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ala
0
n 1: a flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism;
"the alae of the nose"; "the alae of a maple seed"; "the
flat petals of a pea blossom are alae"
2: a wing of an insect
-
awe
0
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
-
baccarat
0
n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin
de fer]
-
blah
0
n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
-
bough
0
n 1: any of the larger branches of a tree
-
bourgeois
0
adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-
owning class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois,
conservative, materialistic]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial
enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
-
bow
0
n 1: a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
[syn: bow, bowknot]
2: a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair
strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
3: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow,
stem]
4: a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of
resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
5: something curved in shape [syn: bow, arc]
6: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing,
obeisance]
7: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the
concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the
audience [syn: bow, curtain call]
8: a decorative interlacing of ribbons
9: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair
strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
v 1: bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed
before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" [syn:
bow, bow down]
2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to
the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
3: bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of
respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped
to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend,
bow]
5: play on a string instrument with a bow
-
bra
0
n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
-
brow
0
n 1: the part of the face above the eyes [syn: brow,
forehead]
2: the arch of hair above each eye [syn: eyebrow, brow,
supercilium]
3: the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant
hills" [syn: hilltop, brow]
-
chow
0
n 1: the imperial dynasty of China from 1122 to 221 BC; notable
for the rise of Confucianism and Taoism [syn: Zhou, Zhou
dynasty, Chou, Chou dynasty, Chow, Chow dynasty]
2: informal terms for a meal [syn: chow, chuck, eats,
grub]
3: breed of medium-sized dogs with a thick coat and fluffy
curled tails and distinctive blue-black tongues; believed to
have originated in northern China [syn: chow, chow chow]
-
ciao
0
n 1: an acknowledgment that can be used to say hello or goodbye
(aloha is Hawaiian and ciao is Italian) [syn: aloha,
ciao]
-
cow
0
n 1: female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
[syn: cow, moo-cow]
2: mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
3: a large unpleasant woman
v 1: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling
of awe; frighten (as with threats) [syn: overawe, cow]
-
dhow
0
n 1: a lateen-rigged sailing vessel used by Arabs
-
foulard
0
n 1: a light plain-weave or twill-weave silk or silklike fabric
(usually with a printed design)
-
ha
0
n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point
measured westward along the celestial equator from the
zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a
particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle,
HA]
-
hurrah
0
n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn:
hurrah, hooray]
v 1: shout `hurrah!'
-
la
0
n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57]
2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one
of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or
minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
-
law
0
n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
law, jurisprudence]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law,
natural law]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of
nature]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy]
6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in
a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
-
ma
0
n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA]
4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
-
meow
0
n 1: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
[syn: meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul]
v 1: cry like a cat; "the cat meowed" [syn: meow, mew]
-
mow
0
n 1: a loft in a barn where hay is stored [syn: hayloft,
haymow, mow]
v 1: cut with a blade or mower; "mow the grass" [syn: mow,
cut down]
2: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and
mow"; "The girl pouted" [syn: pout, mop, mow]
-
now
0
adv 1: in the historical present; at this point in the narration
of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls
in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross
the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"
2: in these times; "it is solely by their language that the
upper classes nowadays are distinguished"- Nancy Mitford; "we
now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets"; "today
almost every home has television" [syn: nowadays, now,
today]
3: used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear
this!"; "now pay attention"
4: at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging
dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present
writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now" [syn:
now, at present]
5: without delay or hesitation; with no time intervening; "he
answered immediately"; "found an answer straightaway"; "an
official accused of dishonesty should be suspended
forthwith"; "Come here now!" [syn: immediately,
instantly, straightaway, straight off, directly,
now, right away, at once, forthwith, like a shot]
6: (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or
activity; "Now the next problem is..."
7: in the immediate past; "told me just now"
n 1: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it
worked up to right now"
-
pa
0
n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
-
pasha
0
n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
-
plough
0
n 1: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa
Major [syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's
Wain, Wain, Wagon]
2: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil
and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow, plough]
v 1: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or
going through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water"
[syn: plow, plough]
2: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer
Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in
the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]
-
prow
0
n 1: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore,
prow, stem]
-
raw
0
adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
-
row
0
n 1: an arrangement of objects or people side by side in a line;
"a row of chairs"
2: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
[syn: quarrel, wrangle, row, words, run-in,
dustup]
3: a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally); "a
mackerel sky filled with rows of clouds"; "rows of barbed
wire protected the trenches"
4: (construction) a layer of masonry; "a course of bricks" [syn:
course, row]
5: a linear array of numbers, letters, or symbols side by side
6: a continuous chronological succession without an
interruption; "they won the championship three years in a
row"
7: the act of rowing as a sport [syn: rowing, row]
v 1: propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake"
-
scow
0
n 1: any of various flat-bottomed boats with sloping ends
2: a barge carrying bulk materials in an open hold
-
shah
0
n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
-
slough
0
n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
[syn: gangrene, sphacelus, slough]
2: a hollow filled with mud
3: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
4: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the
cast-off skin of a snake)
v 1: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds
every Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult,
slough]
-
sough
0
v 1: make a murmuring sound; "the water was purling" [syn:
sough, purl]
-
sow
0
n 1: an adult female hog
v 1: place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She
sowed sunflower seeds" [syn: sow, seed]
2: introduce into an environment; "sow suspicion or beliefs"
3: place seeds in or on (the ground); "sow the ground with
sunflower seeds" [syn: inseminate, sow, sow in]
-
spa
0
n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
-
thou
0
n 1: the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100 [syn:
thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, chiliad,
G, grand, thou, yard]
-
villa
0
n 1: Mexican revolutionary leader (1877-1923) [syn: Villa,
Pancho Villa, Francisco Villa, Doroteo Arango]
2: detached or semidetached suburban house
3: country house in ancient Rome consisting of residential
quarters and farm buildings around a courtyard
4: pretentious and luxurious country residence with extensive
grounds
-
vow
0
n 1: a solemn pledge (to oneself or to another or to a deity) to
do something or to behave in a certain manner; "they took
vows of poverty"
v 1: make a vow; promise; "He vowed never to drink alcohol
again"
2: dedicate to a deity by a vow [syn: vow, consecrate]
-
withdraw
0
v 1: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew";
"The limo pulled away from the curb" [syn: withdraw,
retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back,
retire, move back] [ant: advance, go on, march
on, move on, pass on, progress]
2: withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess"
[syn: retire, withdraw]
3: release from something that holds fast, connects, or
entangles; "I want to disengage myself from his influence";
"disengage the gears" [syn: disengage, withdraw] [ant:
engage, lock, mesh, operate]
4: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
recall, call in, call back, withdraw]
5: take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words" [syn:
swallow, take back, unsay, withdraw]
6: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study
to write a book" [syn: seclude, sequester, sequestrate,
withdraw]
7: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch";
"The men retired to the library" [syn: adjourn, withdraw,
retire]
8: retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no
longer handle the demands of the chairmanship" [syn: bow
out, withdraw]
9: remove (a commodity) from (a supply source); "She drew $2,000
from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from
the hospital's emergency bank" [syn: withdraw, draw,
take out, draw off] [ant: bank, deposit]
10: lose interest; "he retired from life when his wife died"
[syn: retire, withdraw]
11: make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity;
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He
backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive
investment company pulled in its horns" [syn: retreat,
pull back, back out, back away, crawfish, crawfish
out, pull in one's horns, withdraw]
12: remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking
off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat";
"remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the
table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine
withdraws heat from the environment" [syn: remove, take,
take away, withdraw]
-
wow
0
n 1: a joke that seems extremely funny [syn: belly laugh,
sidesplitter, howler, thigh-slapper, scream, wow,
riot]
v 1: impress greatly; "The speaker wowed the audience"
-
yaw
0
n 1: an erratic deflection from an intended course [syn: yaw,
swerve]
v 1: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape,
yawn, yaw]
2: deviate erratically from a set course; "the yawing motion of
the ship"
3: swerve off course momentarily; "the ship yawed when the huge
waves hit it"
-
hezbollah
0
n 1: a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran;
seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in
Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon [syn:
Hizballah, Hezbollah, Hizbollah, Hizbullah,
Lebanese Hizballah, Party of God, Islamic Jihad,
Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine,
Revolutionary Justice Organization, Organization of the
Oppressed on Earth]
-
ca
0
n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light;
the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an
important component of most plants and animals [syn:
calcium, Ca, atomic number 20]
2: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd
largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: California,
Golden State, CA, Calif.]
-
da
0
n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn:
district attorney, DA]
-
ka
0
n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
-
na
0
n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal
group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially
in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts
violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral
halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number
11]
-
ra
0
n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle,
measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the
vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that
passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in
hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to
specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right
ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension,
RA, celestial longitude]
-
ta
0
n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
-
wa
0
n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
-
artois
0
n 1: a former province of northern France near the English
Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
-
bogota
0
n 1: capital and largest city of Colombia; located in central
Colombia on a high fertile plain [syn: Bogota, capital
of Colombia]
-
howe
0
n 1: United States editor (1920-1993) [syn: Howe, Irving
Howe]
2: Canadian hockey player who holds the record for playing the
most games (born 1928) [syn: Howe, Gordie Howe, Gordon
Howe]
3: United States feminist who was active in the women's suffrage
movement (1819-1910) [syn: Howe, Julia Ward Howe]
4: United States inventor who built early sewing machines and
won suits for patent infringement against other manufacturers
(including Isaac M. Singer) (1819-1867) [syn: Howe, Elias
Howe]
-
pow
0
n 1: a person who surrenders to (or is taken by) the enemy in
time of war [syn: prisoner of war, POW]
-
tao
0
n 1: an adherent of any branch of Taoism [syn: Taoist, Tao]
2: the ultimate principle of the universe
-
liao
0
n 1: the dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern
China from 947 to 1125 [syn: Liao, Liao dynasty]
-
rodin
0
n 1: French sculptor noted for his renderings of the human form
(1840-1917) [syn: Rodin, Auguste Rodin, Francois
Auguste Rene Rodin]
-
challah
0
n 1: (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and
leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and
glazed with eggs before baking [syn: challah, hallah]
-
eclair
0
n 1: oblong cream puff
-
plow
0
n 1: a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the
soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing [syn: plow,
plough]
v 1: to break and turn over earth especially with a plow;
"Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the
earth in the Spring" [syn: plow, plough, turn]
2: act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This
book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western
Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
[syn: cover, treat, handle, plow, deal, address]
3: move in a way resembling that of a plow cutting into or going
through the soil; "The ship plowed through the water" [syn:
plow, plough]
-
gauguin
0
n 1: French Post-impressionist painter who worked in the South
Pacific (1848-1903) [syn: Gauguin, Paul Gauguin]
-
poussin
0
n 1: French painter in the classical style (1594-1665) [syn:
Poussin, Nicolas Poussin]
-
embonpoint
0
adj 1: sufficiently fat so as to have a pleasing fullness of
figure; "a chubby child"; "pleasingly plump"; [syn:
chubby, embonpoint, plump]
n 1: the bodily property of being well rounded [syn:
plumpness, embonpoint, roundness]
-
limousin
0
n 1: a region of central France to the west of the Auvergne
mountains
-
tau
0
n 1: the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
-
baudelaire
0
n 1: a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative
language (1821-1867) [syn: Baudelaire, Charles
Baudelaire, Charles Pierre Baudelaire]
-
couperin
0
n 1: French composer of music for organ and a member of a family
of distinguished organists (1668-1733) [syn: Couperin,
Francois Couperin]
-
miaow
0
n 1: the sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this)
[syn: meow, mew, miaou, miaow, miaul]
v 1: make a cat-like sound [syn: miaou, miaow]
-
ah
0
-
aha
0
-
bah
0
-
gratin
0
-
hah
0
-
how
0
-
qua
0
-
rah
0
-
yah
0
-
ow
0
-
trow
0
-
bois
0
-
cha
0
-
gras
0
-
nah
0
-
wah
0
-
ya
0
-
alvah
0
-
beffa
0
-
bekaa
0
-
brisbois
0
-
chargois
0
-
chua
0
-
comtois
0
-
contois
0
-
dabah
0
-
ahh
0
-
dao
0
-
dow
0
-
gow
0
-
galah
0
-
hough
0
-
louvain
0
-
chardin
0