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adios
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes" [syn:
adieu, adios, arrivederci, auf wiedersehen, au
revoir, bye, bye-bye, cheerio, good-by, goodby,
good-bye, goodbye, good day, sayonara, so long]
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appose
(definition)
v 1: place side by side or in close proximity
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bedclothes
(definition)
n 1: coverings that are used on a bed [syn: bedclothes, bed
clothing, bedding]
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bellicose
(definition)
adj 1: having or showing a ready disposition to fight;
"bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a
contentious nature" [syn: battleful, bellicose,
combative]
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bluenose
(definition)
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia [syn: Nova Scotian,
bluenose]
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bulldoze
(definition)
v 1: flatten with or as if with a bulldozer
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cellulose
(definition)
n 1: a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant
tissues and fibers
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clothes
(definition)
n 1: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of
apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store";
"fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing
apparel, dress, clothes]
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comatose
(definition)
adj 1: relating to or associated with a coma; "comatose
breathing"; "comatose state"
2: in a state of deep and usually prolonged unconsciousness;
unable to respond to external stimuli; "a comatose patient"
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compose
(definition)
v 1: form the substance of; "Greed and ambition composed his
personality"
2: write music; "Beethoven composed nine symphonies" [syn:
compose, write]
3: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
4: put together out of existing material; "compile a list" [syn:
compose, compile]
5: calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to
compose herself before she could reply to this terrible
insult"
6: make up plans or basic details for; "frame a policy" [syn:
frame, compose, draw up]
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decompose
(definition)
v 1: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
[syn: decompose, break up, break down]
2: lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current; "the
particles disintegrated during the nuclear fission process"
[syn: disintegrate, decay, decompose]
3: break down; "The bodies decomposed in the heat" [syn:
decompose, rot, molder, moulder]
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depose
(definition)
v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: depose, force out]
2: make a deposition; declare under oath [syn: swear,
depose, depone]
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diagnose
(definition)
v 1: determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an
illness through a diagnostic analysis [syn: diagnose,
name]
2: subject to a medical analysis
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disclose
(definition)
v 1: make known to the public information that was previously
known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how
old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to
her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let
out]
2: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to
disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]
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discompose
(definition)
v 1: cause to lose one's composure [syn: upset, discompose,
untune, disconcert, discomfit]
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dispose
(definition)
v 1: give, sell, or transfer to another; "She disposed of her
parents' possessions"
2: throw or cast away; "Put away your worries" [syn: discard,
fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast
aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away,
cast away, put away]
3: make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or
belief; "Their language inclines us to believe them" [syn:
dispose, incline] [ant: disincline, indispose]
4: place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly
disposed"
5: make fit or prepared; "Your education qualifies you for this
job" [syn: qualify, dispose] [ant: disqualify,
indispose, unfit]
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dominoes
(definition)
n 1: any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
[syn: dominoes, dominos]
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dose
(definition)
n 1: a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time [syn:
dose, dosage]
2: the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation)
taken in or absorbed at any one time [syn: dose, dosage]
3: a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or
genital contact [syn: venereal disease, VD, venereal
infection, social disease, Cupid's itch, Cupid's
disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted
disease, STD]
4: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen]
v 1: treat with an agent; add (an agent) to; "The ray dosed the
paint"
2: administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"
[syn: drug, dose]
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doze
(definition)
n 1: a light fitful sleep [syn: doze, drowse]
v 1: sleep lightly or for a short period of time [syn: snooze,
drowse, doze]
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enclose
(definition)
v 1: enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering;
"Fog enveloped the house" [syn: envelop, enfold,
enwrap, wrap, enclose]
2: close in; darkness enclosed him" [syn: enclose, hold in,
confine]
3: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in
the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in,
inclose, shut in]
4: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert,
enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]
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engross
(definition)
v 1: devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his
studies" [syn: steep, immerse, engulf, plunge,
engross, absorb, soak up]
2: consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in
butterflies absorbs her completely" [syn: absorb,
engross, engage, occupy]
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expose
(definition)
n 1: the exposure of an impostor or a fraud; "he published an
expose of the graft and corruption in city government"
[syn: expose, unmasking]
v 1: expose or make accessible to some action or influence;
"Expose your students to art"; "expose the blanket to
sunshine"
2: make known to the public information that was previously
known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a
secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at
which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how
old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to
her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" [syn:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let
out]
3: to show, make visible or apparent; "The Metropolitan Museum
is exhibiting Goya's works this month"; "Why don't you show
your nice legs and wear shorter skirts?"; "National leaders
will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship"
[syn: expose, exhibit, display]
4: remove all or part of one's clothes to show one's body;
"uncover your belly"; "The man exposed himself in the subway"
[syn: uncover, expose] [ant: cover]
5: disclose to view as by removing a cover; "The curtain rose to
disclose a stunning set" [syn: disclose, expose]
6: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
[syn: queer, expose, scupper, endanger, peril]
7: expose to light, of photographic film
8: expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false
claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's
claims" [syn: debunk, expose]
9: abandon by leaving out in the open air; "The infant was
exposed by the teenage mother"; "After Christmas, many pets
get abandoned"
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foreclose
(definition)
v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense
of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the
projects precludes your involvement in the competitive
project" [syn: prevent, forestall, foreclose,
preclude, forbid]
2: subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of
mortgagors to redeem their mortgage
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fructose
(definition)
n 1: a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits [syn:
fructose, fruit sugar, levulose, laevulose]
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grandiose
(definition)
adj 1: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur;
used to show disapproval
2: affectedly genteel [syn: grandiose, hifalutin,
highfalutin, highfaluting, hoity-toity, la-di-da]
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gross
(name)
(definition)
adj 1: before any deductions; "gross income" [ant: net,
nett]
2: lacking fine distinctions or detail; "the gross details of
the structure appear reasonable"
3: repellently fat; "a bald porcine old man" [syn: gross,
porcine]
4: visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical
features) [syn: megascopic, gross]
5: without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative)
intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a
consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross
negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding
mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter
nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a),
complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a),
everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a),
sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a),
utter(a), unadulterated]
6: conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a
crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a
revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of
language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: crude,
earthy, gross, vulgar]
7: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross
injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a), egregious,
flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
n 1: twelve dozen [syn: gross, 144]
2: the entire amount of income before any deductions are made
[syn: gross, revenue, receipts]
v 1: earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
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hose
(definition)
n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British
include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose]
2: man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries
covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a
doublet
3: a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas [syn: hose,
hosepipe]
v 1: water with a hose; "hose the lawn" [syn: hose, hose
down]
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impose
(definition)
v 1: compel to behave in a certain way; "Social relations impose
courtesy" [syn: enforce, impose]
2: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage
on the students" [syn: inflict, bring down, visit,
impose]
3: impose and collect; "levy a fine" [syn: levy, impose]
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interpose
(definition)
v 1: be or come between; "An interposing thicket blocked their
way"
2: introduce; "God interposed death"
3: to insert between other elements; "She interjected clever
remarks" [syn: interject, come in, interpose, put in,
throw in, inject]
4: get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through
force or threat of force; "Why did the U.S. not intervene
earlier in WW II?" [syn: intervene, step in, interfere,
interpose]
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juxtapose
(definition)
v 1: place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"
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morose
(definition)
adj 1: showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the
proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless
shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and
unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic
young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen
crowd" [syn: dark, dour, glowering, glum,
moody, morose, saturnine, sour, sullen]
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most
(place)
(definition)
adv 1: used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most
dangerous snake" [syn: most, to the highest degree]
[ant: least, to the lowest degree]
2: very; "a most welcome relief"
3: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite
accomplished; all but; "the job is (just) about done"; "the
baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost
finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly
fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is
well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the
contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone
agrees" [syn: about, almost, most, nearly, near,
nigh, virtually, well-nigh]
adj 1: (superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often
preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in
number; "who has the most apples?"; "most people like
eggs"; "most fishes have fins" [ant: fewest(a)]
2: the superlative of `much' that can be used with mass nouns
and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning the
greatest in amount or extent or degree; "made the most money
he could"; "what attracts the most attention?"; "made the
most of a bad deal" [ant: least(a)]
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nose
(definition)
n 1: the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract;
the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he
has a cold in the nose" [syn: nose, olfactory organ]
2: a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of
an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
3: the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon; "he
ducked under the nose of the gun"
4: a small distance; "my horse lost the race by a nose"
5: a symbol of inquisitiveness; "keep your nose out of it"
6: the sense of smell (especially in animals); "the hound has a
good nose"
7: a natural skill; "he has a nose for good deals"
8: a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged [syn:
nozzle, nose]
v 1: search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always
nosing around the office" [syn: intrude, horn in,
pry, nose, poke]
2: advance the forward part of with caution; "She nosed the car
into the left lane"
3: catch the scent of; get wind of; "The dog nosed out the
drugs" [syn: scent, nose, wind]
4: push or move with the nose
5: rub noses [syn: nuzzle, nose]
6: defeat by a narrow margin
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oppose
(definition)
v 1: be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on
abortion"
2: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would
oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: fight, oppose,
fight back, fight down, defend]
3: contrast with equal weight or force [syn: oppose,
counterbalance]
4: set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best
athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the
Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against
each other" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off]
5: act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to
everything I say" [syn: react, oppose]
6: be resistant to; "The board opposed his motion" [syn:
oppose, controvert, contradict]
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otiose
(definition)
adj 1: serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
"otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a
pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless";
"senseless violence" [syn: otiose, pointless,
purposeless, senseless, superfluous, wasted]
2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose,
unavailing]
3: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose
rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too
lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful
employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
[syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful,
work-shy]
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overdose
(definition)
v 1: dose too heavily; "The rock star overdosed and was found
dead in his hotel room" [syn: overdose, o.d.]
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overexpose
(definition)
v 1: expose to too much light; "the photographic film was
overexposed and there is no image" [ant: underexpose]
2: expose excessively; "As a child, I was overexposed to French
movies" [ant: underexpose]
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pose
(definition)
n 1: affected manners intended to impress others; "don't put on
airs with me" [syn: airs, pose]
2: a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic
purposes
3: a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display [syn:
affectation, mannerism, pose, affectedness]
v 1: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn:
present, pose]
2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the
woman who posed for Leonardo so often" [syn: model, pose,
sit, posture]
3: pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent
intentions; "She posed as the Czar's daughter" [syn: pose,
impersonate, personate]
4: behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;
"Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to
impress his peers!"; "She postured and made a total fool of
herself" [syn: pose, posture]
5: put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your
things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent
of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"
[syn: put, set, place, pose, position, lay]
6: be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I
don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question
really stuck me" [syn: perplex, vex, stick, get,
puzzle, mystify, baffle, beat, pose, bewilder,
flummox, stupefy, nonplus, gravel, amaze,
dumbfound]
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predispose
(definition)
v 1: make susceptible; "This illness predisposes you to gain
weight"
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presuppose
(definition)
v 1: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I
presuppose that you have done your work" [syn:
presuppose, suppose]
2: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step
presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]
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primrose
(name)
(definition)
n 1: any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula
having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in
umbels or heads [syn: primrose, primula]
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propose
(definition)
v 1: make a proposal, declare a plan for something; "the senator
proposed to abolish the sales tax" [syn: propose,
suggest, advise]
2: present for consideration, examination, criticism, etc.; "He
proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism"; "She
proposed a new theory of relativity" [syn: project,
propose]
3: propose or intend; "I aim to arrive at noon" [syn: aim,
purpose, purport, propose]
4: put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an
honor or position; "The President nominated her as head of
the Civil Rights Commission" [syn: nominate, propose]
5: ask (someone) to marry you; "he popped the question on Sunday
night"; "she proposed marriage to the man she had known for
only two months"; "The old bachelor finally declared himself
to the young woman" [syn: propose, declare oneself,
offer, pop the question]
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prose
(name)
(definition)
n 1: ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
2: matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
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repose
(definition)
n 1: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
"took his repose by the swimming pool" [syn: rest,
ease, repose, relaxation]
2: the absence of mental stress or anxiety [syn: peace,
peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, serenity,
heartsease, ataraxis]
3: a disposition free from stress or emotion [syn: repose,
quiet, placidity, serenity, tranquillity,
tranquility]
v 1: put or confide something in a person or thing; "These
philosophers reposed the law in the people"
2: be inherent or innate in; [syn: rest, reside, repose]
3: lie when dead; "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"
4: lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on
the couch" [syn: recumb, repose, recline]
5: put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table";
"lay the patient carefully onto the bed" [syn: lay, put
down, repose]
6: to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed
its confidence in the King"
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rose
(name)
(place)
(definition)
adj 1: of something having a dusty purplish pink color; "the
roseate glow of dawn" [syn: rose, roseate,
rosaceous]
n 1: any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses [syn:
rose, rosebush]
2: pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed
after fermentation began [syn: blush wine, pink wine,
rose, rose wine]
3: a dusty pink color [syn: rose, rosiness]
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superimpose
(definition)
v 1: place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"
[syn: superimpose, superpose, lay over]
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suppose
(definition)
v 1: express a supposition; "Let us say that he did not tell the
truth"; "Let's say you had a lot of money--what would you
do?" [syn: suppose, say]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think,
opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
3: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
[syn: speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture,
hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose]
4: take for granted or as a given; suppose beforehand; "I
presuppose that you have done your work" [syn: presuppose,
suppose]
5: require as a necessary antecedent or precondition; "This step
presupposes two prior ones" [syn: presuppose, suppose]
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throes
(definition)
n 1: violent pangs of suffering; "death throes"
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transpose
(definition)
n 1: a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a
given matrix
v 1: change the order or arrangement of; "Dyslexics often
transpose letters in a word" [syn: permute, commute,
transpose]
2: transfer from one place or period to another; "The ancient
Greek story was transplanted into Modern America" [syn:
transfer, transpose, transplant]
3: cause to change places; "interchange this screw for one of a
smaller size" [syn: counterchange, transpose,
interchange]
4: transfer a quantity from one side of an equation to the other
side reversing its sign, in order to maintain equality
5: put (a piece of music) into another key
6: exchange positions without a change in value; "These
operators commute with each other" [syn: commute,
transpose]
7: change key; "Can you transpose this fugue into G major?"
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underclothes
(definition)
n 1: undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer
garments [syn: underwear, underclothes,
underclothing]
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dos
(definition)
n 1: the federal department in the United States that sets and
maintains foreign policies; "the Department of State was
created in 1789" [syn: Department of State, United
States Department of State, State Department, State,
DoS]
2: an operating system that is on a disk [syn: DOS, disk
operating system]
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bowse
(definition)
v 1: haul with a tackle [syn: bowse, bouse]
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grosz
(definition)
n 1: 100 groszy equal 1 zloty in Poland
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reimpose
(definition)
v 1: impose anew; "The fine was reimposed"
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bose
(definition)
n 1: Indian physicist who with Albert Einstein proposed
statistical laws based on the indistinguishability of
particles; led to the description of fundamental particles
that later came to be known as bosons [syn: Bose,
Satyendra N. Bose, Satyendra Nath Bose]
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bullnose
(definition)
n 1: a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the
front [syn: bullnose, bullnosed plane]
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inclose
(definition)
v 1: surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed
in the porch with a fence" [syn: enclose, close in,
inclose, shut in]
2: introduce; "Insert your ticket here" [syn: insert,
enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce]
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dominos
(definition)
n 1: any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
[syn: dominoes, dominos]
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overclothes
(definition)
n 1: clothing for use outdoors [syn: outerwear, overclothes]
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altos
(place)
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arose
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beaus
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beaux
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blows
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boasts
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boroughs
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bows
(name)
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brose
(name)
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bungalows
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cameos
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cargoes
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cargos
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chateaus
-
chausses
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chose
-
coasts
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commandos
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crows
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demos
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elbows
-
flows
-
foes
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forgoes
-
froze
-
ghosts
-
glows
-
goes
(place)
-
grows
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gyros
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hoes
-
hosts
-
inflows
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jumbos
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kilos
-
knows
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lows
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meadows
(name)
(place)
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o's
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outflows
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owes