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crooner
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n 1: a singer of popular ballads [syn: crooner, balladeer]
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harpooner
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n 1: someone who launches harpoons [syn: harpooner,
harpooneer]
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honeymooner
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n 1: someone recently married [syn: newlywed, honeymooner]
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lacuna
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n 1: a blank gap or missing part [syn: lacuna, blank]
2: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn:
coffer, caisson, lacuna]
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lampooner
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n 1: mimics literary or musical style for comic effect [syn:
parodist, lampooner]
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lunar
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adj 1: of or relating to or associated with the moon; "lunar
surface"; "lunar module"
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schooner
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n 1: a large beer glass
2: sailing vessel used in former times
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tuna
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n 1: tropical American prickly pear of Jamaica [syn: tuna,
Opuntia tuna]
2: important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the
family Scombridae; usually served as steaks [syn: tuna,
tuna fish, tunny]
3: any very large marine food and game fish of the genus
Thunnus; related to mackerel; chiefly of warm waters [syn:
tuna, tunny]
4: New Zealand eel [syn: tuna, Anguilla sucklandii]
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tuner
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n 1: someone who tunes pianos [syn: tuner, piano tuner]
2: an electronic receiver that detects and demodulates and
amplifies transmitted signals [syn: radio receiver,
receiving set, radio set, radio, tuner, wireless]
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underpay
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v 1: pay too little [ant: overpay]
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underplay
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v 1: act (a role) with great restraint [syn: underact,
underplay] [ant: ham, ham it up, overact,
overplay]
2: play a card lower than (a held high card)
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underway
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adj 1: currently in progress; "there is mischief afoot"; "plans
are afoot"; "preparations for the trial are underway"
[syn: afoot(p), underway]
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valet
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n 1: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman,
man]
v 1: serve as a personal attendant to
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vicuna
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n 1: the wool of the vicuna
2: a soft wool fabric made from the fleece of the vicuna
3: small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco
but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat [syn: vicuna,
Vicugna vicugna]
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way
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adv 1: to a great degree or by a great distance; very much
(`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way
over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill
is right smart steeper than the side we are on" [syn:
way, right smart]
n 1: how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified
manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode
of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a
lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion" [syn:
manner, mode, style, way, fashion]
2: how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of
control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction";
"the true way to success" [syn: means, agency, way]
3: a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other
direction"; "didn't know the way home" [syn: direction,
way]
4: the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I
felt the same way"
5: a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our
separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius
usually follows a revolutionary path" [syn: way, path,
way of life]
6: any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage
from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the
way out"
7: a journey or passage; "they are on the way"
8: space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly
enough elbow room to turn around" [syn: room, way, elbow
room]
9: the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to
Moscow"; "he went a long ways"
10: doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
11: a general category of things; used in the expression `in the
way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
12: a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the
loot three ways"
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weigh
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v 1: have a certain weight
2: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider
her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was
lenient" [syn: consider, count, weigh]
3: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"
[syn: weigh, librate]
4: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter
much" [syn: count, matter, weigh]
5: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind",
"Something pressed on his mind" [syn: weigh, press]
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whey
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n 1: the serum or watery part of milk that is separated from the
curd in making cheese [syn: whey, milk whey]
2: watery part of milk produced when raw milk sours and
coagulates; "Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating some
curds and whey"
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yea
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adv 1: not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will
rejoice" [syn: yea, yeah]
n 1: an affirmative; "The yeas have it" [ant: nay]
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pruner
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n 1: a worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs;
"untouched by the pruner's axe" [syn: pruner, trimmer]
2: a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and
sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees [syn:
pruner, pruning hook, lopper]
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abbe
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n 1: a French abbot
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a
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n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a
meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of
electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom
unit, A]
2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal
vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness
of the eyes [syn: vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor,
axerophthol, A]
3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A]
4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with
thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A]
5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme
International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries
15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A]
6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: A, a]
7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn:
A, type A, group A]
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yay
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n 1: a branch of the Tai languages
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usa
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n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48
conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in
northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the
Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United
States, United States of America, America, the
States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
2: the army of the United States of America; the agency that
organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare [syn: United
States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USA]
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koruna
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Slovakia
2: the basic unit of money in Czech Republic
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altoona
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n 1: a town in central Pennsylvania
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luna
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n 1: (Roman mythology) the goddess of the Moon; counterpart of
Greek Selene
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calluna
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n 1: one species [syn: Calluna, genus Calluna]
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fortuna
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n 1: (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck;
counterpart of Greek Tyche
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laguna
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n 1: a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of
sand or coral [syn: lagoon, laguna, lagune]
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cislunar
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adj 1: situated between the earth and the moon [syn: sublunar,
sublunary, cislunar]
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translunar
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adj 1: situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth;
"who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
[syn: translunar, translunary, superlunar,
superlunary]
2: unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams" [syn:
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary]
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circumlunar
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oppugner
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puna
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acuna
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bruna
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buena
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duna
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kuna
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oona
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oonagh
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antuna
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deluna
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iduna
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induna
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kahuna
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natuna
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osuna
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ozuna
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mezzaluna
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miscayuna
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lacunar
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