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aught
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n 1: a quantity of no importance; "it looked like nothing I had
ever seen before"; "reduced to nil all the work we had
done"; "we racked up a pathetic goose egg"; "it was all for
naught"; "I didn't hear zilch about it" [syn: nothing,
nil, nix, nada, null, aught, cipher, cypher,
goose egg, naught, zero, zilch, zip, zippo]
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birr
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
2: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings";
"the whir of the propellers" [syn: whir, whirr,
whirring, birr]
v 1: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car
engine purred" [syn: whizz, whiz, whirr, whir,
birr, purr]
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blocked
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adj 1: closed to traffic; "the repaving results in many blocked
streets" [syn: blocked, out of use(p)]
2: completely obstructed or closed off; "the storm was
responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"; "the drain
was plugged" [syn: blocked, plugged]
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bur
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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burr
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n 1: seed vessel having hooks or prickles [syn: bur, burr]
2: rough projection left on a workpiece after drilling or
cutting
3: United States politician who served as vice president under
Jefferson; he mortally wounded his political rival Alexander
Hamilton in a duel and fled south (1756-1836) [syn: Burr,
Aaron Burr]
4: rotary file for smoothing rough edges left on a workpiece
5: small bit used in dentistry or surgery [syn: bur, burr]
v 1: remove the burrs from [syn: bur, burr]
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concoct
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v 1: make a concoction (of) by mixing
2: prepare or cook by mixing ingredients; "concoct a strange
mixture" [syn: concoct, cook up]
3: invent; "trump up charges" [syn: trump up, concoct]
4: devise or invent; "He thought up a plan to get rich quickly";
"no-one had ever thought of such a clever piece of software"
[syn: think up, think of, dream up, hatch, concoct]
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shocked
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adj 1: struck with fear, dread, or consternation [syn:
aghast(p), appalled, dismayed, shocked]
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stalked
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adj 1: having or growing on or from a peduncle or stalk; "a
pedunculate flower"; "a pedunculate barnacle is attached
to the substrate by a fleshy foot or stalk" [syn:
pedunculate, stalked] [ant: sessile, stalkless]
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stocked
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adj 1: furnished with more than enough; "rivers well stocked
with fish"; "a well-stocked store" [syn: stocked,
stocked with]
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unlocked
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adj 1: not firmly fastened or secured; "an unbarred door"; "went
through the unlatched gate into the street"; "an unlocked
room" [syn: unbarred, unbolted, unlatched,
unlocked, unsecured]
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oct
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n 1: the month following September and preceding November [syn:
October, Oct]
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pocked
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adj 1: used of paved surfaces having holes or pits [syn:
pocked, pockmarked, potholed]
2: marked by or as if by smallpox or acne or other eruptive skin
disease [syn: pocked, pockmarked]
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balked
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chalked
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clocked
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cocked
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docked
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flocked
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hawked
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knocked
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locked
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mocked
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rocked
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socked
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walked
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bir
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focht
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restocked
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overstocked
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