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airmail
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n 1: letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
2: a system of conveying mail by aircraft [syn: airmail,
airpost]
v 1: send or transport by airmail; "Letters to Europe from the
U.S. are best airmailed"
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blackmail
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n 1: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting
information
v 1: exert pressure on someone through threats [syn:
blackmail, blackjack, pressure]
2: obtain through threats
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dermal
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adj 1: of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn:
cuticular, epidermal, epidermic, dermal]
2: of or relating to or located in the dermis [syn: dermal,
dermic]
3: relating to or existing on or affecting the skin; "cutaneous
nerves"; "a cutaneous infection" [syn: cutaneous,
cutaneal, dermal]
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email
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n 1: (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic
communication in which a computer user can compose a
message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the
recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you
cannot send packages by electronic mail" [syn: electronic
mail, e-mail, email] [ant: snail mail]
v 1: communicate electronically on the computer; "she e-mailed
me the good news" [syn: e-mail, email, netmail]
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epidermal
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adj 1: of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn:
cuticular, epidermal, epidermic, dermal]
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exothermal
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adj 1: (of a chemical reaction or compound) occurring or formed
with the liberation of heat [syn: exothermic,
exothermal, heat-releasing] [ant: endothermal,
endothermic, heat-absorbing]
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female
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adj 1: being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces
fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop;
"a female heir"; "female holly trees bear the berries"
[ant: androgynous, male]
2: characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female
sensitiveness"; "female suffrage" [syn: female, distaff]
3: for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls; "the
female lead in the play"; "a female chorus"
n 1: an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be
fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) [ant: male]
2: a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies [syn:
female, female person] [ant: male, male person]
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geothermal
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adj 1: of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth
[syn: geothermal, geothermic]
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gristmill
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n 1: a mill for grinding grain (especially the customer's own
grain)
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isothermal
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adj 1: of a process or change taking place at constant
temperature
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sawmill
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n 1: a large sawing machine
2: a mill for dressing logs and lumber [syn: lumbermill,
sawmill]
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thermal
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adj 1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements
of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the
caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: thermal, thermic,
caloric] [ant: nonthermal]
2: of or relating to a hot spring; "thermal water"
3: caused by or designed to retain heat; "a thermal burn";
"thermal underwear"
n 1: rising current of warm air
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treadmill
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n 1: an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a
person can walk or jog without changing place
2: a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a
circular belt or climbing steps [syn: treadmill,
treadwheel, tread-wheel]
3: a job involving drudgery and confinement [syn: treadmill,
salt mine]
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windmill
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n 1: a mill that is powered by the wind
2: generator that extracts usable energy from winds [syn:
windmill, aerogenerator, wind generator]
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tamil
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adj 1: of or relating to a speaker of the Tamil language or the
language itself; "Tamil agglutinative phrases"
n 1: a member of the mixed Dravidian and Caucasian people of
southern India and Sri Lanka
2: the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the
Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka
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mesodermal
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adj 1: relating to or derived from the mesoderm [syn:
mesoblastic, mesodermal]
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greenmail
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n 1: (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a
firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners
to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in
business
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ishmael
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n 1: (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after
the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian
tribes
2: a person who is rejected (from society or home) [syn:
outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael]
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hydrothermal
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camille
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hamill
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bermel
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