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admire
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v 1: feel admiration for [syn: admire, look up to] [ant:
look down on]
2: look at with admiration
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afire
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adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on
fire(p)]
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aspire
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v 1: have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: draw a bead
on, aspire, aim, shoot for]
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ayah
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n 1: (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
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briar
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n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine,
Rosa eglanteria]
2: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States
growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny
leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by
clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier,
greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier,
brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]
3: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used
to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier,
Erica arborea]
4: a pipe made from the root (briarroot) of the tree heath [syn:
briar, briar pipe]
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brier
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n 1: tangled mass of prickly plants [syn: brier, brierpatch,
brier patch]
2: a thorny stem or twig
3: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine,
Rosa eglanteria]
4: a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States
growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny
leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by
clusters of inedible shiny black berries [syn: bullbrier,
greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier,
brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia]
5: evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white
flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used
to make tobacco pipes [syn: tree heath, briar, brier,
Erica arborea]
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buyer
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n 1: a person who buys [syn: buyer, purchaser, emptor,
vendee]
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byre
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n 1: a barn for cows [syn: cowbarn, cowshed, cow barn,
cowhouse, byre]
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choir
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n 1: a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony
2: a family of similar musical instrument playing together [syn:
choir, consort]
3: the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between
sanctuary and nave
v 1: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]
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crier
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n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper, crier]
2: (formerly) an official who made public announcements [syn:
town crier, crier]
3: a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
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dire
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adj 1: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a
desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a
desperate situation due to lack of materiel"-
G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [syn: desperate,
dire]
2: causing fear or dread or terror; "the awful war"; "an awful
risk"; "dire news"; "a career or vengeance so direful that
London was shocked"; "the dread presence of the headmaster";
"polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was"; "a
dreadful storm"; "a fearful howling"; "horrendous explosions
shook the city"; "a terrible curse" [syn: awful, dire,
direful, dread(a), dreaded, dreadful, fearful,
fearsome, frightening, horrendous, horrific,
terrible]
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drier
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n 1: a substance that promotes drying (e.g., calcium oxide
absorbs water and is used to remove moisture) [syn:
desiccant, drying agent, drier, siccative]
2: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]
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dryer
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n 1: an appliance that removes moisture [syn: dryer, drier]
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dyer
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n 1: someone whose job is to dye cloth
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fire
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n 1: the event of something burning (often destructive); "they
lost everything in the fire"
2: the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold
your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they
retreated in the face of withering enemy fire" [syn: fire,
firing]
3: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing
heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our
ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame,
flaming]
4: a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning;
"they sat by the fire and talked"
5: once thought to be one of four elements composing the
universe (Empedocles)
6: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great
ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour,
fervency, fire, fervidness]
7: fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking; "put
the kettle on the fire"; "barbecue over an open fire"
8: a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
9: intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the
Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack";
"don't give me any flak" [syn: fire, attack, flak,
flack, blast]
v 1: start firing a weapon [syn: open fire, fire]
2: cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet" [syn: fire,
discharge]
3: bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
4: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
employ, engage, hire]
5: go off or discharge; "The gun fired" [syn: fire,
discharge, go off]
6: drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were
fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
7: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse,
elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise,
provoke]
8: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
[syn: burn, fire, burn down]
9: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel,
fire]
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flyer
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n 1: an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a
leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the
circular to all subscribers" [syn: circular, handbill,
bill, broadside, broadsheet, flier, flyer,
throwaway]
2: someone who travels by air [syn: flier, flyer]
3: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator, aeronaut,
airman, flier, flyer]
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friar
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n 1: a male member of a religious order that originally relied
solely on alms [syn: friar, mendicant]
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fryer
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n 1: flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
[syn: fryer, frier, pullet]
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gyre
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n 1: a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as
formed by leaves or flower petals) [syn: coil, whorl,
roll, curl, curlicue, ringlet, gyre, scroll]
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hire
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n 1: a newly hired employee; "the new hires need special
training"
2: the act of hiring something or someone; "he signed up for a
week's car hire"
v 1: engage or hire for work; "They hired two new secretaries in
the department"; "How many people has she employed?" [syn:
hire, engage, employ] [ant: can, dismiss,
displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the
axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate]
2: hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services
[syn: rent, hire, charter, lease]
3: engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an
apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we
take a guide in Rome?" [syn: lease, rent, hire,
charter, engage, take]
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ire
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n 1: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some
real or supposed grievance [syn: anger, choler, ire]
2: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified
as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire,
ira]
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liar
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n 1: a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly [syn: liar,
prevaricator] [ant: square shooter, straight arrow,
straight shooter]
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lyre
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n 1: a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
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mire
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n 1: a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
[syn: mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slack]
2: deep soft mud in water or slush; "they waded through the
slop" [syn: slop, mire]
3: a difficulty or embarrassment that is hard to extricate
yourself from; "the country is still trying to climb out of
the mire left by its previous president"; "caught in the mire
of poverty"
v 1: entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past" [syn:
entangle, mire]
2: cause to get stuck as if in a mire; "The mud mired our cart"
[syn: mire, bog down]
3: be unable to move further; "The car bogged down in the sand"
[syn: grind to a halt, get stuck, bog down, mire]
4: soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt
while playing ball in the garden" [syn: mire, muck,
mud, muck up]
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prior
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adj 1: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)]
n 1: the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is
next below the abbot
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pyre
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n 1: wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite [syn:
pyre, funeral pyre]
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quire
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n 1: a quantity of paper; 24 or 25 sheets
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shire
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n 1: a former administrative district of England; equivalent to
a county
2: British breed of large heavy draft horse [syn: shire,
shire horse]
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sire
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n 1: a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and
authority
2: the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
[syn: forefather, father, sire]
3: male parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as
a horse
v 1: make children; "Abraham begot Isaac"; "Men often father
children but don't recognize them" [syn: beget, get,
engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring
forth]
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spire
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n 1: a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
(usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at
the top [syn: steeple, spire]
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squire
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n 1: young nobleman attendant on a knight
2: an English country landowner
3: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire,
gallant]
v 1: attend upon as a squire; serve as a squire
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tier
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n 1: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group;
"lumber of the highest grade" [syn: grade, level,
tier]
2: any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
3: a worker who ties something [syn: tier, tier up]
4: something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to
the yard with tiers"
5: one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier
of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake"
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tire
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n 1: hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually
made of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn:
tire, tyre]
v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my
food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]
2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire,
wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out,
outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant:
freshen, refresh, refreshen]
3: deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn: run down, exhaust, play out, sap,
tire]
4: cause to be bored [syn: bore, tire] [ant: interest]
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tyre
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n 1: a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea;
formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks [syn:
Sur, Tyre]
2: hoop that covers a wheel; "automobile tires are usually made
of rubber and filled with compressed air" [syn: tire,
tyre]
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wire
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n 1: ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make
cages or fences etc
2: a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
[syn: wire, conducting wire]
3: the finishing line on a racetrack
4: a message transmitted by telegraph [syn: telegram, wire]
v 1: provide with electrical circuits; "wire the addition to the
house"
2: send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph,
wire]
3: fasten with wire; "The columns were wired to the beams for
support" [ant: unwire]
4: string on a wire; "wire beads"
5: equip for use with electricity; "electrify an appliance"
[syn: electrify, wire]
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trier
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n 1: one (as a judge) who examines and settles a case
2: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer]
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stria
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n 1: any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the
scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or
ridges in muscle tissue [syn: stria, striation]
2: a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes
exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding
of bees and wasps" [syn: band, banding, stria,
striation]
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gaia
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n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus
and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia,
Ge]
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maia
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n 1: type genus of the Majidae; nearly cosmopolitan in
distribution [syn: Maja, genus Maja, Maia, genus
Maia]
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glia
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n 1: sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in
the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together
compose the tissue of the central nervous system [syn:
neuroglia, glia]
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playa
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reacquire
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shyer
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via
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dwyer
0
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meier
0
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meyer
0
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beijer
0
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dwire
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eir
0
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gire
0
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myre
0
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schreyer
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alkire
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frymire
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maguire
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martyre
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mcguire
0
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mcquire
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rehire
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mair
0
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skyer
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