renal
adj.of, relating to, resembling, or situated near the kidney
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shrapnel
n.1).
a) a projectile containing a number of small pellets or bullets exploded before impact.
b) such projectiles collectively.
2) fragments from this or any other type of shell.
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herbicide
n.a chemical that destroys plants, esp one used to control weeds
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hump
n.1) a rounded protuberance or projection, as of earth, sand, etc.
2) pathology a rounded deformity of the back in persons with kyphosis, consisting of a convex spinal curvature.
3) a rounded protuberance on the back of a camel or related animal.
4).
5).
;vb.6) to form or become a hump; hunch; arch.
7) (tr) Brit slang to carry or heave.
8) slang to have sexual intercourse with (someone).
9).
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corrosion
n.1) a process in which a solid, esp a metal, is eaten away and changed by a chemical action, as in the oxidation of iron in the presence of water by an electrolytic process.
2) slow deterioration by being eaten or worn away.
3) the condition produced by or the product of corrosion.
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deductible
adj.1) capable of being deducted.
2) US and Canadian short for tax-deductible.
;n.3) insurance US and Canadian a specified contribution towards the cost of a claim, stipulated on certain insurance policies as being payable by the policyholder.
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rung
n.1) one of the bars or rods that form the steps of a ladder.
2) a crosspiece between the legs of a chair, etc.
3) nautical a spoke on a ship's wheel or a handle projecting from the periphery.
4) dialect a cudgel or staff.
;vb.the past participle of ring II
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perpendicular
adj.1) Also: normal.
2) denoting, relating to, or having the style of Gothic architecture used in England during the 14th and 15th centuries, characterized by tracery having vertical lines, a four-centred arch, and fan vaulting.
3) upright; vertical.
;n.4) geometry a line or plane perpendicular to another.
5) any instrument used for indicating the vertical line through a given point.
6) mountaineering a nearly vertical face.
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mouthpiece
n.1) the part of a wind instrument into which the player blows.
2) the part of a telephone receiver into which a person speaks.
3) the part of a container forming its mouth.
4) a person who acts as a spokesman, as for an organization.
5) a publication, esp a periodical, expressing the official views of an organization.
6) boxing another name for gumshield.
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jumble
vb.1) to mingle (objects, papers, etc.) in a state of disorder.
2) (tr; usually passive) to remember in a confused form; muddle.
;n.3) a disordered mass, state, etc.
4) Brit articles donated for a jumble sale.
5) Also called: jumbal.
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pothole
n.1) geography.
a) a deep hole in limestone areas resulting from action by running water.
b) a circular hole in the bed of a river produced by abrasion.
2) a deep hole, esp one produced in a road surface by wear or weathering.
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fabled
adj.1) made famous in fable.
2) fictitious.
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elliptical
adj.1) relating to or having the shape of an ellipse.
2) relating to or resulting from ellipsis.
3) (of speech, literary style, etc.).
a) very condensed or concise, often so as to be obscure or ambiguous.
b) circumlocutory or long-winded.
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fiat
n.1) official sanction; authoritative permission.
2) an arbitrary order or decree.
3) chiefly literary any command, decision, or act of will that brings something about.
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triad
n.1) a group of three; trio.
2) chemistry an atom, element, group, or ion that has a valency of three.
3) music a three-note chord consisting of a note and the third and fifth above it.
4) an aphoristic literary form used in medieval Welsh and Irish literature.
5) the US strategic nuclear force, consisting of intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and bombers.
;n.any of several Chinese secret societies, esp one involved in criminal activities, such as drug trafficking
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obligatory
adj.1) required to be done, obtained, possessed, etc.
2) of the nature of or constituting an obligation.
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nip
vb. nips, nipping, nipped (mainly tr).
1) to catch or tightly compress, as between a finger and the thumb; pinch.
2) (often foll by off) to remove by clipping, biting, etc.
3) (when intr, often foll by at) to give a small sharp bite (to).
4) (esp of the cold) to affect with a stinging sensation.
5) to harm through cold.
6) to check or destroy the growth of (esp in the phrase nip in the bud).
7) slang to steal.
8) (intr; foll by along, up, out, etc.) Brit informal to hurry; dart.
9) slang chiefly US and Canadian to snatch.
;n.10) the act of nipping; a pinch, snip, etc.
11).
a) a frosty or chilly quality.
b) severe frost or cold.
12) a small piece or quantity.
13) a sharp flavour or tang.
14) archaic a taunting remark.
15).
16).
;n.1) a small drink of spirits; dram.
2) chiefly Brit a measure of spirits usually equal to one sixth of a gill.
;vb. nips, nipping, nipped.
3) to drink (spirits), esp habitually in small amounts.
;n. slang.
a derogatory word for a: Japanese
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boardwalk
n. US and Canadian.
a promenade, esp along a beach, usually made of planks
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decimate
vb. (tr).
1) to destroy or kill a large proportion of.
2) (esp in the ancient Roman army) to kill every tenth man of (a mutinous section).
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cocky
adj. cockier, cockiest.
excessively proud of oneself
;n., pl cockies Austral informal.
1) short for cockatoo 2).
2) a farmer whose farm is regarded as small or of little account.
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navel
n.1) the scar in the centre of the abdomen, usually forming a slight depression, where the umbilical cord was attached.
2) a central part, location, or point; middle.
3) short for navel orange.
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precept
n.1) a rule or principle for action.
2) a guide or rule for morals; maxim.
3) a direction, esp for a technical operation.
4) law.
a) a writ or warrant.
b) a written order to a sheriff to arrange an election, the empanelling of a jury, etc.
c) (in England) an order to collect money under a rate.
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paternity
n.1).
a) the fact or state of being a father.
b) (as modifier).
2) descent or derivation from a father.
3) authorship or origin.
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menstrual
adj.of or relating to menstruation or the menses
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percussion
n.1) the act, an instance, or an effect of percussing.
2) music the family of instruments in which sound arises from the striking of materials with sticks, hammers, or the hands.
3) music.
a) instruments of this family constituting a section of an orchestra, band, etc.
b) (as modifier).
4) medicine the act of percussing a body surface.
5) the act of exploding a percussion cap.
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rupture
n.1) the act of breaking or bursting or the state of being broken or burst.
2) a breach of peaceful or friendly relations.
3) pathology.
a) the breaking or tearing of a bodily structure or part.
b) another word for hernia.
;vb.4) to break or burst or cause to break or burst.
5) to affect or be affected with a rupture or hernia.
6) to undergo or cause to undergo a breach in relations or friendship.
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scandinavian
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inflame
vb.1) to arouse or become aroused to violent emotion.
2) (tr) to increase or intensify; aggravate.
3) to produce inflammation in (a tissue, organ, or part) or (of a tissue, etc.) to become inflamed.
4) to set or be set on fire; kindle.
5) (tr) to cause to redden.
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visor
n.1) a transparent flap on a helmet that can be pulled down to protect the face.
2) a piece of armour fixed or hinged to the helmet to protect the face and with slits for the eyes.
3) another name for peak (on a cap).
4) a small movable screen used as protection against glare from the sun, esp one attached above the windscreen of a motor vehicle.
5) archaic or literary a mask or any other means of disguise or concealment.
;vb.6) (tr) to cover, provide, or protect with a visor; shield.
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whimper
vb.1) (intr) to cry, sob, or whine softly or intermittently.
2) to complain or say (something) in a whining plaintive way.
;n.3) a soft plaintive whine.
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craze
n.1) a short-lived current fashion.
2) a wild or exaggerated enthusiasm.
3) mental disturbance; insanity.
;vb.4) to make or become mad.
5) ceramics, metallurgy to develop or cause to develop a fine network of cracks.
6) (tr) Brit dialect or obsolete to break.
7) (tr) archaic to weaken.
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tummy
n., pl -mies.
an informal or childish word for stomach
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cholera
n.an acute intestinal infection characterized by severe diarrhoea, cramp, etc.: caused by ingestion of water or food contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio comma
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conveyor
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bravado
n., pl -does or -dos.
vaunted display of courage or self-confidence; swagger
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hammock
n.a length of canvas, net, etc., suspended at the ends and used as a bed
;n.a variant of hummock 3)
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manipulative
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indefinite
adj.1) not certain or determined; unsettled.
2) without exact limits; indeterminate.
3) vague, evasive, or unclear.
4) Also: indeterminate.
a) too numerous to count.
b) capable of continued growth at the tip of the stem, which does not terminate in a flower.
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impassioned
adj.filled with passion; fiery; inflamed
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presuppose
vb. (tr).
1) to take for granted; assume.
2) to require or imply as a necessary prior condition.
3) philosophy, logic, linguistics to require (a condition) to be satisfied as a precondition for a statement to be either true or false or for a speech act to be felicitous. Have you stopped beating your wife? presupposes that the person addressed has a wife and has beaten her.
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oddity
n., pl -ties.
1) an odd person or thing.
2) an odd quality or characteristic.
3) the condition of being odd.
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coke
n.1) a solid-fuel product containing about 80 per cent of carbon produced by distillation of coal to drive off its volatile constituents: used as a fuel and in metallurgy as a reducing agent for converting metal oxides into metals.
2) any similar material, such as the layer formed in the cylinders of a car engine by incomplete combustion of the fuel.
;vb.3) to become or convert into coke.
;n. slang.
short for cocaine
;n. trademark.
short for Coca-Cola
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horseshoe
n.1) a piece of iron shaped like a U with the ends curving inwards that is nailed to the underside of the hoof of a horse to protect the soft part of the foot from hard surfaces: commonly thought to be a token of good luck.
2) an object of similar shape.
;vb. -shoes, -shoeing, -shoed.
3) (tr) to fit with a horseshoe; shoe.
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orthopedic
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auxiliary
adj.1) secondary or supplementary.
2) supporting.
3) nautical (of a sailing vessel) having an engine.
;n., pl -ries.
4) a person or thing that supports or supplements; subordinate or assistant.
5) nautical.
a) a sailing vessel with an engine.
b) the engine of such a vessel.
6) navy a vessel such as a tug, hospital ship, etc., not used for combat.
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hypocritical
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overtone
n.1) (often plural) additional meaning or nuance.
2) music, acoustics any of the tones, with the exception of the fundamental, that constitute a musical sound and contribute to its quality, each having a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency.
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afterthought
n.1) a comment, reply, etc., that occurs to one after the opportunity to deliver it has passed.
2) an addition to something already completed.
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upholstery
n., pl -steries.
1) the padding, covering, etc., of a piece of furniture.
2) the business, work, or craft of upholstering.
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guild
n.1) an organization, club, or fellowship.
2) (esp in medieval Europe) an association of men sharing the same interests, such as merchants or artisans: formed for mutual aid and protection and to maintain craft standards or pursue some other purpose such as communal worship.
3) ecology a group of plants, such as a group of epiphytes, that share certain habits or characteristics.
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grainy
adj. grainier, grainiest.
1) resembling, full of, or composed of grain; granular.
2) resembling the grain of wood, leather, etc.
3) photography having poor definition because of large grain size.
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carefree
adj.without worry or responsibility
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nightfall
n.the approach of darkness; dusk
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garrison
n.1) the troops who maintain and guard a base or fortified place.
2).
a) the place itself.
b) (as modifier).
;vb.3) (tr) to station (troops) in (a fort).
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amble
vb. (intr).
1) to walk at a leisurely relaxed pace.
2) (of a horse) to move slowly, lifting both legs on one side together.
3) to ride a horse at an amble or leisurely pace.
;n.4) a leisurely motion in walking.
5) a leisurely walk.
6) the ambling gait of a horse.
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patty
n., pl -ties.
1) a small flattened cake of minced food.
2) a small pie.
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turquoise
n.1) a greenish-blue fine-grained secondary mineral consisting of hydrated copper aluminium phosphate. It occurs in igneous rocks rich in aluminium and is used as a gemstone. Formula: CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8.4H2O.
2).
a) the colour of turquoise.
b) (as adjective).
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bastion
n.1) a projecting work in a fortification designed to permit fire to the flanks along the face of the wall.
2) any fortified place.
3) a thing or person regarded as upholding or defending an attitude, principle, etc.
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lanky
adj. lankier, lankiest.
tall, thin, and loose-jointed
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galvanize
vb. (tr).
1) to stimulate to action; excite; startle.
2) to cover (iron, steel, etc.) with a protective zinc coating by dipping into molten zinc or by electrodeposition.
3) to stimulate by application of an electric current.
;n.4) Caribbean galvanized iron, usually in the form of corrugated sheets as used in roofing.
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back-to-back
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buoy
n.1) a distinctively shaped and coloured float, anchored to the bottom, for designating moorings, navigable channels, or obstructions in a body of water.
;vb.2) (tr; usually foll by up) to prevent from sinking.
3) (tr; usually foll by up) to raise the spirits of; hearten.
4) (tr) nautical to mark (a channel or obstruction) with a buoy or buoys.
5) (intr) to rise to the surface.
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blot
n.1) a stain or spot of ink, paint, dirt, etc.
2) something that spoils or detracts from the beauty or worth of something.
3) a blemish or stain on one's character or reputation.
;vb. blots, blotting, blotted.
4) (of ink, dye, etc.) to form spots or blobs on (a material) or (of a person) to cause such spots or blobs to form on (a material).
5).
6) (intr) to stain or become stained or spotted.
7) (tr) to cause a blemish in or on; disgrace.
8) to soak up (excess ink, etc.) by using blotting paper or some other absorbent material.
9) (of blotting paper or some other absorbent material) to absorb (excess ink, etc.).
10) (tr; often foll by out).
a) to darken or hide completely; obscure; obliterate.
b) to destroy; annihilate.
;n.1) backgammon a man exposed by being placed alone on a point and therefore able to be taken by the other player.
2) archaic a weak spot.
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algerian
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sherry
n., pl -ries.
a fortified wine, originally from the Jerez region in S Spain, usually drunk as an apéritif
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guatemalan
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codify
vb. -fies, -fying, -fied (tr).
to organize or collect together (laws, rules, procedures, etc.) into a system or code
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mascot
n.a person, animal, or thing considered to bring good luck
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genital
adj.1) of or relating to the sexual organs or to reproduction.
2) psychoanal relating to the mature stage of psychosexual development in which an affectionate relationship with one's sex partner is established.
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graft
n.1) horticulture.
a) a piece of plant tissue (the scion), normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant (the stock), which supports and nourishes it.
b) the plant resulting from the union of scion and stock.
c) the point of union between the scion and the stock.
2) surgery a piece of tissue or an organ transplanted from a donor or from the patient's own body to an area of the body in need of the tissue.
3) the act of joining one thing to another by or as if by grafting.
;vb.4) horticulture.
a) to induce (a plant or part of a plant) to unite with another part or (of a plant or part of a plant) to unite in this way.
b) to produce (fruit, flowers, etc.) by this means or (of fruit, flowers, etc.) to grow by this means.
5) to transplant (tissue) or (of tissue) to be transplanted.
6) to attach or incorporate or become attached or incorporated.
;n.1) work (esp in the phrase hard graft).
2).
a) the acquisition of money, power, etc., by dishonest or unfair means, esp by taking advantage of a position of trust.
b) something gained in this way, such as profit from government business.
c) a payment made to a person profiting by such a practice.
;vb.3) (intr) to work.
4) to acquire by or practise graft.
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filibuster
n.1) the process or an instance of obstructing legislation by means of long speeches and other delaying tactics.
2) Also called: filibusterer.
3) a buccaneer, freebooter, or irregular military adventurer, esp a revolutionary in a foreign country.
;vb.4) to obstruct (legislation) with delaying tactics.
5) (intr) to engage in unlawful and private military action.
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aristocrat
n.1) a member of the aristocracy; a noble.
2) a person who has the manners or qualities of a member of a privileged or superior class.
3) a person who advocates aristocracy as a form of government.
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emphatic
adj.1) expressed, spoken, or done with emphasis.
2) forceful and positive; definite; direct.
3) sharp or clear in form, contour, or outline.
4) important or significant; stressed.
5) phonetics denoting certain dental consonants of Arabic that are pronounced with accompanying pharyngeal constriction.
;n.6) phonetics an emphatic consonant, as used in Arabic.
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tit
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gamut
n.1) entire range or scale, as of emotions.
2) music.
a) a scale, esp (in medieval theory) one starting on the G on the bottom line of the bass staff.
b) the whole range of notes.
3) physics the range of chromaticities that can be obtained by mixing three colours.
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soprano
n., pl -pranos or -prani [-ˈprɑ:ni:].
1) the highest adult female voice, having a range approximately from middle C to the A a thirteenth above it.
2) the voice of a young boy before puberty.
3) a singer with such a voice.
4) the highest part of a piece of harmony.
5).
a) the highest or second highest instrument in a family of instruments.
b) (as modifier).
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rub
vb. rubs, rubbing, rubbed.
1) to apply pressure and friction to (something) with a circular or backward and forward motion.
2) to move (something) with pressure along, over, or against (a surface).
3) to chafe or fray.
4) (tr) to bring into a certain condition by rubbing.
5) (tr) to spread with pressure, esp in order to cause to be absorbed.
6) (foll by off, out, away, etc.) to remove or be removed by rubbing.
7) bowls (of a bowl) to be slowed or deflected by an uneven patch on the green.
8) (tr; often foll by together) to move against each other with pressure and friction (esp in the phrases rub one's hands, often a sign of glee, anticipation, or satisfaction, and rub noses, a greeting among the Inuit).
9).
10).
11).
;n.12) the act of rubbing.
13) (preceded by the) an obstacle or difficulty (esp in the phrase there's the rub).
14) something that hurts the feelings or annoys; rebuke.
15) bowls an uneven patch in the green.
16) any roughness or unevenness of surface.
17).
a) golf an incident of accidental interference with the ball.
b) informal a piece of good or bad luck.
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outlay
n.1) an expenditure of money, effort, etc.
;vb. -lays, -laying, -laid.
2) (tr) to spend (money).
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ratification
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buzzer
n.1) a person or thing that buzzes.
2) a device that produces a buzzing sound, esp one similar to an electric bell without a hammer or gong.
3) NZ a wood planing machine.
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lumpy
adj. lumpier, lumpiest.
1) full of or having lumps.
2) (esp of the sea) rough.
3) (of a person) heavy or bulky.
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boyish
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bibliography
n., pl -phies.
1) a list of books or other material on a subject.
2) a list of sources used in the preparation of a book, thesis, etc.
3) a list of the works of a particular author or publisher.
4).
a) the study of the history, classification, etc., of literary material.
b) a work on this subject.
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personify
vb. -fies, -fying, -fied (tr).
1) to attribute human characteristics to (a thing or abstraction).
2) to represent (an abstract quality) in human or animal form.
3) (of a person or thing) to represent (an abstract quality), as in art or literature.
4) to be the embodiment of.
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superimpose
vb. (tr).
1) to set or place on or over something else.
2) (usually foll by on or upon) to add (to).
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entrant
n.1) a person who enters.
2) a new member of a group, society, or association.
3) a person who enters a competition or contest; competitor.
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fidget
vb.1) (intr) to move about restlessly.
2) (intr; often foll by with) to make restless or uneasy movements (with something); fiddle.
3) (tr) to cause to fidget.
4) (tr) to cause to worry; make uneasy.
;n.5) (often plural) a state of restlessness or unease, esp as expressed in continual motion.
6) a person who fidgets.
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extortion
n.the act of securing money, favours, etc. by intimidation or violence; blackmail
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broil
vb.1) chiefly US and Canadian to cook (meat, fish, etc.) by direct heat, as under a grill or over a hot fire, or (of meat, fish, etc.) to be cooked in this way.
2) to become or cause to become extremely hot.
3) (intr) to be furious.
;n.4) the process of broiling.
5) something broiled.
;n.1) a loud quarrel or disturbance; brawl.
;vb.2) (intr) to brawl; quarrel.
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lacrosse
n.a ball game invented by American Indians, now played by two teams who try to propel a ball into each other's goal by means of long-handled hooked sticks that are loosely strung with a kind of netted pouch
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incredulous
adj. (often foll by of).
;n.ot prepared or willing to believe (something); unbelieving.
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protege
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sawdust
n.particles of wood formed by sawing
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transcription
n.1) the act or an instance of transcribing or the state of being transcribed.
2) something transcribed.
3) a representation in writing of the actual pronunciation of a speech sound, word, or piece of continuous text, using not a conventional orthography but a symbol or set of symbols specially designated as standing for corresponding phonetic values.
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sparrow
n.1) any weaverbird of the genus Passer and related genera, esp the house sparrow, having a brown or grey plumage and feeding on seeds or insects.
2) US and Canadian any of various North American finches, such as the chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina), that have a dullish streaked plumage.
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apostle
n.1) (often capital) one of the 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel.
2) any prominent Christian missionary, esp one who first converts a nation or people.
3) an ardent early supporter of a cause, reform movement, etc.
4) Mormon Church a member of a council of twelve officials appointed to administer and preside over the Church.
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chives
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baritone
n.1) the second lowest adult male voice, having a range approximately from G an eleventh below middle C to F a fourth above it.
2) a singer with such a voice.
3) the second lowest instrument in the families of the saxophone, horn, oboe, etc.
;adj.4) relating to or denoting a baritone.
5) denoting the second lowest instrument in a family.
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posterior
adj.1) situated at the back of or behind something.
2) coming after or following another in a series.
3) coming after in time.
4) zoology (of animals) of or near the hind end.
5) botany (of a flower) situated nearest to the main stem.
6) anatomy dorsal or towards the spine.
;n.7) the buttocks; rump.
8) statistics a posterior probability.
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gill
n.1) the respiratory organ in many aquatic animals, consisting of a membrane or outgrowth well supplied with blood vessels. External gills occur in tadpoles, some molluscs, etc.; internal gills, within gill slits, occur in most fishes.
2) any of the radiating leaflike spore-producing structures on the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom.
;vb.3) to catch (fish) or (of fish) to be caught in a gill net.
4) (tr) to gut (fish).
;n.1) a unit of liquid measure equal to one quarter of a pint.
2) Northern English dialect half a pint, esp of beer.
;n. dialect.
1) a narrow stream; rivulet.
2) a wooded ravine.
3) (capital when part of place name) a deep natural hole in rock; pothole.
;n.1) archaic a girl or sweetheart.
2) dialect Also spelt: jill.
3) an archaic or dialect name for ground ivy.
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