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acute
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adj 1: having or experiencing a rapid onset and short but severe
course; "acute appendicitis"; "the acute phase of the
illness"; "acute patients" [ant: chronic]
2: extremely sharp or intense; "acute pain"; "felt acute
annoyance"; "intense itching and burning" [syn: acute,
intense]
3: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike reasoning";
"as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"; "penetrating
insight"; "frequent penetrative observations" [syn: acute,
discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike,
penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp]
4: of an angle; less than 90 degrees [ant: obtuse]
5: ending in a sharp point [syn: acuate, acute, sharp,
needlelike]
6: of critical importance and consequence; "an acute (or
critical) lack of research funds"
n 1: a mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
[syn: acute accent, acute, ague]
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astute
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adj 1: marked by practical hardheaded intelligence; "a smart
businessman"; "an astute tenant always reads the small
print in a lease"; "he was too shrewd to go along with
them on a road that could lead only to their overthrow"
[syn: astute, sharp, shrewd]
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boot
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n 1: footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg
2: British term for the luggage compartment in a car
3: the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a
great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush
from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: bang,
boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick]
4: protective casing for something that resembles a leg
5: an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the
foot and leg [syn: boot, the boot, iron boot, iron
heel]
6: a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron
and slowly crushed
7: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball
a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn:
kick, boot, kicking]
v 1: kick; give a boot to
2: cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial
processes; "boot your computer" [syn: boot, reboot,
bring up]
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brut
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adj 1: (of champagne) extremely dry
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brute
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adj 1: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a
dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
[syn: beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish,
brutal]
n 1: a cruelly rapacious person [syn: beast, wolf, savage,
brute, wildcat]
2: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature,
fauna]
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butte
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n 1: a hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has
a flat top and sloping sides
2: a town in southwestern Montana; center for mining copper
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chute
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n 1: rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air
and retards your fall [syn: parachute, chute]
2: sloping channel through which things can descend [syn:
chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough]
v 1: jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute [syn:
chute, parachute, jump]
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commute
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n 1: a regular journey of some distance to and from your place
of work; "there is standing room only on the high-speed
commute"
v 1: exchange positions without a change in value; "These
operators commute with each other" [syn: commute,
transpose]
2: travel back and forth regularly, as between one's place of
work and home
3: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often
transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute,
transpose]
4: exchange a penalty for a less severe one [syn: commute,
convert, exchange]
5: exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or
category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He
changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches";
"convert holdings into shares" [syn: change, exchange,
commute, convert]
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compute
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v 1: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure]
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coot
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n 1: slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
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cute
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adj 1: attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness
or quaintness; "a cute kid with pigtails"; "a cute little
apartment"; "cunning kittens"; "a cunning baby" [syn:
cunning, cute]
2: obviously contrived to charm; "an insufferably precious
performance"; "a child with intolerably cute mannerisms"
[syn: cute, precious]
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pantsuit
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n 1: a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women [syn:
pants suit, pantsuit]
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snowsuit
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n 1: a child's overgarment for cold weather
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spacesuit
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n 1: a pressure suit worn by astronauts while in outer space
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swimsuit
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n 1: tight fitting garment worn for swimming [syn: swimsuit,
swimwear, bathing suit, swimming costume, bathing
costume]
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beirut
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n 1: capital and largest city of Lebanon; located in western
Lebanon on the Mediterranean [syn: Bayrut, Beirut,
capital of Lebanon]
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cahoot
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n 1: collusion; "in cahoots with"
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beaut
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n 1: an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were
beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut" [syn:
beauty, beaut]
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aleut
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n 1: a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and
southwestern Alaska [syn: Aleut, Aleutian]
2: a community of Native Americans who speak an Eskimo-Aleut
language and inhabit the Aleutian Islands and southwestern
Alaska; "the Aleut and the Eskimo are related culturally and
linguistically"
3: the language spoken by the Aleut
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jumpsuit
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n 1: one-piece garment fashioned after a parachutist's uniform
[syn: jump suit, jumpsuit]
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sweatsuit
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n 1: garment consisting of sweat pants and a sweatshirt [syn:
sweat suit, sweatsuit, sweats, workout suit]
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sunsuit
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n 1: a child's garment consisting of a brief top and shorts
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tracksuit
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nonsuit
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