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countryman

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) countryman;
- a man from your own country;

2. (n.) countryman, ruralist;
- a man who lives in the country and has country ways;

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narration

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) narration, narrative, story, tale;
- a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program;
- “his narrative was interesting”; “Disney’s stories entertain adults as well as children”;

2. (n.) narration, recital, yarn;
- the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events;
- “his narration was hesitant”;

3. (n.) narration;
- (rhetoric) the second section of an oration in which the facts are set forth;

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chattel

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) chattel, movable, personal chattel;
- personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc);

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volition

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) volition, will;
- the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention;
- “the exercise of their volition we construe as revolt”;

2. (n.) volition, willing;
- the act of making a choice;
- “followed my father of my own volition”;

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suffocate

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:39:32 +0000

Verbs
1. (verb) asphyxiate, smother, suffocate;
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
- “Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow”; “The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor”;

2. (verb) asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate;
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
- “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children”;

3. (verb) choke, suffocate;
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
- “He is suffocating–living at home with his aged parents in the small village”;

4. (verb) choke, suffocate;
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
- “His job suffocated him”;

5. (verb) asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate;
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
- “The child suffocated under the pillow”;

6. (verb) suffocate;
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
- “The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating”;

7. (verb) choke, gag, strangle, suffocate;
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
- “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged”;

incomparable

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:37:45 +0000

Adjectives
1. (adj.) incomparable, uncomparable;
- such that comparison is impossible; unsuitable for comparison or lacking features that can be compared;
- “an incomparable week of rest and pleasure”; “the computer proceeds with its incomparable logic and efficiency”; “this report is incomparable with the earlier ones because of different breakdowns of the data”;

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siege

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege;
- the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack;

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propellant

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) propellant, propellent;
- any substance that propels;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive;
- tending to or capable of propelling;
- “propellant fuel for submarines”; “the faster a jet plane goes the greater its propulsive efficiency”; “universities…the seats of propulsive thought”;

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mollify

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:39:32 +0000

Verbs
1. (verb) appease, assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate;
- cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
- “She managed to mollify the angry customer”;

2. (verb) mollify, season, temper;
- make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate;
- “she tempered her criticism”;

3. (verb) mollify;
- make less rigid or softer;

dishabille

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:37:45 +0000

Nouns
1. (n.) deshabille, dishabille;
- the state of being carelessly or partially dressed;

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