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aquatint
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n 1: an etching made by a process that makes it resemble a water
color
2: a method of etching that imitates the broad washes of a water
color
v 1: etch in aquatint
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asquint
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adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or
as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with
their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong
glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint,
squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong]
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blueprint
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n 1: something intended as a guide for making something else; "a
blueprint for a house"; "a pattern for a skirt" [syn:
blueprint, design, pattern]
2: photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
v 1: make a blueprint of [syn: blueprint, draft, draught]
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catmint
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n 1: hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white
purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the
past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats
[syn: catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria]
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dint
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n 1: interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means
of'
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fingerprint
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n 1: a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of
a finger; often used for biometric identification in
criminal investigations
2: a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax
bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it"
3: a smudge made by a (dirty) finger [syn: fingermark,
fingerprint]
v 1: take an impression of a person's fingerprints
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flint
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adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his
flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the
most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic,
obdurate, stony]
n 1: a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than
chalcedony
2: a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join
the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form
the Apalachicola River [syn: Flint, Flint River]
3: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile
manufacturing
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footprint
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n 1: a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made
casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the
window" [syn: footprint, footmark, step]
2: a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or
otherwise important; "the footprints of an earlier
civilization"
3: the area taken up by some object; "the computer had a desktop
footprint of 10 by 16 inches"
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forint
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Hungary
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glint
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n 1: a momentary flash of light [syn: flicker, spark,
glint]
2: a spatially localized brightness
v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn:
glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
2: throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at
the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything
interesting" [syn: glance, peek, glint]
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hint
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n 1: an indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever
touched her" [syn: hint, intimation, breath]
2: a slight indication [syn: hint, clue]
3: a slight but appreciable amount; "this dish could use a touch
of garlic" [syn: touch, hint, tinge, mite, pinch,
jot, speck, soupcon]
4: a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of
an accent" [syn: trace, hint, suggestion]
5: an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the
stock market"; "a good lead for a job" [syn: tip, lead,
steer, confidential information, wind, hint]
v 1: drop a hint; intimate by a hint [syn: hint, suggest]
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imprint
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n 1: a distinctive influence; "English stills bears the imprint
of the Norman invasion"
2: a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the
impression of his fingers in the soft mud" [syn:
depression, impression, imprint]
3: an identification of a publisher; a publisher's name along
with the date and address and edition that is printed at the
bottom of the title page; "the book was published under a
distinguished imprint"
4: an impression produced by pressure or printing [syn:
imprint, embossment]
5: a device produced by pressure on a surface
v 1: establish or impress firmly in the mind; "We imprint our
ideas onto our children" [syn: imprint, form]
2: mark or stamp with or as if with pressure; "To make a batik,
you impress a design with wax" [syn: impress, imprint]
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lint
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n 1: fine ravellings of cotton or linen fibers
2: cotton or linen fabric with the nap raised on one side; used
to dress wounds
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mezzotint
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n 1: print produced by an engraving that has been scraped to
represent light or shade
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mint
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adj 1: as if new; "in mint condition"
n 1: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or
extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot
of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the
rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must
have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of
money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great
deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle,
mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile,
plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew,
spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
2: any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic
leaves and small mauve flowers
3: any member of the mint family of plants
4: the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
5: a candy that is flavored with a mint oil [syn: mint, mint
candy]
6: a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
v 1: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
"strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike]
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misprint
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n 1: a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical
failures of some kind [syn: misprint, erratum,
typographical error, typo, literal error, literal]
v 1: print incorrectly
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newsprint
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n 1: cheap paper made from wood pulp and used for printing
newspapers; "they used bales of newspaper every day" [syn:
newspaper, newsprint]
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offprint
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n 1: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a
larger publication [syn: offprint, reprint, separate]
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overprint
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n 1: something added by overprinting [syn: overprint,
surprint]
v 1: print (additional text or colors) onto an already imprinted
paper [syn: overprint, print over]
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peppermint
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n 1: herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers
that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring [syn:
peppermint, Mentha piperita]
2: red gum tree of Tasmania [syn: red gum, peppermint,
peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina]
3: a candy flavored with peppermint oil [syn: peppermint,
peppermint candy]
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print
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n 1: the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed
publication; "I want to see it in print"
2: a picture or design printed from an engraving
3: a visible indication made on a surface; "some previous reader
had covered the pages with dozens of marks"; "paw prints were
everywhere" [syn: mark, print]
4: availability in printed form; "we've got to get that story
into print"; "his book is no longer in print"
5: a copy of a movie on film (especially a particular version of
it)
6: a fabric with a dyed pattern pressed onto it (usually by
engraved rollers)
7: a printed picture produced from a photographic negative [syn:
photographic print, print]
v 1: put into print; "The newspaper published the news of the
royal couple's divorce"; "These news should not be printed"
[syn: print, publish]
2: write as if with print; not cursive
3: make into a print; "print the negative"
4: reproduce by printing [syn: print, impress]
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reprint
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n 1: a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without
changes or editing and offered again for sale [syn:
reissue, reprint, reprinting]
2: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a
larger publication [syn: offprint, reprint, separate]
v 1: print anew; "They never reprinted the famous treatise"
[syn: reprint, reissue]
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spearmint
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n 1: common garden herb having clusters of small purplish
flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring [syn:
spearmint, Mentha spicata]
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splint
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n 1: a thin sliver of wood; "he lit the fire with a burning
splint"
2: an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and
protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
v 1: support with a splint; "splint a broken finger"
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sprint
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n 1: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
v 1: run very fast, usually for a short distance
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squint
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adj 1: (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or
as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with
their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong
glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint,
squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong]
n 1: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: strabismus,
squint]
2: the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
v 1: cross one's eyes as if in strabismus; "The children
squinted so as to scare each other" [syn: squint,
squinch]
2: be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
3: partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct blinding
light; "The driver squinted as the sun hit his windshield"
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stint
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n 1: an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
"there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the
federal penitentiary" [syn: stretch, stint]
2: smallest American sandpiper [syn: least sandpiper, stint,
Erolia minutilla]
3: an individual's prescribed share of work; "her stint as a
lifeguard exhausted her"
v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [syn:
scrimp, stint, skimp]
2: supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with
the allowance" [syn: stint, skimp, scant]
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thumbprint
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n 1: fingerprint made by the thumb (especially by the pad of the
thumb)
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tint
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n 1: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from
another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of
pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture,
tone]
v 1: color lightly; "her greying hair was tinged blond"; "the
leaves were tinged red in November" [syn: tint, tinct,
tinge, touch]
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voiceprint
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n 1: biometric identification by electronically recording and
graphically representing a person's voice; "voiceprints are
uniquely characteristic of individual speakers"
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quint
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one [syn:
five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome,
quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe]
2: one of five children born at the same time from the same
pregnancy [syn: quintuplet, quint, quin]
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skint
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adj 1: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn:
broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke]
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septuagint
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n 1: the oldest Greek version of the Old Testament; said to have
been translated from the Hebrew by Jewish scholars at the
request of Ptolemy II
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calamint
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n 1: perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or
open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in
North America
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bint
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monotint
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preprint
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suint
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clint
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vint
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remint
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