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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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bedizen
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v 1: decorate tastelessly
2: dress up garishly and tastelessly [syn: bedizen, dizen]
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bipartisan
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adj 1: supported by both sides; "a two-way treaty" [syn:
bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way]
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blazon
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n 1: the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: coat
of arms, arms, blazon, blazonry]
v 1: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon, blazon]
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brazen
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adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious
trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most
bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los
Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance";
"the modern world with its quick material successes and
insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of
progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious,
barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy,
brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
v 1: face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
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chosen
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n 1: one who is the object of choice; who is given preference;
"she was Mama's chosen"
2: the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
3: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have
power inside the government" [syn: chosen, elect]
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citizen
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n 1: a native or naturalized member of a state or other
political community [ant: alien, foreigner,
noncitizen, outlander]
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cousin
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n 1: the child of your aunt or uncle [syn: cousin, first
cousin, cousin-german, full cousin]
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cozen
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v 1: be false to; be dishonest with [syn: deceive, lead on,
delude, cozen]
2: act with artful deceit
3: cheat or trick; "He cozened the money out of the old man"
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crimson
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adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
2: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's
crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson
Strode [syn: crimson, red, violent]
3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
"turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-
faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
[syn: crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed]
n 1: a deep and vivid red color [syn: crimson, ruby, deep
red]
v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl
blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn:
blush, crimson, flush, redden]
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denizen
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n 1: a person who inhabits a particular place [syn:
inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen,
indweller]
2: a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field
and forest"; "denizens of the deep"
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diapason
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n 1: either of the two main stops on a pipe organ [syn:
diapason, diapason stop]
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diocesan
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adj 1: belonging to or governing a diocese
n 1: a bishop having jurisdiction over a diocese
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dozen
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn:
twelve, 12, xii, dozen]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
twelve, 12, XII, dozen]
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emblazon
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v 1: decorate with colors; "color the walls with paint in warm
tones" [syn: color, colour, emblazon]
2: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon, blazon]
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frozen
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adj 1: turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and
severe cold; "the frozen North"; "frozen pipes";
"children skating on a frozen brook" [ant: unfrozen]
2: absolutely still; "frozen with horror"; "they stood rooted in
astonishment" [syn: frozen(p), rooted(p), stock-still]
3: devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness
or disdain; "a frigid greeting"; "got a frosty reception"; "a
frozen look on their faces"; "a glacial handshake"; "icy
stare"; "wintry smile" [syn: frigid, frosty, frozen,
glacial, icy, wintry]
4: not thawed
5: (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to
retain flavor and nutritional value; "frozen foods" [syn:
flash-frozen, quick-frozen, frozen]
6: not convertible to cash; "frozen assets"
7: incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen
prices"; "living on fixed incomes" [syn: fixed, frozen]
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horizon
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n 1: the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet [syn:
horizon, apparent horizon, visible horizon, sensible
horizon, skyline]
2: the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated;
"It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" [syn:
horizon, view, purview]
3: a specific layer or stratum of soil or subsoil in a vertical
cross section of land
4: the great circle on the celestial sphere whose plane passes
through the sensible horizon and the center of the Earth
[syn: horizon, celestial horizon]
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imprison
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v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol,
put away, remand]
2: confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually
imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out
without a chaperone"
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jettison
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v 1: throw away, of something encumbering
2: throw as from an airplane
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lederhosen
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n 1: leather shorts often worn with suspenders; worn especially
by men and boys in Bavaria
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liaison
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n 1: a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn:
affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, involvement,
amour]
2: a channel for communication between groups; "he provided a
liaison with the guerrillas" [syn: liaison, link,
contact, inter-group communication]
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mizzen
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n 1: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more
masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or
dandy [syn: mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizen]
2: fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast [syn: mizzen,
mizen]
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orison
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n 1: reverent petition to a deity [syn: prayer, petition,
orison]
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partisan
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adj 1: devoted to a cause or party [syn: partisan, partizan]
[ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
n 1: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn:
partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan,
nonpartizan]
2: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or
activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan, partizan]
3: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral
projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partisan,
partizan]
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poison
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n 1: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a
living organism [syn: poison, toxicant, poisonous
substance]
2: anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
v 1: spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the
atmosphere in the office"
2: kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
3: add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to
kill her" [syn: poison, envenom]
4: kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"
5: administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did
not die"
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prison
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n 1: a correctional institution where persons are confined while
on trial or for punishment [syn: prison, prison house]
2: a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement [syn:
prison, prison house]
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raisin
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n 1: dried grape
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reason
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n 1: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that
war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
[syn: reason, ground]
2: an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a
steady state was never reached was that the back pressure
built up too slowly"
3: the capacity for rational thought or inference or
discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason
and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason,
understanding, intellect]
4: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his
rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on
reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: rationality,
reason, reasonableness]
5: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: cause, reason, grounds]
6: a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion;
"there is reason to believe he is lying"
v 1: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We
reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
[syn: reason, reason out, conclude]
2: present reasons and arguments [syn: argue, reason]
3: think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
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risen
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adj 1: (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen
sun"
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treason
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n 1: a crime that undermines the offender's government [syn:
treason, high treason, lese majesty]
2: disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior [syn: treason,
subversiveness, traitorousness]
3: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal,
treason, perfidy]
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unfrozen
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adj 1: not frozen; "unfrozen ground" [ant: frozen]
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unison
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n 1: corresponding exactly; "marching in unison"
2: occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in
unison"
3: (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in
octaves; "singing in unison"
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unreason
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n 1: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of
understanding [syn: irrationality, unreason]
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venison
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n 1: meat from a deer used as food
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damson
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n 1: dark purple plum of the damson tree [syn: damson, damson
plum]
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tarzan
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n 1: (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and
agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice
Burroughs)
2: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels
by Edgar Rice Burroughs [syn: Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes]
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amazon
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n 1: a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: amazon,
virago]
2: (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of
Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a
bow and arrow more effectively)
3: a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows
eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest
river (4000 miles) [syn: Amazon, Amazon River]
4: mainly green tropical American parrots
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kansan
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n 1: a native or resident of Kansas
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greisen
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n 1: a granitic rock composed of quartz and mica
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grison
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n 1: carnivore of Central America and South America resembling a
weasel with a greyish-white back and dark underparts [syn:
grison, Grison vittatus, Galictis vittatus]
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ambrosian
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adj 1: of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose; "Ambrosian chants"
2: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a
nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: ambrosial,
ambrosian, nectarous]
3: worthy of the gods [syn: ambrosial, ambrosian]
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munchausen
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n 1: German raconteur who told preposterous stories about his
adventures as a soldier and hunter; his name is now
associated with any telling of exaggerated stories or
winning lies (1720-1797) [syn: Munchhausen, Karl
Friedrich Hieronymus von Munchhausen, Munchausen, Baron
Munchausen]
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spiegeleisen
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n 1: pig iron containing manganese; used as a deoxidizing agent
and to raise the manganese content in making steel [syn:
spiegeleisen, spiegel, spiegel iron]
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benison
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n 1: a spoken blessing
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pilsen
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n 1: a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated
[syn: Pilsen, Plzen]
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arisen
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bartizan
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raison
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susan
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ramson
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unrisen
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malison
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chosun
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kosan
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lozon
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posen
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zosen
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rosan
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rosen
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curzon
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gossan
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disseisin
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stockhausen
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