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aikido
(definition)
n 1: a Japanese martial art employing principles similar to judo
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awe
(definition)
n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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credo
(definition)
n 1: any system of principles or beliefs [syn: creed, credo]
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libido
(definition)
n 1: (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
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lido
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a recreational facility including a swimming pool for water
sports
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torpedo
(definition)
n 1: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman,
gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire,
triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter]
2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise
and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and
lettuce and condiments); different names are used in
different sections of the United States [syn: bomber,
grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban
sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub,
submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep]
3: an explosive device that is set off in an oil well (or a gas
well) to start or to increase the flow of oil (or gas)
4: a small firework that consists of a percussion cap and some
gravel wrapped in paper; explodes when thrown forcefully
against a hard surface
5: a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track
and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the
explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
6: armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled
underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target
7: any sluggish bottom-dwelling ray of the order Torpediniformes
having a rounded body and electric organs on each side of the
head capable of emitting strong electric discharges [syn:
electric ray, crampfish, numbfish, torpedo]
v 1: attack or hit with torpedoes
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tuxedo
(definition)
n 1: semiformal evening dress for men [syn: dinner jacket,
tux, tuxedo, black tie]
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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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daw
(name)
(definition)
n 1: common black-and-grey Eurasian bird noted for thievery
[syn: jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula]
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ido
(definition)
n 1: an artificial language that is a revision and
simplification of Esperanto
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comedo
(definition)
n 1: a black-tipped plug clogging a pore of the skin [syn:
blackhead, comedo]
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toledo
(place)
(definition)
n 1: an industrial city in northwestern Ohio on Lake Erie
2: a city in central Spain on the Tagus river; famous for steel
and swords since the first century
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albedo
(definition)
n 1: the ratio of reflected to incident light [syn: albedo,
reflective power]
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teredo
(definition)
n 1: typical shipworm
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aux
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dau
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aw
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dawe
(name)
(place)
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speedo
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guido
(name)
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escondido
(place)
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phaedo