature, height]
4: elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's
surface; "the altitude gave her a headache" [syn: altitude,
height]
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highlight
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n 1: the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of
the tour was our visit to the Vatican" [syn: highlight,
high spot]
2: an area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight,
highlighting]
v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished
career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight,
spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay,
play down]
2: apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to
make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your
eyebrows"
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ignite
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v 1: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat;
"Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a
cigarette" [syn: ignite, light] [ant: blow out,
extinguish, quench, snuff out]
2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust,
conflagrate]
3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way
of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The
refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake
old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up]
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impolite
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adj 1: not polite [ant: polite]
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indict
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v 1: accuse formally of a crime
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invite
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n 1: a colloquial expression for invitation; "he didn't get no
invite to the party"
v 1: increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite
criticism" [syn: invite, ask for]
2: invite someone to one's house; "Can I invite you for dinner
on Sunday night?" [syn: invite, ask over, ask round]
3: give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; "the
window displays tempted the shoppers" [syn: tempt,
invite]
4: ask someone in a friendly way to do something [syn: invite,
bid]
5: have as a guest; "I invited them to a restaurant" [syn:
invite, pay for]
6: ask to enter; "We invited the neighbors in for a cup of
coffee" [syn: invite, ask in]
7: request the participation or presence of; "The organizers
invite submissions of papers for the conference" [syn:
invite, call for]
8: express willingness to have in one's home or environs; "The
community warmly received the refugees" [syn: receive,
take in, invite]
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kite
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n 1: a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase
its face value
2: a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in
order to take advantage of the float
3: plaything consisting of a light frame covered with tissue
paper; flown in wind at end of a string
4: any of several small graceful hawks of the family
Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects
and small animals
v 1: increase the amount (of a check) fraudulently; "He kited
many checks"
2: get credit or money by using a bad check; "The businessman
kited millions of dollars"
3: soar or fly like a kite; "The pilot kited for a long time
over the mountains"
4: fly a kite; "Kids were kiting in the park"; "They kited the
Red Dragon model"
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knight
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n 1: originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and
chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the
sovereign for personal merit
2: a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move
two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)
[syn: knight, horse]
v 1: raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"
[syn: knight, dub]
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lamplight
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n 1: light from a lamp
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limelight
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n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight,
spotlight, glare, public eye]
2: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime
with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage
lighting [syn: limelight, calcium light]
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metabolite
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n 1: any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product
of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism)
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moonlight
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n 1: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy";
"the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight,
moonshine, Moon]
v 1: work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is
moonlighting as a taxi driver"
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night
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n 1: the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark
outside [syn: night, nighttime, dark] [ant: day,
daylight, daytime]
2: a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
3: the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
4: the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit;
"three nights later he collapsed"
5: darkness; "it vanished into the night"
6: a shortening of nightfall; "they worked from morning to
night"
7: the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television
every night"
8: Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of
Greek Nyx [syn: Nox, Night]
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outright
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adv 1: without restrictions or stipulations or further payments;
"buy outright"
2: without reservation or concealment; "she asked him outright
for a divorce"
3: without any delay; "he was killed outright" [syn:
instantaneously, outright, instantly, in a flash]
adj 1: without reservation or exception [syn: outright,
straight-out, unlimited]
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penlight
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n 1: a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen
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polite
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adj 1: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior,
etc. [ant: impolite]
2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
3: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal)
adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy
consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he
should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham [syn: civil,
polite] [ant: rude, uncivil]
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proselyte
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n 1: a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism
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quite
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adv 1: to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty";
"quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich" [syn: quite,
rather]
2: to the greatest extent; completely; "you're quite right";
"she was quite alone"; "was quite mistaken"; "quite the
opposite"; "not quite finished"; "did not quite make it"
3: of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind
(not used with a negative); "her victory was quite
something"; "she's quite a girl"; "quite a film"; "quite a
walk"; "we've had quite an afternoon" [syn: quite, quite
a, quite an]
4: actually or truly or to an extreme; "was quite a sudden
change"; "it's quite the thing to do"; "quite the rage";
"Quite so!"
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recite
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v 1: recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite]
2: repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil
recited his lesson for the day"
3: render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn:
recite, retell]
4: narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened";
"The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell,
narrate, recount, recite]
5: specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she
had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible
side effects of the drug" [syn: enumerate, recite,
itemize, itemise]
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rewrite
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n 1: something that has been written again; "the rewrite was
much better" [syn: rewrite, revision, rescript]
v 1: write differently; alter the writing of; "The student
rewrote his thesis"
2: rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose;
"re-write a play for use in schools"
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right
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adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
2: immediately; "she called right after dinner"
3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop]
4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked
right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: left]
5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent,
in good order, right, the right way] [ant:
improperly]
6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right, right
on]
7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the
trap"
8: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the
baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful
humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right
nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" [syn: mighty,
mightily, powerful, right]
9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves
him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right]
10: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly
depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly,
right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly]
adj 1: being or located on or directed toward the side of the
body to the east when facing north; "my right hand";
"right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right
bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you
are facing downstream" [ant: left]
2: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the
correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer";
"took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: correct,
right] [ant: incorrect, wrong]
3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party
without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct,
right]
4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right
thing and confess" [ant: wrong]
5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn:
right, correct] [ant: wrong]
6: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a
person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place";
"the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the
position" [syn: proper, right]
7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant:
center, left]
8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again
now"; "put things right"
9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn:
right(a), right-hand(a)]
10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
"what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
oysters" [syn: correct, right]
11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
12: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to
face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the
pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time
is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good,
right, ripe]
14: precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: veracious,
right]
n 1: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or
governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights";
"Certain rights can never be granted to the government but
must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor
Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives
you; it is something that nobody can take away"
2: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the
side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he
stood on the right" [ant: left]
3: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
[syn: right field, rightfield, right]
4: those who support political or social or economic
conservatism; those who believe that things are better left
unchanged [syn: right, right wing]
5: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes
with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with
quick rights to the body" [syn: right, right hand]
6: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when
the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"
7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he
is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn:
right, rightfulness] [ant: wrong, wrongfulness]
8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom
in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate,
redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the
sailboat that had capsized"
3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat
righted again"
4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant:
falsify]
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satellite
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adj 1: surrounding and dominated by a central authority or
power; "a city and its satellite communities"
n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
[syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter]
2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: satellite,
planet]
3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
v 1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite
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searchlight
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n 1: a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of
light in a particular direction
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sidelight
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n 1: light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's
direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port
bow and a green light on the starboard bow [syn:
sidelight, running light]
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site
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n 1: the piece of land on which something is located (or is to
be located); "a good site for the school" [syn: site,
land site]
2: physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites
are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
[syn: site, situation]
3: a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series
of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was
damaged by hostile hackers" [syn: web site, website,
internet site, site]
v 1: assign a location to; "The company located some of their
agents in Los Angeles" [syn: locate, place, site]
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skylight
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n 1: a window in a roof to admit daylight [syn: skylight,
fanlight]
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smite
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v 1: inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon
2: affect suddenly with deep feeling; "He was smitten with love
for this young girl"
3: cause physical pain or suffering in; "afflict with the
plague" [syn: afflict, smite]
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socialite
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n 1: a socially prominent person
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spite
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n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice,
maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom]
2: malevolence by virtue of being malicious or spiteful or nasty
[syn: cattiness, bitchiness, spite, spitefulness,
nastiness]
v 1: hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include
me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"
[syn: hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend,
spite]
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spotlight
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n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the
limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full
glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight,
spotlight, glare, public eye]
2: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a
restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
[syn: spotlight, spot]
v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent;
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished
career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight,
spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay,
play down]
2: illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
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sprite
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n 1: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical
powers [syn: fairy, faery, faerie, fay, sprite]
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starlight
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n 1: the light of the stars
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stoplight
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n 1: a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals
when the brakes are applied to slow or stop [syn:
stoplight, brake light]
2: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at
intersections [syn: traffic light, traffic signal,
stoplight]
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streetlight
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n 1: a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street
[syn: streetlight, street lamp]
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sunlight
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n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the
sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun]
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taillight
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n 1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle
[syn: taillight, tail lamp, rear light, rear lamp]
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tantalite
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n 1: a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and
manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an
ore of tantalum
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tight
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adv 1: firmly or closely; "held fast to the rope"; "her foot was
stuck fast"; "held tight" [syn: fast, tight]
2: in an attentive manner; "he remained close on his guard"
[syn: close, closely, tight]
adj 1: closely constrained or constricted or constricting;
"tight skirts"; "he hated tight starched collars";
"fingers closed in a tight fist"; "a tight feeling in his
chest" [ant: loose]
2: pulled or drawn tight; "taut sails"; "a tight drumhead"; "a
tight rope" [syn: taut, tight]
3: set so close together as to be invulnerable to penetration;
"in tight formation"; "a tight blockade"
4: pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed" [syn:
compressed, tight]
5: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative
of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly
tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight]
6: affected by scarcity and expensive to borrow; "tight money";
"a tight market"
7: of such close construction as to be impermeable; "a tight
roof"; "warm in our tight little house" [ant: leaky]
8: of textiles; "a close weave"; "smooth percale with a very
tight weave" [syn: close, tight]
9: securely or solidly fixed in place; rigid; "the bolts are
tight"
10: (of a contest or contestants) evenly matched; "a close
contest"; "a close election"; "a tight game" [syn: close,
tight]
11: very drunk [syn: besotted, blind drunk, blotto,
crocked, cockeyed, fuddled, loaded, pie-eyed,
pissed, pixilated, plastered, slopped, sloshed,
smashed, soaked, soused, sozzled, squiffy,
stiff, tight, wet]
12: exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; "a nasty
problem"; "a good man to have on your side in a tight
situation" [syn: nasty, tight]
13: demanding strict attention to rules and procedures;
"rigorous discipline"; "tight security"; "stringent safety
measures" [syn: rigorous, stringent, tight]
14: packed closely together; "they stood in a tight little
group"; "hair in tight curls"; "the pub was packed tight"
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tonight
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adv 1: during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"
[syn: tonight, this evening, this night]
n 1: the present or immediately coming night
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torchlight
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n 1: light from a torch or torches
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trite
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adj 1: repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
"bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and
commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer";
"repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn
axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'" [syn:
banal, commonplace, hackneyed, old-hat,
shopworn, stock(a), threadbare, timeworn,
tired, trite, well-worn]
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twilight
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adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides
down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the
twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river"
[syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit]
n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the
twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn:
twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall,
evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle]
2: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the
horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the
earth
3: a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight
of the empire"
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upright
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adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
[syn: upright, unsloped]
2: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good,
just, upright]
3: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect
flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates
aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he
sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant:
unerect]
n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical]
2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: upright,
upright piano]
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uptight
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adj 1: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung,
highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy,
overstrung, restive, uptight]
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vermiculite
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n 1: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals
having a micaceous structure
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write
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v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
2: communicate or express by writing; "Please write to me every
week"
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]
4: communicate (with) in writing; "Write her soon, please!"
[syn: write, drop a line]
5: communicate by letter; "He wrote that he would be coming
soon"
6: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn:
compose, write]
7: mark or trace on a surface; "The artist wrote Chinese
characters on a big piece of white paper"; "Russian is
written with the Cyrillic alphabet"
8: record data on a computer; "boot-up instructions are written
on the hard disk" [syn: write, save]
9: write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally
accepted form of (a word or part of a word); "He spelled the
word wrong in this letter" [syn: spell, write]
10: create code, write a computer program; "She writes code
faster than anybody else"
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zeolite
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n 1: any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar
containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium
or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in
plutonic rocks
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jacklight
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n 1: a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night
v 1: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack]
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sodalite
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n 1: a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate
and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous
rocks
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aerolite
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n 1: a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
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carmelite
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adj 1: of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite
monasteries"
n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the
Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite,
White Friar]
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cellulite
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n 1: lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs
etc.
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chrysolite
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n 1: a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and
metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone
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cryolite
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n 1: a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and
sodium; a source of fluorine [syn: cryolite, Greenland
spar]
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kimberlite
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n 1: a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds;
found in South Africa and Siberia
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lepidolite
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n 1: a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium
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overflight
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n 1: a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially
over an area in foreign territory)
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rhyolite
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n 1: very acid volcanic rock
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theodolite
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n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and
vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on
a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit]
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amphibolite
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n 1: a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and
plagioclase
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cristobalite
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n 1: a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic
rocks
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spaceflight
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n 1: a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere [syn:
spaceflight, space travel, spacefaring]
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graptolite
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heteroclite
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hoplite
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hyalite
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lowlight
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peine
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phonolite
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corallite
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featherlight
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marmolite
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oolite
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spherulite
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ichthyolite
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monothelite
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topazolite
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toxophilite
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variolite
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perlite
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