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close-hauled |
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adj. having the sails set for sailing as close to the wind as possible |
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n. current electricity, especially that arising from chemical action |
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v. in the game of poker, to put up a stake before the cards are dealt |
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adj. having the right or privilege of entry |
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ulterior |
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adj. tasteless |
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adj. not so pertinent as something else to the matter spoken of |
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n. the state or quality of being unfit, unseemly, or inappropriate |
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adj. lacking warmth |
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discursive |
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n. a parasite |
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adj. pertaining to punishment |
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n. ghost |
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adj. passing from one subject to another |
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sluggard |
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n. a person habitually lazy or idle |
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v. to underestimate |
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n. solitude |
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n. a person given to saving and hoarding unduly |
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hydrostatics |
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n. the derivation of a judgment from any given material of knowledge on the ground of law |
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n. the act of plunging or dipping entirely under water or another fluid |
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n. the branch of science that treats of the pressure and equilibrium of fluids |
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n. hindrance |
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munificent |
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adj. harsh |
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adj. speaking several tongues |
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adj. extraordinarily generous |
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n. the neglect or omission of a legal requirement |
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wizen |
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n. one of a party in Great Britain in favor of spirited and demonstrative foreign policy |
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v. to become or cause to become withered or dry |
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n. a border region |
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v. to impose and collect by force or threat of force |
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ambulate |
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n. a vessel or casket, usually of precious metal, in which the host is preserved |
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adj. that may be estimated by reckoning |
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v. to walk about |
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adj. slanting; said of lines |
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arboreal |
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adj. of or pertaining to a tree or trees |
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n. a member of a regiment composed of men of great stature |
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n. a happening in general, especially one of little importance |
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n. a figure of speech by which a phrase less offensive is substituted |
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disregard |
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adj. inclined to joke |
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v. to take no notice of |
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n. a place where crows congregate to breed |
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adj. inevitable |
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donator |
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adj. lewd |
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adj. in a state of preparedness for any given purpose or occasion |
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v. to cease to exist, either actually or for the time being |
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n. one who makes a donation or present |
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outreach |
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adv. after which |
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n. disagreement |
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n. the act of denying or of asserting the falsity of a proposition |
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v. to reach or go beyond |
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undermine |
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adj. of or pertaining to the sense of smell |
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v. to subvert in an underhand way |
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adj. noteworthy |
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n. a complete series of connected military operations |
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phenomenon |
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n. any unusual occurrence |
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adj. prankish |
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adj. benevolent in feeling, character, or aspect |
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n. satisfaction with one's acts or surroundings |
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stratagem |
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n. one who supports extreme measures or holds extreme views |
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adj. spongy |
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adj. characteristic of dwelling in the country |
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n. any clever trick or device for obtaining an advantage |
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scarcity |
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v. to attack on all sides |
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n. insufficiency of supply for needs or ordinary demands |
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adj. like a man |
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n. any opinion, principle, dogma, or doctrine that a person believes or maintains as true |
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casualty |
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n. preference |
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n. double-dealing |
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n. the place where streams meet |
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n. a fatal or serious accident or disaster |
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prophesy |
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adj. flushed with red |
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adj. technical |
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adj. transparent |
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v. to predict or foretell, especially under divine inspiration and guidance |
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invective |
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n. an utterance intended to cast censure, or reproach |
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n. the pressure of necessity |
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adv. from side to side |
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v. to make gestures or motions, as in speaking, or in place of speech |
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recant |
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adj. antiquated |
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v. to cut through or into so as to divide |
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adj. capable of being stretched out or expanded in every direction |
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v. to withdraw formally one's belief (in something previously believed or maintained) |
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resonance |
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v. to pass title to |
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adj. able to reinforce sound by sympathetic vibrations |
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adj. tremendous |
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adj. of, pertaining to, or contained or carried in a vein or veins |
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undercharge |
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n. a physical, mental, or moral weakness or flaw |
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v. to make an inadequate charge for |
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v. to take, demand, or claim, especially presumptuously or without reasons or grounds |
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adj. returning from time to time, especially at regular or stated intervals |
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malleable |
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adj. pliant |
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n. one who makes in imitation |
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adj. native |
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n. the art or process of preserving dead animals or parts of them |
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endurable |
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n. the act of reciting or repeating, especially in public and from memory |
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v. to build up, or strengthen, especially in morals or religion |
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adj. tolerable |
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n. the property or state of allowing the passage of light |
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rigor |
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adj. exhausted, as having performed its functions |
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adj. pertaining to flowers |
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n. a divulging |
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n. inflexibility |
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awaken |
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v. to arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like |
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n. a woman's or boy's voice of high range |
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v. to use, control, or manage, as a weapon, or instrument, especially with full command |
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adj. employing harsh words or ill treatment |
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betide |
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v. to happen to or befall |
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n. a garment to be worn under the ordinary outer garments |
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n. any small portion or meager allowance |
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n. penmanship |
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averse |
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n. a rival |
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adj. reluctant |
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v. to make amends for |
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n. one's line of ancestors |
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hypnosis |
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n. the office or dignity of a magistrate |
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n. a sour substance |
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n. an optical effect looking like a sheet of water in the desert |
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n. an artificial trance-sleep |
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unguent |
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adj. having the sanction of law or established custom |
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v. to make widely or generally known |
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n. any ointment or lubricant for local application |
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n. a trick or feat so deftly done that the manner of performance escapes observation |
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felon |
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v. to make familiar by use |
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n. a criminal or depraved person |
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n. landowner |
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n. brilliant or sparkling luster |
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perjure |
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adj. effective |
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adj. competent for physical service |
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n. one who travels from house to house with an assortment of goods for retail |
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v. to swear falsely to |
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nonentity |
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v. to render extinct |
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n. a musical composition during which the first part or subject is repeated several times |
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adv. precipitately, as in diving |
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n. a person or thing of little or no account |
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evidential |
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adj. somewhat rough or rude in manner or speech |
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adj. contrary to the rules of sound thought |
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adj. disdainful |
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adj. indicative |
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barcarole |
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n. an inscription on a tomb or monument in honor or in memory of the dead |
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adj. unavoidable |
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n. a boat-song of Venetian gondoliers |
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n. loss of the power of contractility in the voluntary or involuntary muscles |
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umbrage |
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n. induction or elevation, as to dignity, office, or government |
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adj. willing and ready to submit |
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adj. idiotic |
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n. a sense of injury |
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nebula |
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n. one who makes in imitation |
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v. to repay either good or evil to, as to a person |
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n. a gaseous body of unorganized stellar substance |
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n. any institution or systematic scheme for propagating a doctrine or system |
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indispensable |
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n. a chest of drawers for clothing, etc |
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adj. necessary or requisite for the purpose |
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adj. pertaining to or creative of a boundary, limit |
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n. accuracy of limitation, definition, or adjustment |
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palsy |
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n. paralysis |
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n. a retraction |
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n. a character consisting of two or more letters interwoven into one, usually initials of a name |
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n. accumulation of gas in the stomach and bowels |
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aspiration |
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adj. opening in flower |
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adj. cautious in action for fear of doing wrong |
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adj. that which points out |
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n. an earnest wish for that which is above one's present reach |
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