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saccule
(definition)
(6 votes)
n 1: a small sac or pouch (especially the smaller chamber of the
membranous labyrinth) [syn: saccule, sacculus]
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preschool
(definition)
(4 votes)
n 1: an educational institution for children too young for
elementary school
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dual
(definition)
(3 votes)
adj 1: consisting of or involving two parts or components
usually in pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double
(binary) star"; "double doors"; "dual controls for pilot
and copilot"; "duple (or double) time consists of two (or
a multiple of two) beats to a measure" [syn: double,
dual, duple]
2: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or
qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the
office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and
private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its
double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double,
dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-
fold]
3: a grammatical number category referring to two items or units
as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items
(plural); "ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged
with the plural form in modern Greek"
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footstool
(definition)
(4 votes)
n 1: a low seat or a stool to rest the feet of a seated person
[syn: footstool, footrest, ottoman, tuffet]
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joule
(name)
(definition)
(4 votes)
n 1: a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a
current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one
ohm for one second [syn: joule, J, watt second]
2: English physicist who established the mechanical theory of
heat and discovered the first law of thermodynamics
(1818-1889) [syn: Joule, James Prescott Joule]
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toadstool
(definition)
(3 votes)
n 1: common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric
(contrasting with the edible mushroom) [ant: mushroom]
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jewel
(name)
(definition)
(4 votes)
n 1: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece
of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem, precious stone]
2: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of
jewelry [syn: jewel, gem]
v 1: adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses"
[syn: bejewel, jewel]
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cesspool
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
[syn: cesspool, cesspit, sink, sump]
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boole
(name)
(definition)
(3 votes)
n 1: English mathematician; creator of Boolean algebra
(1815-1864) [syn: Boole, George Boole]
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mewl
(definition)
(3 votes)
v 1: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail,
whimper, mewl, pule]
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thule
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: a town in northwestern Greenland; during World War II a
United States naval base was built there
2: the geographical region believed by ancient geographers to be
the northernmost land in the inhabited world [syn: Thule,
ultima Thule]
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school
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: an educational institution; "the school was founded in
1900"
2: a building where young people receive education; "the school
was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn:
school, schoolhouse]
3: the process of being formally educated at a school; "what
will you do when you finish school?" [syn: school,
schooling]
4: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a
similar style or by similar teachers; "the Venetian school of
painting"
5: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when
school is in session; "stay after school"; "he didn't miss a
single day of school"; "when the school day was done we would
walk home together" [syn: school, schooltime, school
day]
6: an educational institution's faculty and students; "the
school keeps parents informed"; "the whole school turned out
for the game"
7: a large group of fish; "a school of small glittering fish
swam by" [syn: school, shoal]
v 1: educate in or as if in a school; "The children are schooled
at great cost to their parents in private institutions"
2: teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment;
"Cultivate your musical taste"; "Train your tastebuds"; "She
is well schooled in poetry" [syn: educate, school,
train, cultivate, civilize, civilise]
3: swim in or form a large group of fish; "A cluster of
schooling fish was attracted to the bait"
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tool
(definition)
(2 votes)
n 1: an implement used in the practice of a vocation
2: the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the
instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new
tools to fight disease" [syn: instrument, tool]
3: a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform
unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn:
creature, tool, puppet]
4: obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick,
shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
v 1: drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
2: ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the
pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn: joyride,
tool, tool around]
3: furnish with tools
4: work with a tool
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fuel
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: a substance that can be consumed to produce energy; "more
fuel is needed during the winter months"; "they developed
alternative fuels for aircraft"
v 1: provide with a combustible substance that provides energy;
"fuel aircraft, ships, and cars"
2: provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace" [syn: fuel,
fire]
3: take in fuel, as of a ship; "The tanker fueled in Bahrain"
4: stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
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pul
(definition)
(1 vote)
n 1: 100 puls equal 1 afghani in Afghanistan
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campstool
(definition)
n 1: a folding stool
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cruel
(definition)
adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
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drool
(definition)
n 1: pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney,
boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug,
taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
2: saliva spilling from the mouth [syn: drool, dribble,
drivel, slobber]
v 1: be envious, desirous, eager for, or extremely happy about
something; "She was salivating over the raise she
anticipated" [syn: salivate, drool]
2: let saliva drivel from the mouth; "The baby drooled" [syn:
drivel, drool, slabber, slaver, slobber, dribble]
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fool
(definition)
n 1: a person who lacks good judgment [syn: fool, sap,
saphead, muggins, tomfool]
2: a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn:
chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy,
sucker, soft touch, mug]
3: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman
in the Middle Ages [syn: jester, fool, motley fool]
v 1: make a fool or dupe of [syn: fool, gull, befool]
2: spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's
inheritance" [syn: fritter, frivol away, dissipate,
shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away]
3: fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted
everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put
one over, put one across]
4: indulge in horseplay; "Enough horsing around--let's get back
to work!"; "The bored children were fooling about" [syn:
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool]
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ghoul
(definition)
n 1: someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for
anatomical dissection [syn: graverobber, ghoul, body
snatcher]
2: an evil spirit or ghost
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misrule
(definition)
n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn:
misgovernment, misrule]
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mule
(definition)
n 1: hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse;
usually sterile
2: a slipper that has no fitting around the heel [syn: mule,
scuff]
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pool
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water
2: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn:
pond, pool]
3: an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a
car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he
was assigned to the pool"
4: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn:
consortium, pool, syndicate]
5: any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to
the pool"
6: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid;
"there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the
rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: pool,
puddle]
7: the combined stakes of the betters [syn: pool, kitty]
8: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of
light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines"
[syn: pool, puddle]
9: any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets
[syn: pool, pocket billiards]
v 1: combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources"
2: join or form a pool of people
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retool
(definition)
v 1: revise or reorganize, especially for the purpose of
updating and improving; "We must retool the town's economy"
[syn: retool, revise]
2: provide (a workshop or factory) with new tools
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rule
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior;
"it was his rule to take a walk before breakfast"; "short
haircuts were the regulation" [syn: rule, regulation]
2: something regarded as a normative example; "the convention of
not naming the main character"; "violence is the rule not the
exception"; "his formula for impressing visitors" [syn:
convention, normal, pattern, rule, formula]
3: prescribed guide for conduct or action [syn: rule,
prescript]
4: (linguistics) a rule describing (or prescribing) a linguistic
practice [syn: rule, linguistic rule]
5: a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can
be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their
principles of composition characterized all their works"
[syn: principle, rule]
6: the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during
the rule of Elizabeth"
7: dominance or power through legal authority; "France held
undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of
Caesar" [syn: dominion, rule]
8: directions that define the way a game or sport is to be
conducted; "he knew the rules of chess"
9: any one of a systematic body of regulations defining the way
of life of members of a religious order; "the rule of St.
Dominic"
10: a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the
function of a complex system; "the principle of the
conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion";
"the right-hand rule for inductive fields" [syn:
principle, rule]
11: (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of
mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with
Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for
attacking polynomials" [syn: rule, formula]
12: measuring stick consisting of a strip of wood or metal or
plastic with a straight edge that is used for drawing
straight lines and measuring lengths [syn: rule, ruler]
v 1: exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing
the country now?" [syn: govern, rule]
2: decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn
males should be killed" [syn: rule, decree]
3: be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance;
"Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this
neighborhood" [syn: predominate, dominate, rule,
reign, prevail]
4: decide on and make a declaration about; "find someone guilty"
[syn: rule, find]
5: have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
6: mark or draw with a ruler; "rule the margins"
7: keep in check; "rule one's temper" [syn: rule, harness,
rein]
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spool
(definition)
n 1: a winder around which thread or tape or film or other
flexible materials can be wound [syn: bobbin, spool,
reel]
v 1: transfer data intended for a peripheral device (usually a
printer) into temporary storage
2: wind onto a spool or a reel
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stool
(definition)
n 1: a simple seat without a back or arms
2: solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels [syn:
fecal matter, faecal matter, feces, faeces, BM,
stool, ordure, dejection]
3: (forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed
for the production of saplings
4: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
v 1: lure with a stool, as of wild fowl
2: react to a decoy, of wildfowl
3: grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers [syn: stool,
tiller]
4: have a bowel movement; "The dog had made in the flower beds"
[syn: stool, defecate, shit, take a shit, take a
crap, ca-ca, crap, make]
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tulle
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a fine (often starched) net used for veils or tutus or
gowns
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whirlpool
(definition)
n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of
conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex,
maelstrom]
v 1: flow in a circular current, of liquids [syn: eddy,
purl, whirlpool, swirl, whirl]
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yule
(name)
(definition)
n 1: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 [syn: Christmas,
Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide,
Noel]
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boule
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow
and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork [syn: boulle,
boule, buhl]
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brule
(definition)
n 1: a member of a group of Siouan people who constituted a
division of the Teton Sioux
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buhl
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an inlaid furniture decoration; tortoiseshell and yellow
and white metal form scrolls in cabinetwork [syn: boulle,
boule, buhl]
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uncool
(definition)
adj 1: (spoken slang) unfashionable and boring
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istanbul
(place)
(definition)
n 1: the largest city and former capital of Turkey; rebuilt on
the site of ancient Byzantium by Constantine I in the
fourth century; renamed Constantinople by Constantine who
made it the capital of the Byzantine Empire; now the seat
of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: Istanbul, Stambul,
Stamboul, Constantinople]
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pule
(place)
(definition)
v 1: cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain" [syn: wail,
whimper, mewl, pule]
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highschool
(definition)
n 1: a public secondary school usually including grades 9
through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" [syn:
senior high school, senior high, high, highschool,
high school]
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barstool
-
you'll
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raul
(name)
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abdul
(name)
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bruehl
-
buehl
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buel
-
coole
(name)
-
duell
(name)
-
dule
-
hoole
(place)
-
juel
-
jule
(name)
(place)
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kool
-
kreul
-
luelle
-
muehl
-
poole
(name)
(place)
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poul
-
reul
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reule
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rhule
(name)
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ruel
-
schuele
-
sproule
(name)
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sproull
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spruell
-
spruiell
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spruill
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toole
-
tuel
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tuell
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tuyle
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yuill
(name)
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yuille
(name)
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baiul
-
drogoul
-
gurule
-
makhoul
-
mccool
(name)
-
nepool
-
rahul
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rantoul
(name)
(place)
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raoul
(name)
(place)
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ruhul
-
vipul
-
supercool
-
bellefeuille
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apostolopoul
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sool
-
precool
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undercool
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shul
-
cooool