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abduct
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v 1: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and
usually in order to extract a ransom; "The industrialist's
son was kidnapped" [syn: kidnap, nobble, abduct,
snatch]
2: pull away from the body; "this muscle abducts" [ant:
adduct]
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adduct
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n 1: a compound formed by an addition reaction
v 1: draw a limb towards the body; "adduct the thigh muscle"
[ant: abduct]
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aqueduct
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n 1: a conduit that resembles a bridge but carries water over a
valley
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conduct
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n 1: manner of acting or controlling yourself [syn: behavior,
behaviour, conduct, doings]
2: (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other
people [syn: demeanor, demeanour, behavior,
behaviour, conduct, deportment]
v 1: direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot
conduct business like this" [syn: conduct, carry on,
deal]
2: lead, as in the performance of a composition; "conduct an
orchestra; Barenboim conducted the Chicago symphony for
years" [syn: conduct, lead, direct]
3: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
4: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can you
take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to the
palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct, guide]
5: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
6: lead musicians in the performance of; "Bernstein conducted
Mahler like no other conductor"; "she cannot conduct modern
pieces"
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construct
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n 1: an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from
specific instances [syn: concept, conception,
construct] [ant: misconception]
v 1: make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig
made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed
an electric brassiere warmer" [syn: construct, build,
make]
2: put together out of artificial or natural components or
parts; "the company fabricates plastic chairs"; "They
manufacture small toys"; He manufactured a popular cereal"
[syn: manufacture, fabricate, construct]
3: draw with suitable instruments and under specified
conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"
4: create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence";
"construct a paragraph"
5: create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or
concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"
6: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago"
[syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]
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deconstruct
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v 1: interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of
deconstructing
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deduct
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v 1: make a subtraction; "subtract this amount from my paycheck"
[syn: subtract, deduct, take off] [ant: add, add
together]
2: retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer
is withholding taxes" [syn: withhold, deduct, recoup]
3: reason by deduction; establish by deduction [syn: deduce,
infer, deduct, derive]
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destruct
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v 1: destroy (one's own missile or rocket); "The engineers had
to destruct the rocket for safety reasons"
2: do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire
destroyed the house" [syn: destroy, destruct]
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duct
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n 1: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and
conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct
was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is
released through a channel in the snake's fangs" [syn:
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel]
2: a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking
intervening end walls
3: an enclosed conduit for a fluid
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induct
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v 1: place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position;
"there was a ceremony to induct the president of the
Academy" [syn: induct, invest, seat]
2: accept people into an exclusive society or group, usually
with some rite; "African men are initiated when they reach
puberty" [syn: initiate, induct]
3: admit as a member; "We were inducted into the honor society"
4: produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic
processes [syn: induce, induct]
5: introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into
the ways of her profession"
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instruct
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v 1: impart skills or knowledge to; "I taught them French"; "He
instructed me in building a boat" [syn: teach, learn,
instruct]
2: give instructions or directions for some task; "She
instructed the students to work on their pronunciation"
3: make aware of; "Have the students been apprised of the
tuition hike?" [syn: instruct, apprise, apprize]
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misconduct
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n 1: bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on
another's behalf
2: activity that transgresses moral or civil law; "he denied any
wrongdoing" [syn: wrongdoing, wrongful conduct,
misconduct, actus reus]
v 1: behave badly; "The children misbehaved all morning" [syn:
misbehave, misconduct, misdemean] [ant: behave,
comport]
2: manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
[syn: mismanage, mishandle, misconduct]
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obstruct
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v 1: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His
brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct,
blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy,
embarrass]
2: block passage through; "obstruct the path" [syn: obstruct,
obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up]
[ant: disengage, free]
3: shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from
sight; "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage";
"The trees obstruct my view of the mountains" [syn:
obstruct, block]
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oviduct
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n 1: either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary
to the uterus [syn: Fallopian tube, uterine tube,
oviduct]
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plucked
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adj 1: of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a
plectrum [ant: bowed]
2: having the feathers removed, as from a pelt or a fowl; "a
plucked chicken"; "an unfeathered goose"
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product
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n 1: commodities offered for sale; "good business depends on
having good merchandise"; "that store offers a variety of
products" [syn: merchandise, ware, product]
2: an artifact that has been created by someone or some process;
"they improve their product every year"; "they export most of
their agricultural production" [syn: product, production]
3: a quantity obtained by multiplication; "the product of 2 and
3 is 6" [syn: product, mathematical product]
4: a chemical substance formed as a result of a chemical
reaction; "a product of lime and nitric acid"
5: a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of
circumstances; "skill is the product of hours of practice";
"his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue"
6: the set of elements common to two or more sets; "the set of
red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set
of red things" [syn: intersection, product, Cartesian
product]
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reconstruct
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v 1: reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years
ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace]
2: build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a
bomb" [syn: rebuild, reconstruct]
3: cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically
4: return to its original or usable and functioning condition;
"restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn:
restore, reconstruct]
5: do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these
rooms" [syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo]
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tucked
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adj 1: having tucked or being tucked; "tightly tucked blankets";
"a fancy tucked shirt" [ant: untucked]
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usufruct
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n 1: a legal right to use and derive profit from property
belonging to someone else provided that the property itself
is not injured in any way
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viaduct
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n 1: bridge consisting of a series of arches supported by piers
used to carry a road (or railroad) over a valley
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bucked
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chucked
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ducked
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lucked
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sucked
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lucht
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shucked
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subduct
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unplucked
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ventiduct
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