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amino
(definition)
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adj 1: pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic
compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia [syn: amino,
aminic]
n 1: the radical -NH2 [syn: amino, amino group]
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aglow
(definition)
adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent
moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p),
lambent, lucent, luminous]
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ago
(definition)
adv 1: in the past; "long ago"; "sixty years ago my grandfather
came to the U.S."
adj 1: gone by; or in the past; "two years ago"; "`agone' is an
archaic word for `ago'" [syn: ago, agone]
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andantino
(definition)
adj 1: (of tempo) moderately fast
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bambino
(definition)
n 1: a young child [syn: toddler, yearling, tot,
bambino]
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bandeau
(definition)
n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
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beano
(definition)
n 1: a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and
players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
[syn: lotto, bingo, beano, keno]
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beau
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman; "if I'd
known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked" [syn:
boyfriend, fellow, beau, swain, young man]
2: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
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below
(definition)
adv 1: in or to a place that is lower [syn: below, at a lower
place, to a lower place, beneath] [ant: above,
higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place]
2: at a later place; "see below" [ant: above, supra]
3: (in writing) see below; "vide infra" [syn: below, infra]
4: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" [syn:
downstairs, down the stairs, on a lower floor, below]
[ant: on a higher floor, up the stairs, upstairs]
5: further down; "see under for further discussion" [syn:
under, below]
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bestow
(definition)
v 1: present; "The university conferred a degree on its most
famous former student, who never graduated"; "bestow an
honor on someone" [syn: confer, bestow]
2: give as a gift
3: bestow a quality on; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to
the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She
brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a
light note to the program" [syn: lend, impart, bestow,
contribute, add, bring]
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blow
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the
head"
2: an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the
bicycle" [syn: blow, bump]
3: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something
that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal,
setback, blow, black eye]
4: an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock
to learn that he was injured" [syn: shock, blow]
5: a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
the gust" [syn: gust, blast, blow]
6: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy,
snow, C]
7: forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his
nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single
puff" [syn: blow, puff]
v 1: exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
2: be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
3: free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose"
4: be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves
were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake";
"The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked
boat drifted away from the shore" [syn: float, drift, be
adrift, blow]
5: make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew"
6: shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase"
7: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we
had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff,
bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble,
mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]
8: spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance
on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to
get and advanced degree" [syn: waste, blow, squander]
[ant: conserve, economise, economize, husband]
9: spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on
his new home theater"
10: sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets
blew"
11: play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn"
12: provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation [syn:
fellate, suck, blow, go down on]
13: cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
14: cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the
leaves around in the yard"
15: spout moist air from the blowhole; "The whales blew"
16: leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved
along"; "Blow now!" [syn: shove off, shove along,
blow]
17: lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"
18: cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their
cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side"
19: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line,
brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
20: allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
21: melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs
blew out"; "The fuse blew" [syn: blow out, burn out,
blow]
22: burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
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bow
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
[syn: bow, bowknot]
2: a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair
strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
3: front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of
the boat toward the finish line" [syn: bow, fore, prow,
stem]
4: a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of
resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
5: something curved in shape [syn: bow, arc]
6: bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or
submission or shame or greeting [syn: bow, bowing,
obeisance]
7: an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the
concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the
audience [syn: bow, curtain call]
8: a decorative interlacing of ribbons
9: a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair
strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
v 1: bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed
before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame" [syn:
bow, bow down]
2: yield to another's wish or opinion; "The government bowed to
the military pressure" [syn: submit, bow, defer,
accede, give in]
3: bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of
respect or greeting; "He bowed before the King"
4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped
to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop, bend,
bow]
5: play on a string instrument with a bow
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cappuccino
(definition)
n 1: equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon
and nutmeg and usually whipped cream [syn: cappuccino,
cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino]
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casino
(name)
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a public building for gambling and entertainment [syn:
casino, gambling casino]
2: a card game in which cards face up on the table are taken
with eligible cards in the hand [syn: casino, cassino]
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chateau
(name)
(definition)
n 1: an impressive country house (or castle) in France
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chino
(place)
(definition)
n 1: trousers made with chino cloth
2: a coarse twilled cotton fabric frequently used for uniforms
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crow
(name)
(definition)
n 1: black birds having a raucous call
2: the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern
Montana
4: a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern
hemisphere near Virgo [syn: Corvus, Crow]
5: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his
fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
[syn: brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing,
line-shooting, gasconade]
6: a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
v 1: dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat, triumph,
crow]
2: express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"
3: utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"
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keno
(definition)
n 1: a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and
players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards
[syn: lotto, bingo, beano, keno]
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lino
(name)
(definition)
n 1: a floor covering [syn: linoleum, lino]
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maraschino
(definition)
n 1: distilled from fermented juice of bitter wild marasca
cherries [syn: maraschino, maraschino liqueur]
2: cherry preserved in true or imitation maraschino liqueur
[syn: maraschino, maraschino cherry]
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merino
(definition)
n 1: white sheep originating in Spain and producing a heavy
fleece of exceptional quality [syn: merino, merino
sheep]
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neutrino
(definition)
n 1: an elementary particle with zero charge and zero mass
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palomino
(definition)
n 1: a horse of light tan or golden color with cream-colored or
white mane and tail
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rhino
(definition)
n 1: massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast
Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns
on the snout [syn: rhinoceros, rhino]
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wino
(definition)
n 1: a chronic drinker [syn: drunkard, drunk, rummy,
sot, inebriate, wino]
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au
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent)
metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and
alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but
is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia [syn: gold, Au,
atomic number 79]
2: a unit of length used for distances within the solar system;
equal to the mean distance between the Earth and the Sun
(approximately 93 million miles or 150 million kilometers)
[syn: Astronomical Unit, AU]
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bordeaux
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a port city in southwestern France; a major center of the
wine trade
2: any of several red or white wines produced around Bordeaux,
France or wines resembling them [syn: Bordeaux, Bordeaux
wine]
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reno
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a city in western Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada
Mountains; known for gambling casinos and easy divorce and
remarriage
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ladino
(definition)
n 1: a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed
European and Native American ancestry) [syn: mestizo,
ladino]
2: the Spanish dialect spoken by Sephardic Jews but written in
the Hebrew script [syn: Judeo-Spanish, Ladino]
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latino
(definition)
adj 1: related to a Spanish-speaking people or culture; "the
Hispanic population of California is growing rapidly"
[syn: Hispanic, Latino]
n 1: a native of Latin America [syn: Latin American, Latino]
2: an artificial language based on words common to the Romance
languages
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marino
(place)
(definition)
n 1: Italian poet (1569-1625) [syn: Marini, Giambattista
Marini, Marino, Giambattista Marino]
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torino
(definition)
n 1: capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy
[syn: Turin, Torino]
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trevino
(name)
(definition)
n 1: United States golfer (born in 1939) [syn: Trevino, Lee
Trevino, Lee Buck Trevino, Supermex]
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filipino
(definition)
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Philippines or
its people or customs; "the Philippine President"; "our
Filipino cook" [syn: Filipino, Philippine]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Philippines
2: official language of the Philippines; based on Tagalog; draws
its lexicon from other Philippine languages [syn:
Philippine, Filipino]
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borodino
(place)
(definition)
n 1: Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle
at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but
irreparably weakened his army
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kino
(definition)
n 1: a gum obtained from various tropical plants; used as an
astringent and in tanning [syn: kino, gum kino, kino
gum]
2: East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used
medicinally and in e.g. tanning [syn: kino, Pterocarpus
marsupium]
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vino
(definition)
n 1: fermented juice (of grapes especially) [syn: wine,
vino]
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zeno
(definition)
n 1: ancient Greek philosopher who formulated paradoxes that
defended the belief that motion and change are illusory
(circa 495-430 BC) [syn: Zeno, Zeno of Elea]
2: ancient Greek philosopher who founded the Stoic school (circa
335-263 BC) [syn: Zeno, Zeno of Citium]
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navarino
(definition)
n 1: a decisive naval battle in the War of Greek Independence
(1827); the Turkish and Egyptian fleet was defeated by an
allied fleet of British and French and Russian warships
[syn: Navarino, battle of Navarino]
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sopranino
(definition)
adj 1: higher in range than soprano; "a sopranino recorder"
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ticino
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland [syn:
Ticino, Tessin]
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although
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aux
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concertino
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heino
(name)
(place)
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sino
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fino
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gino
(name)
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leno
(place)
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moreno
(name)
(place)
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orsino
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pacino
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valentino
(name)
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comino
(name)
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greenough
(name)
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peperino
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sansovino
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campesino