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alone
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adv 1: without any others being included or involved; "was
entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the
needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith
exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of
proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege
granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively,
solely, alone, only]
2: without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home
alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he
flew solo" [syn: alone, solo, unaccompanied]
adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room";
"was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone"
2: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we
met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on
the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of
gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn:
alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary]
3: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed
him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and
this car only" [syn: alone(p), only]
4: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the
field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in
its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his
handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is
unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of
law unparalleled in our history" [syn: alone(p), unique,
unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled]
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atone
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v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate,
aby, abye, atone]
2: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone]
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bemoan
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v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we
lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament,
bewail, bemoan]
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blown
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adj 1: being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown
clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on
the window sill"
2: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, pursy,
short-winded, winded]
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bone
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adj 1: consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance";
"the bony framework of the body"
n 1: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of
vertebrates [syn: bone, os]
2: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
[syn: bone, osseous tissue]
3: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone,
ivory, pearl, off-white]
v 1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on
my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind
away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot
up, bone]
2: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"
[syn: bone, debone]
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clone
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n 1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer,
dead ringer, clone]
2: a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived
from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual
reproduction [syn: clone, clon]
3: an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff, clone]
v 1: make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a
sheep nowadays"
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cologne
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n 1: a commercial center and river port in western Germany on
the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a
member of the Hanseatic League [syn: Cologne, Koln]
2: a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn:
cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne]
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condone
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v 1: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with;
"excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's
occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
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cone
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n 1: any cone-shaped artifact
2: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a
point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]
3: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
[syn: cone, strobilus, strobile]
4: a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to
bright light and to color [syn: cone, cone cell, retinal
cone]
v 1: make cone-shaped; "cone a tire"
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crone
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n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam,
beldame, witch, crone]
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cyclone
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n 1: (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about
a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the
northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern [ant:
anticyclone]
2: a violent rotating windstorm
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trombone
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n 1: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length
can be varied by a U-shaped slide
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unbeknown
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adv 1: without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made
all the arrangements" [syn: unbeknown, unbeknownst]
adj 1: (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without
the knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had
been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family" [syn:
unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p)]
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unknown
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adj 1: not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an
unknown writer"; "an unknown source" [ant: known]
2: being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an
unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless
owners"; "an unnamed donor" [syn: nameless, unidentified,
unknown, unnamed]
3: not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from
unknown depths"
4: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes
of the war" [syn: obscure, unknown, unsung]
5: not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many
strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into
the house" [syn: strange, unknown]
n 1: an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels
out the unknown" [syn: unknown, unknown region, terra
incognita]
2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they
are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant:
acquaintance, friend]
3: a variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn:
unknown, unknown quantity]
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cohn
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n 1: German botanist who is generally recognized as founding
bacteriology when he recognized bacteria as plants [syn:
Cohn, Ferdinand Julius Cohn]
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bayonne
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n 1: a city in northeastern New Jersey
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capone
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n 1: United States gangster who terrorized Chicago during
prohibition until arrested for tax evasion (1899-1947)
[syn: Capone, Al Capone, Alphonse Capone, Scarface]
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bourguignon
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n 1: reduced red wine with onions and parsley and thyme and
butter [syn: bourguignon, bourguignon sauce, Burgundy
sauce]
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calderon
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n 1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great
Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: Calderon, Calderon de
la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca]
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concepcion
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n 1: an industrial city in Chile to the south of Santiago
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cadrone
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boan
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boehne
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boen
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bohn
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bohne
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bown
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bowne
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coan
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arone
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athlone
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barone
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barrone
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bastogne
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carone
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catone
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cirone
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damone
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corporacion
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