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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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akimbo
(definition)
adv 1: with hands on hips and elbows extending outward; "she
stood there akimbo"
adj 1: (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away
from the body; "a tailor sitting with legs akimbo";
"stood with arms akimbo"
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ambo
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
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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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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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bimbo
(place)
(definition)
n 1: a young woman indulged by rich and powerful older men
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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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combo
(definition)
n 1: a small band of jazz musicians [syn: jazz band, jazz
group, combo]
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flambeau
(definition)
n 1: a flaming torch (such as are used in processions at night)
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gumbo
(definition)
n 1: any of various fine-grained silty soils that become waxy
and very sticky mud when saturated with water [syn:
gumbo, gumbo soil]
2: tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in
southern United States and West Indies for its long
mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews;
sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus [syn: okra, gumbo,
okra plant, lady's-finger, Abelmoschus esculentus,
Hibiscus esculentus]
3: long mucilaginous green pods; may be simmered or sauteed but
used especially in soups and stews [syn: gumbo, okra]
4: a soup or stew thickened with okra pods
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jumbo
(definition)
adj 1: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo
shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant,
jumbo]
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limbo
(place)
(definition)
n 1: the state of being disregarded or forgotten [syn:
oblivion, limbo]
2: an imaginary place for lost or neglected things
3: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but
innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous
individuals)
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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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umbo
(definition)
n 1: a slight rounded elevation where the malleus attaches to
the eardrum
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rimbaud
(definition)
n 1: French poet whose work influenced the surrealists
(1854-1891) [syn: Rimbaud, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean
Nicholas Arthur Rimbaud]
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colombo
(place)
(definition)
n 1: the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the
largest harbors in the world; is located on the western
coast of the island of Ceylon [syn: Colombo, capital of
Sri Lanka]
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although
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aux
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beaux
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crambo
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bo
(name)
(place)
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boe
(place)
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boeh
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bowe
(name)
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palombo
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rambo
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sambo
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tambo
(place)
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dumbo