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| a hiding place, especially one in the ground, for ammunition, food, treasures, etc.: She hid her jewelry in a little cache in the cellar. |
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| harsh discordance of sound; dissonance: a cacophony of hoots, cackles, and wails. |
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| rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language. |
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| a long garment having long sleeves and tied at the waist by a girdle, worn under a coat in the Middle East. |
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| the diameter of something of circular section, especially that of the inside of a tube: a pipe of three-inch caliber. |
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| to determine, check, or rectify the graduation of (any instrument giving quantitative measurements). |
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| a plain-woven cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern, usually on one side. |
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| Usually, calipers. an instrument for measuring thicknesses and internal or external diameters inaccessible to a scale, consisting usually of a pair of adjustable pivoted legs. |
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| a gem or other stone so engraved. |
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| The state or quality of being frank, open, and sincere in speech or expression; candidness: The candor of the speech impressed the audience. |
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| careful; cautious; prudent: a canny reply. |
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| insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety. |
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| to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from. |
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usually collarless knitted sweater or jacket that opens down the front. |
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| a person, especially a professional gambler, who cheats at card games. |
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| the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre. |
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| the slaughter of a great number of people, as in battle; butchery; massacre. |
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| Billiards, Pool . a shot in which the cue ball hits two balls in succession. |
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| a person engaged in cartography, or the production of maps. |
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| Architecture . built like a castle, especially with turrets and battlements. |
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| a person or thing that casts. |
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to criticize or reprimand severely.
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to punish in order to correct.
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| a descent of water over a steep surface; a waterfall, especially one of considerable size. |
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| a short, light nap or doze. |
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| a short, light nap or doze. |
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| slow-selling or undesirable merchandise. : During the Christmas season, the merchants try to get rid of all their cats and dogs. |
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| a person used to serve the purposes of another; tool. |
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| to fill or close seams or crevices of (a tank, window, etc.) in order to make watertight, airtight, etc. |
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Lumpy fat deposits, especially in the thighs and buttocks. |
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| to discipline, especially by corporal punishment. |
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| to hold or treat as dear; feel love for: to cherish one's native land. |
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| one whose occupation is the practice of chiropractic. |
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| to make a characteristic short, sharp sound, as small birds and certain insects. |
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| to provide the choreography for: to choreograph a musical comedy. |
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| a person who creates dance compositions and plans and arranges dance movements and patterns for dances and especially for ballets. |
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| constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar. |
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| to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body. |
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| watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior. |
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Meteorology .
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a cloud of a class characterized by thin white filaments or narrow bands and a composition of ice crystals: of high altitude, about 20,000–40,000 feet (6000–12,000 meters).
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Zoology .
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a filament or slender appendage serving as a foot, tentacle, barbel, etc.
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the male copulatory organ of flatworms and various other invertebrates.
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| Military . mention of a soldier or a unit in orders, usually for gallantry: Presidential citation. |
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| a person who makes a claim. |
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| pertaining to or coming to a climax: the climactic scene of a play. |
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| TO settle(amatter) decisively: After they clinched the deal they went out to celebrate. |
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| a state of perfect happiness (usually in the phrase on cloud nine ). |
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a blow, especially with the hand; cuff: The bully gave him a painful clout on the head.
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Informal . pull; strong influence; muscle, especially political power: a wealthy campaign contributor with clout at city hall.
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to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
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to grip or hold tightly or firmly: She clutched the child's hand as they crossed the street.
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| the practice of spending leisure time at home, especially watching television or using a VCR. |
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to reduce (laws, rules, etc.) to a code.
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to make a digest of; arrange in a systematic collection.
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to stick together; be united; hold fast, as parts of the same mass: The particles of wet flour cohered to form a paste.
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Physics . (of two or more similar substances) to be united within a body by the action of molecular forces.
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a piece of metal stamped and issued by the authority of a government for use as money.
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a number of such pieces.
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| A technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope. |
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| to gather or arrange in their proper sequence (the pages of a report, the sheets of a book, the pages of several sets of copies, etc.). |
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| security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed |
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the act of collating.
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Bibliography . the verification of the number and order of the leaves and signatures of a volume.
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collegiate.
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of or characterized by the collective responsibility shared by each of a group of colleagues, with minimal supervision from above.
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a conversational exchange; dialogue.
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extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
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of or resembling a colossus.
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pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
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proper; seemly; becoming: comely behavior.
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| to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity. |
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an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
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something of use, advantage, or value.
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pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
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pleasant; complaisant.
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| (especially in France) a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper. |
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to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over: to conciliate an angry competitor.
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to win or gain (goodwill, regard, or favor).
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to make compatible; reconcile.
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