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affluent
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adj 1: having an abundant supply of money or possessions of
value; "an affluent banker"; "a speculator flush with
cash"; "not merely rich but loaded"; "moneyed
aristocrats"; "wealthy corporations" [syn: affluent,
flush, loaded, moneyed, wealthy]
n 1: an affluent person; a person who is financially well off;
"the so-called emerging affluents"
2: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder,
tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]
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aquatint
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n 1: an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water
color
2: a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water
color
v 1: etch in aquatint
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ardent
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adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent,
fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid,
torrid]
2: characterized by strong enthusiasm; "ardent revolutionaries";
"warm support" [syn: ardent, warm]
3: glowing or shining like fire; "from rank to rank she darts
her ardent eyes"- Alexander Pope; "frightened by his ardent
burning eyes"
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asquint
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adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or
as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with
their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong
glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint,
squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong]
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blatant
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adj 1: without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious;
"blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to
vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion" [syn: blatant,
blazing, conspicuous]
2: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry;
"blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands";
"a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant, clamorous,
strident, vociferous]
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blueprint
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n 1: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a
blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn:
blueprint, design, pattern]
2: photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
v 1: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draft, draught]
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catmint
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n 1: hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white
purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the
past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
[syn: catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria]
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client
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n 1: a person who seeks the advice of a lawyer
2: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer,
client]
3: (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a
computer network [syn: node, client, guest]
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confluent
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adj 1: flowing together [syn: confluent, merging(a)]
n 1: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: feeder,
tributary, confluent, affluent] [ant: distributary]
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congruent
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adj 1: corresponding in character or kind [syn: congruous,
congruent] [ant: incongruous]
2: coinciding when superimposed [ant: incongruent]
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constant
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adj 1: unvarying in nature; "maintained a constant temperature";
"principles of unvarying validity" [syn: changeless,
constant, invariant, unvarying]
2: steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man
constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover";
"constant as the northern star" [ant: inconstant]
3: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the
ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and
day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the
never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle
to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing
warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of
hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-
ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
n 1: a quantity that does not vary [syn: constant, constant
quantity, invariable]
2: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed
value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of
light is a constant"
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dint
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n 1: interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means
of'
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distant
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adj 1: separated in space or coming from or going to a distance;
"distant villages"; "the sound of distant traffic"; "a
distant sound"; "a distant telephone call" [ant: close]
2: far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship ; "a
distant cousin"; "a remote relative"; "a distant likeness";
"considerations entirely removed (or remote) from politics"
[syn: distant, remote] [ant: close]
3: remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a
distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers" [syn:
aloof, distant, upstage]
4: separate or apart in time; "distant events"; "the remote past
or future" [syn: distant, remote, removed]
5: located far away spatially; "distant lands"; "remote stars"
[syn: distant, remote]
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extant
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adj 1: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost;
"extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found
among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd [ant:
extinct, nonextant]
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fingerprint
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n 1: a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of
a finger; often used for biometric identification in
criminal investigations
2: a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax
bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
3: a smudge made by a (dirty) finger [syn: fingermark,
fingerprint]
v 1: take an impression of a person's fingerprints
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flint
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adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his
flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the
most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic,
obdurate, stony]
n 1: a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than
chalcedony
2: a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join
the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form
the Apalachicola River [syn: Flint, Flint River]
3: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile
manufacturing
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flippant
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adj 1: showing inappropriate levity [syn: flippant, light-
minded]
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fluent
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adj 1: smooth and unconstrained in movement; "a long, smooth
stride"; "the fluid motion of a cat"; "the liquid grace
of a ballerina" [syn: fluent, fluid, liquid,
smooth]
2: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to
dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech" [syn:
eloquent, facile, fluent, silver, silver-tongued,
smooth-spoken]
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footprint
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n 1: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made
casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the
window" [syn: footprint, footmark, step]
2: a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or
otherwise important; "the footprints of an earlier
civilization"
3: the area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop
footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
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forint
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Hungary
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glint
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n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark,
glint]
2: a spatially localized brightness
v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
2: throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at
the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything
interesting" [syn: glance, peek, glint]
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hint
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n 1: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever
touched her" [syn: hint, intimation, breath]
2: a slight indication [syn: hint, clue]
3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch,
jot, speck, soupcon]
4: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of
an accent" [syn: trace, hint, suggestion]
5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
v 1: drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: hint, suggest]
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imprint
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n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint
of the Norman invasion"
2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn:
depression, impression, imprint]
3: an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along
with the date and address and edition that is printed at the
bottom of the title page; "the book was published under a
distinguished imprint"
4: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn:
imprint, embossment]
5: a device produced by pressure on a surface
v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our
ideas onto our children" [syn: imprint, form]
2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]
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instant
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adj 1: occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous";
"instant gratification" [syn: instantaneous,
instant(a)]
2: in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"
[syn: instant, inst]
3: demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need";
"regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"-
H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need" [syn:
clamant, crying, exigent, insistent, instant]
n 1: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or
the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a
flash" [syn: blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat,
instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling,
wink, New York minute]
2: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party
began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
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lambent
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adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent
moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p),
lambent, lucent, luminous]
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latent
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adj 1: potentially existing but not presently evident or
realized; "a latent fingerprint"; "latent talent"
2: (pathology) not presently active; "latent infection"; "latent
diabetes"
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lint
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n 1: fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
2: cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used
to dress wounds
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mezzotint
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n 1: print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to
represent light or shade
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mint
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adj 1: as if new; "in mint condition"
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or
extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot
of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the
rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great
deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
2: any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic
leaves and small mauve flowers
3: any member of the mint family of plants
4: the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
5: a candy that is flavored with a mint oil [syn: mint, mint
candy]
6: a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
v 1: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
"strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike]
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misprint
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n 1: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical
failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum,
typographical error, typo, literal error, literal]
v 1: print incorrectly
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mordant
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adj 1: harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke";
"grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning ...
to savage mordant wit" [syn: black, grim, mordant]
2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of
destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic,
corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]
n 1: a substance used to treat leather or other materials before
dyeing; aids in dyeing process
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mutant
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adj 1: tending to undergo or resulting from mutation; "a mutant
gene"
n 1: (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting
from chromosomal alteration [syn: mutant, mutation,
variation, sport]
2: an animal that has undergone mutation
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newsprint
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n 1: cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing
newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day" [syn:
newspaper, newsprint]
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offprint
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n 1: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a
larger publication [syn: offprint, reprint, separate]
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overprint
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n 1: something added by overprinting [syn: overprint,
surprint]
v 1: print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted
paper [syn: overprint, print over]
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patent
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adj 1: (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free
passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"
2: clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; "the
effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the
parched fields"; "evident hostility"; "manifest disapproval";
"patent advantages"; "made his meaning plain"; "it is plain
that he is no reactionary"; "in plain view" [syn: apparent,
evident, manifest, patent, plain, unmistakable]
n 1: a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention
[syn: patent, patent of invention]
2: an official document granting a right or privilege [syn:
patent, letters patent]
v 1: obtain a patent for; "Should I patent this invention?"
2: grant rights to; grant a patent for
3: make open to sight or notice; "His behavior has patented an
embarrassing fact about him"
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pedant
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n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book
learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm,
scholastic]
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pendant
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adj 1: held from above; "a pendant bunch of grapes" [syn:
pendent, pendant, dependent]
n 1: an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace
or earring) [syn: pendant, pendent]
2: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the
ceiling [syn: chandelier, pendant, pendent]
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peppermint
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n 1: herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers
that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring [syn:
peppermint, Mentha piperita]
2: red gum tree of Tasmania [syn: red gum, peppermint,
peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina]
3: a candy flavored with peppermint oil [syn: peppermint,
peppermint candy]
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piquant
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adj 1: having an agreeably pungent taste [syn: piquant,
savory, savoury, spicy, zesty]
2: engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit";
"salty language" [syn: piquant, salty]
3: attracting or delighting; "an engaging frankness"; "a piquant
face with large appealing eyes" [syn: engaging, piquant]
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potent
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adj 1: having great influence [syn: potent, powerful]
2: having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground
soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [syn: potent,
strong]
3: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent
toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff
drink" [syn: potent, strong, stiff] [ant: impotent]
4: (of a male) capable of copulation [syn: potent, virile]
[ant: impotent]
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print
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n 1: the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed
publication; "I want to see it in print"
2: a picture or design printed from an engraving
3: a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader
had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were
everywhere" [syn: mark, print]
4: availability in printed form; "we've got to get that story
into print"; "his book is no longer in print"
5: a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of
it)
6: a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by
engraved rollers)
7: a printed picture produced from a photographic negative [syn:
photographic print, print]
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: write as if with print; not cursive
3: make into a print; "print the negative"
4: reproduce by printing [syn: print, impress]
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prudent
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adj 1: careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a
prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation";
"more prudent to hide than to fight" [ant: imprudent]
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rampant
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adj 1: unrestrained and violent; "rampant aggression"
2: rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head
usually in profile; "a lion rampant" [syn: rampant(ip),
rearing]
3: (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant
growth of weeds"
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reprint
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n 1: a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without
changes or editing and offered again for sale [syn:
reissue, reprint, reprinting]
2: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a
larger publication [syn: offprint, reprint, separate]
v 1: print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
[syn: reprint, reissue]
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rodent
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n 1: relatively small placental mammals having a single pair of
constantly growing incisor teeth specialized for gnawing
[syn: rodent, gnawer]
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secant
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n 1: a straight line that intersects a curve at two or more
points
2: ratio of the hypotenuse to the adjacent side of a right-
angled triangle [syn: secant, sec]
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serpent
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n 1: limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous [syn:
snake, serpent, ophidian]
2: a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited
3: an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
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sextant
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n 1: a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
2: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance
between celestial objects; resembles an octant
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spearmint
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n 1: common garden herb having clusters of small purplish
flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring [syn:
spearmint, Mentha spicata]
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splint
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n 1: a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning
splint"
2: an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and
protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
v 1: support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
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sprint
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n 1: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
v 1: run very fast, usually for a short distance
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squint
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adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or
as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with
their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong
glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint,
squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong]
n 1: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: strabismus,
squint]
2: the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
v 1: cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children
squinted so as to scare each other" [syn: squint,
squinch]
2: be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
3: partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding
light; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
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stint
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n 1: an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
"there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the
federal penitentiary" [syn: stretch, stint]
2: smallest American sandpiper [syn: least sandpiper, stint,
Erolia minutilla]
3: an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a
lifeguard exhausted her"
v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn:
scrimp, stint, skimp]
2: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant]
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strident
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adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant,
clamorous, strident, vociferous]
2: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin'
and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant, sibilant,
spirant, strident]
3: being sharply insistent on being heard; "strident demands";
"shrill criticism" [syn: strident, shrill]
4: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident]
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student
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n 1: a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution
[syn: student, pupil, educatee]
2: a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who
by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
[syn: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student]
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thumbprint
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n 1: fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the
thumb)
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tint
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n 1: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from
another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of
pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture,
tone]
v 1: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the
leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint, tinct,
tinge, touch]
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truant
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adj 1: absent without permission; "truant schoolboys"; "the
soldier was AWOL for almost a week" [syn: truant,
awol]
n 1: one who is absent from school without permission [syn:
truant, hooky player]
2: someone who shirks duty [syn: no-show, nonattender,
truant]
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vacant
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adj 1: void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind"
2: without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never
vacant"
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voiceprint
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n 1: biometric identification by electronically recording and
graphically representing a person's voice; "voiceprints are
uniquely characteristic of individual speakers"
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peccant
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adj 1: liable to sin; "a frail and peccable mortal"- Sir Walter
Scott [syn: peccable, peccant]
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quint
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]
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skint
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adj 1: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn:
broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke]
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septuagint
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n 1: the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have
been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the
request of Ptolemy II
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calamint
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n 1: perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or
open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in
North America
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bint
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monotint
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preprint
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clint
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vint
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remint
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undertint
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