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ail
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n 1: aromatic bulb used as seasoning [syn: garlic, ail]
v 1: be ill or unwell
2: cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed [syn:
trouble, ail, pain]
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ale
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n 1: a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast;
in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of
more than 4% alcohol by volume
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assail
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v 1: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger
assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly"
[syn: assail, assault, set on, attack]
2: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start
warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939
and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian
towns all week" [syn: attack, assail] [ant: defend]
3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning
paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: attack,
round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault]
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avail
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n 1: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it"
[syn: avail, help, service]
v 1: use to one's advantage; "He availed himself of the
available resources"
2: be of use to, be useful to; "It will avail them to dispose of
their booty"
3: take or use; "She helped herself to some of the office
supplies" [syn: avail, help]
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bail
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n 1: (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman
if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;
"the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was
furnished by an alderman" [syn: bail, bail bond,
bond]
2: the legal system that allows an accused person to be
temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that
a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is
out on bail"
v 1: release after a security has been paid
2: deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose
and for a limited period
3: secure the release of (someone) by providing security
4: empty (a vessel) by bailing
5: remove (water) from a vessel with a container
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bale
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n 1: a large bundle bound for storage or transport
2: a city in northwestern Switzerland [syn: Basel, Basle,
Bale]
v 1: make into a bale; "bale hay"
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bewail
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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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braille
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n 1: French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and
who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless
people (1809-1852) [syn: Braille, Louis Braille]
2: a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots
represent letters and numerals
v 1: transcribe in braille
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curtail
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v 1: place restrictions on; "curtail drinking in school" [syn:
restrict, curtail, curb, cut back]
2: terminate or abbreviate before its intended or proper end or
its full extent; "My speech was cut short"; "Personal freedom
is curtailed in many countries" [syn: clip, curtail, cut
short]
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dale
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n 1: an open river valley (in a hilly area)
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locale
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n 1: the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a
meeting) [syn: venue, locale, locus]
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percale
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n 1: a fine closely woven cotton fabric
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pascal
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n 1: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter
[syn: pascal, Pa]
2: French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented
an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of
probability (1623-1662) [syn: Pascal, Blaise Pascal]
3: a programing language designed to teach programming through a
top-down modular approach
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baikal
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n 1: the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the
deepest lake in the world [syn: Baikal, Lake Baikal,
Baykal, Lake Baykal]
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upscale
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adj 1: appropriate for people with good incomes; "an upscale
neighborhood"; "an upscale motel"
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descale
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v 1: remove the scales from; "scale fish" [syn: scale,
descale]
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downscale
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adj 1: intended for people with low incomes; "mass-produced
downscale versions of high-priced fashions"
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coucal
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n 1: Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like
hind claw
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musicale
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seakale
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cail
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cale
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calle
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cahill
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pascale
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housecarl
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