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Nouns
1. (n.) compression bandage, tourniquet;
  - bandage that stops the flow of blood from an artery by applying pressure;

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Nouns
1. (n.) sedition;
  - an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government;

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Nouns
1. (n.) flux;
  - the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface;

2. (n.) flux, fluxion;
  - a flow or discharge;

3. (n.) flux;
  - a substance added to molten metals to bond with impurities that can then be readily removed;

4. (n.) flux;
  - excessive discharge of liquid from a cavity or organ (as in watery diarrhea);

5. (n.) flux, state of flux;
  - a state of uncertainty about what should be done (usually following some important event) preceding the establishment of a new direction of action;
  - “the flux following the death of the emperor”;

6. (n.) flux, magnetic field, magnetic flux;
  - the lines of force surrounding a permanent magnet or a moving charged particle;

7. (n.) flux, flux density;
  - (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area;

8. (n.) flux;
  - in constant change;
  - “his opinions are in flux”; “the newness and flux of the computer industry”;

Verbs
1. (verb) flow, flux;
  - move or progress freely as if in a stream;
  - “The crowd flowed out of the stadium”;

2. (verb) flux, liquefy, liquify;
  - become liquid or fluid when heated;
  - “the frozen fat liquefied”;

3. (verb) blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix;
  - mix together different elements;
  - “The colors blend well”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) dissembler, dissimulator, hypocrite, phoney, phony, pretender;
  - a person who professes beliefs and opinions that he or she does not hold in order to conceal his or her real feelings or motives;

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Verbs
1. (verb) efface, obliterate;
  - remove completely from recognition or memory;
  - “efface the memory of the time in the camps”;

2. (verb) efface;
  - make inconspicuous;
  - “efface oneself”;

3. (verb) efface, erase, rub out, score out, wipe off;
  - remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing;
  - “Please erase the formula on the blackboard–it is wrong!”;

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Adverbs
1. (adv.) easily, easy;
  - with ease (`easy’ is sometimes used informally for `easily’);
  - “she was easily excited”; “was easily confused”; “he won easily”; “this china breaks very easily”; “success came too easy”;

2. (adv.) easily;
  - without question;
  - “easily the best book she’s written”;

3. (adv.) easily, well;
  - indicating high probability; in all likelihood;
  - “I might well do it”; “a mistake that could easily have ended in disaster”; “you may well need your umbrella”; “he could equally well be trying to deceive us”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) countenance, kisser, mug, phiz, physiognomy, smiler, visage;
  - the human face (`kisser’ and `smiler’ and `mug’ are informal terms for `face’ and `phiz’ is British);

2. (n.) countenance, visage;
  - the appearance conveyed by a person’s face;
  - “a pleasant countenance”; “a stern visage”;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) portly, stout;
  - euphemisms for `fat’;
  - “men are portly and women are stout”;

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Nouns
1. (n.) iridescence, opalescence;
  - the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface;

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Adjectives
1. (adj.) disused, obsolete;
  - no longer in use;
  - “obsolete words”;

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