| coulisse | (noun) a timber member grooved to take a sliding panel | - |
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| (noun) a flat situated in the wings | Synonyms: wing flat |
| counterpoise | (noun) a weight that balances another weight | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer |
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| countinghouse | (noun) office used by the accountants of a business | - |
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| course | (noun) a mode of action | Synonyms: course of action |
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| (noun) education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings | Synonyms: class, course of instruction, course of study |
| (noun) facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport | - |
| (noun) (construction) a layer of masonry | Synonyms: row |
| (noun) part of a meal served at one time | - |
| (noun) a connected series of events or actions or developments | Synonyms: line |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, form, grade |
| (noun) general line of orientation | Synonyms: trend |
| (noun) a line or route along which something travels or moves | Synonyms: path, track |
| courthouse | (noun) a building that houses judicial courts | - |
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| (noun) a government building that houses the offices of a county government | - |
| cowhouse | (noun) a barn for cows | Synonyms: byre, cow barn, cowbarn, cowshed |
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| crankcase | (noun) housing for a crankshaft | - |
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| crease | (noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | Synonyms: creese, kris |
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| (noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
| (noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
| creese | (noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | Synonyms: crease, kris |
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| crevasse | (noun) a deep fissure | - |
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| crosse | (noun) a long racket with a triangular frame; used in playing lacrosse | - |
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| cruise | (noun) an ocean trip taken for pleasure | Synonyms: sail |
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| cruse | (noun) small jar; holds liquid (oil or water) | - |
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| cuisse | (noun) armor plate that protects the thigh | - |
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| curse | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse word, cuss, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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| (noun) an appeal to some supernatural power to inflict evil on someone or some group | Synonyms: condemnation, execration |
| (noun) an evil spell | Synonyms: hex, jinx, whammy |
| (noun) a severe affliction | Synonyms: torment |
| (noun) something causing misery or death | Synonyms: bane, nemesis, scourge |
| customhouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customshouse |
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| customshouse | (noun) a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country | Synonyms: customhouse |
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| cutpurse | (noun) a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places | Synonyms: dip, pickpocket |
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| cyclooxygenase | (noun) either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin | Synonyms: Cox |
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| danseuse | (noun) a female ballet dancer | Synonyms: ballerina |
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| database | (noun) an organized body of related information | - |
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| decarboxylase | (noun) any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group | - |
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| decease | (noun) the event of dying or departure from life | Synonyms: death, expiry |
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| decrease | (noun) the act of decreasing or reducing something | Synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down |
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| (noun) the amount by which something decreases | Synonyms: decrement |
| (noun) a change downward | Synonyms: drop-off, lessening |
| (noun) a process of becoming smaller or shorter | Synonyms: decrement |
| defense | (noun) (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies | Synonyms: defence, defensive measure |
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| (noun) the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury | Synonyms: defence |
| (noun) a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him | Synonyms: defence, demurrer, denial |
| (noun) protection from harm | Synonyms: defence |
| (noun) a structure used to defend against attack | Synonyms: defence, defensive structure |
| (noun) the justification for some act or belief | Synonyms: defence, vindication |
| (noun) the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions | Synonyms: defence, refutation |
| (noun) the defendant and his legal advisors collectively | Synonyms: defence, defense lawyers, defense team |
| (noun) (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring | Synonyms: defence, defending team |
| (noun) an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack | Synonyms: defence, defence force, defense force |
| (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction |
| demise | (noun) the time when something ends | Synonyms: death, dying |
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| demitasse | (noun) small coffee cup; for serving black coffee | - |
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| (noun) small cup of strong black coffee without milk or cream | Synonyms: cafe noir |
| deoxyribose | (noun) a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids | - |
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| devise | (noun) (law) a gift of real property by will | - |
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| (noun) a will disposing of real property | - |
| dextroglucose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextrose, grape sugar |
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| dextrose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextroglucose, grape sugar |
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| diocese | (noun) the territorial jurisdiction of a bishop | Synonyms: bishopric, episcopate |
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| disaccharidase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides | - |
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| discourse | (noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discussion, treatment |
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| (noun) extended verbal expression in speech or writing | - |
| (noun) an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service) | Synonyms: preaching, sermon |
| disease | (noun) an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | - |
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| disguise | (noun) the act of concealing the identity of something by modifying its appearance | Synonyms: camouflage |
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| (noun) any attire that modifies the appearance in order to conceal the wearer's identity | - |
| (noun) an outward semblance that misrepresents the true nature of something | Synonyms: camouflage |
| dispraise | (noun) the act of speaking contemptuously of | Synonyms: disparagement |
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| disuse | (noun) the state of something that has been unused and neglected | Synonyms: neglect |
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| doghouse | (noun) outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog | Synonyms: dog house, kennel |
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| (noun) an idiomatic term for being in disfavor | - |
| dollhouse | (noun) a small model of a house used as a toy by children | Synonyms: doll's house |
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| (noun) a house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything | Synonyms: doll's house |
| doorcase | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorframe |
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| dormouse | (noun) small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather | - |
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| dose | (noun) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time | Synonyms: dosage |
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| (noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
| (noun) the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | Synonyms: dosage |
| (noun) a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact | Synonyms: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse |
| dosshouse | (noun) a cheap lodging house | Synonyms: flophouse |
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| dowse | (noun) searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod | Synonyms: dowsing, rhabdomancy |
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| drayhorse | (noun) draft horse kept for pulling carts | Synonyms: cart horse, carthorse |
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| drowse | (noun) a light fitful sleep | Synonyms: doze |
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| dulse | (noun) coarse edible red seaweed | Synonyms: Rhodymenia palmata |
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| ease | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: relaxation, repose, rest |
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| (noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: easiness, simpleness, simplicity |
| (noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: informality |
| (noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: comfort |
| (noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: relief |
| eclipse | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: occultation |
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| ecrevisse | (noun) small crayfish of Europe and Asia and western North America | Synonyms: Old World crayfish |
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| (noun) tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly | Synonyms: crawdad, crawfish, crayfish |
| elastase | (noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin | - |
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| ellipse | (noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it | Synonyms: oval |
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| endonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes | - |
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| enterokinase | (noun) enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin | - |
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| enterprise | (noun) a purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness) | Synonyms: endeavor, endeavour |
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| (noun) readiness to embark on bold new ventures | Synonyms: enterprisingness, go-ahead, initiative |
| (noun) an organization created for business ventures | - |
| equipoise | (noun) equality of distribution | Synonyms: balance, counterbalance, equilibrium |
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| excise | (noun) a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate) | Synonyms: excise tax |
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| excuse | (noun) a poor example | Synonyms: apology |
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| (noun) a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc. | Synonyms: alibi, exculpation, self-justification |
| (noun) a note explaining an absence | - |
| exercise | (noun) the activity of exerting your muscles in various ways to keep fit | Synonyms: exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout |
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| (noun) a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding | Synonyms: example |
| (noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions | Synonyms: drill, practice, practice session, recitation |
| (noun) the act of using | Synonyms: employment, usage, use, utilisation, utilization |
| (noun) an action, often used negatively and without consequences | - |
| (noun) (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches | - |
| exonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid | - |
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| expanse | (noun) the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary | Synonyms: area, surface area |
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| (noun) a wide scope | Synonyms: sweep |
| (noun) a wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky | - |
| expense | (noun) a detriment or sacrifice | - |
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| (noun) amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) | Synonyms: disbursal, disbursement |
| (noun) money spent to perform work and usually reimbursed by an employer | - |
| expertise | (noun) skillfulness by virtue of possessing special knowledge | Synonyms: expertness |
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| expose | (noun) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud | Synonyms: unmasking |
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| fanbase | (noun) All of the fans or devotees of something | - |
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| farmhouse | (noun) house for a farmer and family | - |
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| fesse | (noun) (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield | Synonyms: fess |
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| fibrinase | (noun) in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot | Synonyms: factor XIII |
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| fieldmouse | (noun) any nocturnal Old World mouse of the genus Apodemus inhabiting woods and fields and gardens | Synonyms: field mouse |
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| finesse | (noun) subtly skillful handling of a situation | Synonyms: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness |
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| firebase | (noun) an artillery base to support advancing troops | - |
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| firehouse | (noun) a station housing fire apparatus and firemen | Synonyms: fire station |
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| flophouse | (noun) a cheap lodging house | Synonyms: dosshouse |
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| fosse | (noun) ditch dug as a fortification and usually filled with water | Synonyms: moat |
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| fraise | (noun) sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes | - |
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| (noun) a ruff for the neck worn in the 16th century | - |
| framboise | (noun) the common European raspberry; fruit red or orange | Synonyms: European raspberry, Rubus idaeus, wild raspberry |
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| franchise | (noun) a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) | Synonyms: enfranchisement |
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| (noun) an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place | - |
| (noun) a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area | Synonyms: dealership |
| frankincense | (noun) an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation | Synonyms: gum olibanum, olibanum, thus |
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| fructose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose |
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| fuse | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming |
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| (noun) an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded | Synonyms: electrical fuse, safety fuse |
| galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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| gatehouse | (noun) a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence | - |
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| genoise | (noun) rich and delicate Italian sponge cake | - |
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| glasshouse | (noun) a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | Synonyms: greenhouse |
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| glimpse | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glance |
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| (noun) a brief or incomplete view | - |
| (noun) a vague indication | - |
| glucose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy | - |
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| goose | (noun) web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) | - |
| (noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany |
| gorse | (noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | Synonyms: furze, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin |
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| grease | (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
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| (noun) a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) | Synonyms: lubricating oil |
| greenhouse | (noun) a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | Synonyms: glasshouse |
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| grouse | (noun) popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet | - |
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| (noun) flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil | - |
| guardhouse | (noun) a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained | - |
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| guesthouse | (noun) a house separate from the main house; for housing guests | - |
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| guise | (noun) an artful or simulated semblance | Synonyms: pretence, pretense, pretext |
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| gynobase | (noun) the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne | - |
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| hawse | (noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through | Synonyms: hawsehole, hawsepipe |
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| headcheese | (noun) sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig | - |
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| headlinese | (noun) using the abbreviated style of headline writers | - |
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| hearse | (noun) a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle | - |
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