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bifocal
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adj 1: having two foci; "bifocal eyeglasses"
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cull
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n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull]
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focal
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adj 1: having or localized centrally at a focus; "focal point";
"focal infection"
2: of or relating to a focus; "focal length"
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local
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adj 1: relating to or applicable to or concerned with the
administration of a city or town or district rather than
a larger area; "local taxes"; "local authorities" [ant:
national]
2: of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality
or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local
citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu";
"a local bus line"
3: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local
anesthesia" [ant: general]
n 1: public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at
all stations or stops; "the local seemed to take forever to
get to New York" [ant: express, limited]
2: anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body [syn:
local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical
anesthetic, topical anaesthetic]
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modal
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adj 1: relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a
distribution; "the modal age at which American novelists
reach their peak is 30" [syn: modal(a), average]
2: of or relating to a musical mode; especially written in an
ecclesiastical mode
3: relating to or expressing the mood of a verb; "modal
auxiliary"
n 1: an auxiliary verb (such as `can' or `will') that is used to
express modality [syn: modal auxiliary verb, modal
auxiliary, modal verb, modal]
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motile
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adj 1: (of spores or microorganisms) capable of movement
n 1: one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner
feelings of action
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ogle
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v 1: look at with amorous intentions
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total
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adj 1: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an
entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full
attention"; "a total failure" [syn: entire, full,
total]
2: complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full
game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster" [syn: full,
total]
n 1: the whole amount [syn: sum, total, totality,
aggregate]
2: a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers
[syn: sum, amount, total]
v 1: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to
$2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" [syn: total, number,
add up, come, amount]
2: determine the sum of; "Add all the people in this town to
those of the neighboring town" [syn: total, tot, tot
up, sum, sum up, summate, tote up, add, add
together, tally, add up]
3: damage beyond the point of repair; "My son totaled our new
car"; "the rock star totals his guitar at every concert"
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univocal
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adj 1: admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only
one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one
conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal
position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal
promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement" [syn:
unequivocal, univocal, unambiguous] [ant:
ambiguous, equivocal]
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vocal
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adj 1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a
vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant:
instrumental]
2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
3: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" [syn: outspoken, vocal]
4: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
shouts and laughter of children"
n 1: music intended to be performed by one or more singers,
usually with instrumental accompaniment [syn: vocal
music, vocal]
2: a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical
must have at least three good songs" [syn: song, vocal]
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yodel
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n 1: a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly
between the normal voice and falsetto
v 1: sing by changing register; sing by yodeling; "The Austrians
were yodeling in the mountains" [syn: yodel, warble,
descant]
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yokel
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n 1: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in
culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed,
bumpkin, chawbacon]
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cul
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n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de
sac, dead end]
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socle
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n 1: a plain plinth that supports a wall
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trifocal
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trochal
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hyperfocal
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matrilocal
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multivocal
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