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acre
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n 1: a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking
countries
2: a territory of western Brazil bordering on Bolivia and Peru
3: a town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern
Mediterranean [syn: Acre, Akko, Akka, Accho]
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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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baccarat
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n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin
de fer]
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barker
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n 1: someone who stands in front of a show (as at a carnival)
and gives a loud colorful sales talk to potential customers
2: informal terms for dogs [syn: pooch, doggie, doggy,
barker, bow-wow]
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blah
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n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
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bookmarker
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n 1: a marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the
pages of a book to mark the reader's place [syn:
bookmark, bookmarker]
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bourgeois
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adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-
owning class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois,
conservative, materialistic]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial
enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
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bra
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n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
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ha
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n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point
measured westward along the celestial equator from the
zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a
particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle,
HA]
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hurrah
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n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn:
hurrah, hooray]
v 1: shout `hurrah!'
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la
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n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57]
2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one
of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or
minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
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law
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n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
law, jurisprudence]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law,
natural law]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of
nature]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy]
6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in
a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
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ma
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n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA]
4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
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marker
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n 1: some conspicuous object used to distinguish or mark
something; "the buoys were markers for the channel"
2: a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the
sheep" [syn: marker, marking, mark]
3: a writing implement for making a mark
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moussaka
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n 1: casserole of eggplant and ground lamb with onion and
tomatoes bound with white sauce and beaten eggs
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nosy
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adj 1: offensively curious or inquisitive; "curious about the
neighbor's doings"; "he flipped through my letters in his
nosy way"; "prying eyes"; "the snoopy neighbor watched us
all day" [syn: nosy, nosey, prying, snoopy]
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pa
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n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
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parka
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n 1: a kind of heavy jacket (`windcheater' is a British term)
[syn: parka, windbreaker, windcheater, anorak]
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parker
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n 1: United States saxophonist and leader of the bop style of
jazz (1920-1955) [syn: Parker, Charlie Parker,
Yardbird Parker, Bird Parker, Charles Christopher
Parker]
2: United States writer noted for her sharp wit (1893-1967)
[syn: Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Rothschild
Parker]
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pasha
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n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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raw
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adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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shah
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n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
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spa
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n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
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ca
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n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;
the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an
important component of most plants and animals [syn:
calcium, Ca, atomic number 20]
2: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd
largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: California,
Golden State, CA, Calif.]
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ka
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n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
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paca
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n 1: large burrowing rodent of South America and Central
America; highly esteemed as food [syn: paca, Cuniculus
paca]
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lusaka
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Zambia [syn: Lusaka,
capital of Zambia]
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osaka
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n 1: port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and
industrial center of Japan
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markka
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n 1: formerly the basic unit of money in Finland [syn: markka,
Finnish mark]
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oaxaca
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n 1: a city of southeastern Mexico [syn: Oaxaca, Oaxaca de
Juarez]
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halakah
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n 1: Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the
interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures [syn:
Halakah, Halaka, Halacha]
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ah
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bah
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hah
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kaka
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qua
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rah
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voila
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yah
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bois
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cha
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gras
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hsia
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hwa
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ja
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jha
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joie
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kah
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ahh
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shaka
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farquhar
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backmarker
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polacre
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tripitaka
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