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details
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n 1: true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us
the real details" [syn: details, inside information]
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displease
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v 1: give displeasure to [ant: delight, please]
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entrails
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n 1: internal organs collectively (especially those in the
abdominal cavity); "`viscera' is the plural form of
`viscus'" [syn: viscera, entrails, innards]
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isosceles
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adj 1: (of a triangle) having two sides of equal length
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journalese
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n 1: the style in which newspapers are written
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legalese
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n 1: a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the
law
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new
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adv 1: very recently; "they are newly married"; "newly raised
objections"; "a newly arranged hairdo"; "grass new washed
by the rain"; "a freshly cleaned floor"; "we are fresh
out of tomatoes" [syn: newly, freshly, fresh,
new]
adj 1: not of long duration; having just (or relatively
recently) come into being or been made or acquired or
discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a
new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World" [ant: old]
2: original and of a kind not seen before; "the computer
produced a completely novel proof of a well-known theorem"
[syn: fresh, new, novel]
3: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
4: having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time
of unexampled prosperity" [syn: new, unexampled]
5: other than the former one(s); different; "they now have a new
leaders"; "my new car is four years old but has only 15,000
miles on it"; "ready to take a new direction"
6: unaffected by use or exposure; "it looks like new" [ant:
worn]
7: (of a new kind or fashion) gratuitously new; "newfangled
ideas"; "she buys all these new-fangled machines and never
uses them" [syn: newfangled, new]
8: in use after medieval times; "New Eqyptian was the language
of the 18th to 21st dynasties"
9: used of a living language; being the current stage in its
development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew"
[syn: Modern, New]
10: (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development;
before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn" [syn:
new, young]
11: unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him";
"errors of someone new to the job"
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rails
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n 1: a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the
railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can
roll [syn: track, rail, rails, runway]
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sales
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n 1: income (at invoice values) received for goods and services
over some given period of time [syn: gross sales, gross
revenue, sales]
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tails
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n 1: formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men [syn:
dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat,
tails, white tie, white tie and tails]
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valise
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n 1: a small overnight bag for short trips
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belize
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n 1: a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on
the Caribbean; formerly under British control [syn:
Belize, British Honduras]
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congolese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Congo region
or its people; "Congolese rulers"; "the Congolese
republic"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Republic of the Congo
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nepalese
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Nepal or its
people or language or culture; "Nepalese troops massed at
the border"; "Nepali mountains are among the highest in
the world"; "the different Nepali words for `rice'" [syn:
Nepalese, Nepali]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nepal [syn: Nepalese, Nepali]
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sinhalese
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adj 1: of or relating to the Sinhalese languages; "the Sinhalese
versions of the Ramayana" [syn: Sinhala, Singhalese,
Sinhalese]
2: of or relating to the Sinhalese people; "Sinhalese rebels
fighting the Tamils" [syn: Singhalese, Sinhalese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka [syn: Sinhalese,
Singhalese]
2: the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka [syn:
Sinhalese, Singhalese, Sinhala]
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senegalese
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Senegal or its
people; "Senegalese villages"; "Senegalese herdsmen"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Senegal
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versailles
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n 1: a city in north central France near Paris; site of the
Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the
17th century
2: a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of
Paris near the city of Versailles [syn: Versailles, Palace
of Versailles]
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damocles
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n 1: the Greek courtier to Dionysius the Elder who (according to
legend) was condemned to sit under a naked sword that was
suspended by a hair in order to demonstrate to him that
being a king was not the happy state Damocles had said it
was (4th century BC)
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heracles
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n 1: (classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength;
performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality [syn:
Hercules, Heracles, Herakles, Alcides]
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pericles
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n 1: Athenian statesman whose leadership contributed to Athens'
political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the
construction of the Parthenon (died in 429 BC)
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praxiteles
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n 1: ancient Greek sculptor (circa 370-330 BC)
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sophocles
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n 1: one of the great tragedians of ancient Greece (496-406 BC)
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togolese
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adj 1: of or relating to the African country of Togo or its
people; "the Togolese capital"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Togo
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anopheles
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n 1: malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-
downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the
larvae [syn: Anopheles, genus Anopheles]
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empedocles
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n 1: Greek philosopher who taught that all matter is composed of
particles of fire and water and air and earth (fifth
century BC)
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officialese
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n 1: the style of writing characteristic of some government
officials: formal and obscure
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themistocles
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n 1: Athenian statesman who persuaded Athens to build a navy and
then led it to victory over the Persians (527-460 BC)
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achilles
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n 1: a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek
warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother
tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical
river but the heel by which she held him remained
vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
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wales
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n 1: one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times
the region was known as Cambria [syn: Wales, Cymru,
Cambria]
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antilles
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n 1: a group of islands in the West Indies
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thales
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n 1: a presocratic Greek philosopher and astronomer (who
predicted an eclipse in 585 BC) who was said by Aristotle
to be the founder of physical science; he held that all
things originated in water (624-546 BC) [syn: Thales,
Thales of Miletus]
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ails
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assails
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bales
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curtails
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dales
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dale's
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derails
0
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entails
0
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fails
0
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females
0
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impales
0
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jails
0
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males
0
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nails
0
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pales
0
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prevails
0
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quails
0
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sails
0
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scales
0
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snail's
0
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snails
0
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trails
0
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travails
0
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wails
0
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whales
0
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brailles
0
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qualls
0
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quayles
0
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swailes
0
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swails
0
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swales
0
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chontales
0
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emails
0
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regales
0
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androcles
0
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cingalese
0
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novelese
0
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ailes
0
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ales
0
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alles
0
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ayles
0
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bailes
0
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bails
0
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balles
0
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bayles
0
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cales
0
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calles
0
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hales
0
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shales
0
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telesales
0