euphemize | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemise |
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euthanatize | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanise, euthanize, mercy kill |
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euthanize | (verb) intentionally cause the painless death of a person or animal | Synonyms: euthanatise, euthanatize, euthanise, mercy kill |
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evangelize | (verb) spread the Christian faith | Synonyms: evangelise |
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(verb) preach the gospel (to) | Synonyms: evangelise |
exorcize | (verb) expel through adjuration or prayers | Synonyms: exorcise |
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extemporization | (noun) a performance given extempore without planning or preparation | Synonyms: extemporisation, improvisation |
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extemporize | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize |
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(verb) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand | Synonyms: improvise |
exteriorization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, externalisation, externalization |
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exteriorize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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(verb) bring outside the body for surgery, of organs | Synonyms: bring outside |
externalization | (noun) embodying in an outward form | Synonyms: exteriorisation, exteriorization, externalisation |
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(noun) attributing to outside causes | Synonyms: externalisation |
externalize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, objectify |
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(verb) regard as objective | Synonyms: externalise, project |
extravaganza | (noun) any lavishly staged or spectacular entertainment | - |
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ezed | (noun) the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet | Synonyms: izzard, Z, z, zed, zee |
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factorization | (noun) (mathematics) the resolution of an expression into factors such that when multiplied together they give the original expression | Synonyms: factoring, factorisation |
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factorize | (verb) resolve (a polynomial) into factors | Synonyms: factorise |
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familiarization | (noun) the experience of becoming familiar with something | Synonyms: familiarisation |
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familiarize | (verb) make familiar or conversant with | Synonyms: acquaint, familiarise |
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familiarized | (adjective) having achieved a comfortable relation with your environment | Synonyms: adjusted, familiarised |
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familiarizing | (adjective) serving to make familiar | Synonyms: familiarising |
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fantasize | (verb) indulge in fantasies | Synonyms: fantasise, fantasy |
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(verb) portray in the mind | Synonyms: fantasise |
faze | (verb) disturb the composure of | Synonyms: enervate, unnerve, unsettle |
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fazed | (adjective) caused to show discomposure | Synonyms: bothered, daunted |
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federalization | (noun) the act of being put under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
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(noun) the state of being under federal control | Synonyms: federalisation |
federalize | (verb) unite on a federal basis or band together as a league | Synonyms: federalise, federate |
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(verb) put under the control and authority of a federal government | Synonyms: federalise |
(verb) enter into a league for a common purpose | Synonyms: federalise, federate |
feminization | (noun) the process of becoming feminized; the development of female characteristics (loss of facial hair or breast enlargement) in a male because of hormonal disorders or castration | Synonyms: feminisation |
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feminize | (verb) to give a (more) feminine, effeminate, or womanly quality or appearance to | Synonyms: effeminise, effeminize, feminise, womanize |
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(verb) assume (more) feminine characteristics | Synonyms: feminise |
fertilizable | (adjective) capable of being fertilized | - |
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fertilization | (noun) creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant | Synonyms: fecundation, fertilisation, impregnation |
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(noun) making fertile as by applying fertilizer or manure | Synonyms: dressing, fecundation, fertilisation |
fertilize | (verb) introduce semen into (a female) | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilise, inseminate |
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(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to | Synonyms: feed, fertilise |
(verb) make fertile or productive | Synonyms: fecundate, fertilise |
fertilizer | (noun) any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile | Synonyms: fertiliser, plant food |
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feryaz | (noun) a broad kaftan with long sleeves, worn by the nobility in Russia in the 16th and 17th centuries. | - |
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fetishize | (verb) make a fetish of | - |
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feudalize | (verb) bring (a country or people) under feudalism | - |
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fez | (noun) a felt cap (usually red) for a man; shaped like a flat-topped cone with a tassel that hangs from the crown | Synonyms: tarboosh |
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fictionalization | (noun) writing in a fictional form | Synonyms: fabrication, fictionalisation |
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(noun) a literary work based partly or wholly on fact but written as if it were fiction | Synonyms: fictionalisation |
fictionalize | (verb) convert into the form or the style of a novel | Synonyms: fictionalise, novelise, novelize |
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(verb) make into fiction | Synonyms: fictionalise, retell |
finalization | (noun) the act of finalizing | Synonyms: finalisation |
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finalize | (verb) make final; put the last touches on; put into final form | Synonyms: finalise, nail down, settle |
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fizgig | (noun) a firework that fizzes as it moves | - |
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(noun) an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish | Synonyms: fishgig, gig, lance, spear |
fizz | (noun) an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) | - |
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(verb) become bubbly or frothy or foaming | Synonyms: effervesce, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle |
fizzing | (adjective) hissing and bubbling | Synonyms: fizzy |
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fizzle | (noun) a complete failure | Synonyms: bust, flop |
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(noun) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval) | Synonyms: hiss, hissing, hushing, sibilation |
(verb) end weakly | Synonyms: fizzle out, peter out, taper off |
fizzy | (adjective) hissing and bubbling | Synonyms: fizzing |
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floozie | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozy, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
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floozy | (noun) a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets | Synonyms: floozie, hooker, hustler, slattern, street girl, streetwalker |
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flunitrazepam | (noun) a depressant and tranquilizer (trade name Rohypnol) often used in the commission of sexual assault; legally available in Europe and Mexico and Colombia | Synonyms: Rohypnol |
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fluoridization | (noun) the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) | Synonyms: fluoridation, fluoridisation |
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fluoridize | (verb) subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride | Synonyms: fluoridate, fluoridise |
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fluphenazine | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic disorders | - |
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flurazepam | (noun) tranquilizer (trade name Dalmane) used to treat insomnia | Synonyms: Dalmane, flurazepam hydrochloride |
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focalization | (noun) the act of bringing into focus | Synonyms: focalisation, focusing |
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(noun) the confinement of an infection to a limited area | Synonyms: focalisation |
focalize | (verb) become focussed or come into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus |
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(verb) put (an image) into focus | Synonyms: focalise, focus, sharpen |
(verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, concentre, focalise, focus |
(verb) concentrate on a particular place or spot | Synonyms: focalise, localise, localize |
formalization | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalisation |
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formalize | (verb) make formal or official | Synonyms: formalise |
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(verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalise, validate |
formalized | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalistic |
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(adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalised |
formularize | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularise |
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fossilization | (noun) becoming inflexible or out of date | Synonyms: fossilisation |
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(noun) the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone | Synonyms: fossilisation |
fossilize | (verb) convert to a fossil | Synonyms: fossilise |
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(verb) become mentally inflexible | Synonyms: fossilise |
fossilized | (adjective) set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs | Synonyms: fossilised, ossified |
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fragmentize | (verb) break or cause to break into pieces | Synonyms: break up, fragment, fragmentise |
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fraternization | (noun) associating with others in a brotherly or friendly way; especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternisation |
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fraternize | (verb) be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother, especially with an enemy | Synonyms: fraternise |
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frazzle | (noun) a state of extreme exhaustion | - |
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(verb) exhaust physically or emotionally | - |
(verb) wear away by rubbing | Synonyms: fray |
freeze | (noun) an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement | Synonyms: halt |
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(noun) fixing (of prices or wages etc) at a particular level | - |
(noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing | Synonyms: frost |
(noun) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | Synonyms: freezing |
(verb) be cold | - |
(verb) anesthetize by cold | - |
(verb) suddenly behave coldly and formally | - |
(verb) change to ice | - |
(verb) stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it | Synonyms: suspend |
(verb) cause to freeze | - |
(verb) prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) | Synonyms: block, immobilise, immobilize |
(verb) change from a liquid to a solid when cold | Synonyms: freeze down, freeze out |
(verb) stop moving or become immobilized | Synonyms: stop dead |
(verb) be very cold, below the freezing point | - |
freezer | (noun) electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time | Synonyms: deep-freeze, deep freezer, Deepfreeze |
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freezing | (noun) the withdrawal of heat to change something from a liquid to a solid | Synonyms: freeze |
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frenzied | (adjective) excessively agitated; distraught with fear or other violent emotion | Synonyms: frantic, frenetic, phrenetic |
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(adjective) affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason | Synonyms: manic |
frenziedly | (adverb) in a frenzied manner | Synonyms: hectically |
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frenzy | (noun) state of violent mental agitation | Synonyms: craze, delirium, fury, hysteria |
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friendzone | (verb) To treat as a friend although the other party has romantic feelings | - |
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frieze | (noun) a heavy woolen fabric with a long nap | - |
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(noun) an architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice | - |
frizz | (noun) the condition of being formed into small tight curls | - |
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(verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, crimp, frizzle, kink, kink up |
frizzle | (verb) fry something until it curls and becomes crisp | - |
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(verb) curl tightly | Synonyms: crape, crimp, frizz, kink, kink up |
frizzly | (adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls | Synonyms: crisp, frizzy, kinky, nappy |
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frizzy | (adjective) (of hair) in small tight curls | Synonyms: crisp, frizzly, kinky, nappy |
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frowzled | (adjective) in disarray; extremely disorderly | Synonyms: disheveled, dishevelled, rumpled, tousled |
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frowzy | (adjective) negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt | Synonyms: frowsy, slovenly |
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frozen | (adjective) turned into ice; affected by freezing or by long and severe cold | - |
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(adjective) devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | Synonyms: frigid, frosty, glacial, icy, wintry |
(adjective) not convertible to cash | - |
(adjective) absolutely still | Synonyms: rooted, stock-still |
(adjective) (used of foods) preserved by freezing sufficiently rapidly to retain flavor and nutritional value | Synonyms: flash-frozen, quick-frozen |
(adjective) incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g. "frozen prices" | Synonyms: fixed |
(adjective) not thawed | - |
furze | (noun) very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe | Synonyms: gorse, Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, whin |
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fuze | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming |
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fuzee | (noun) any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | Synonyms: fuse, fusee, fuze, primer, priming |
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(noun) a friction match with a large head that will stay alight in the wind | Synonyms: fusee |
(noun) a colored flare used as a warning signal by trucks and trains | Synonyms: fusee |
fuzz | (noun) the first beard of an adolescent boy | - |
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(noun) a hazy or indistinct representation | Synonyms: blur |
(noun) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | Synonyms: bull, cop, copper, pig |
(noun) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | Synonyms: hair, tomentum |
fuzzed | (adjective) covering with fine light hairs | Synonyms: fuzzy |
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fuzziness | (noun) the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines | Synonyms: blurriness, fogginess, indistinctness, softness |
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fuzzy | (adjective) covering with fine light hairs | Synonyms: fuzzed |
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(adjective) confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out | - |
(adjective) indistinct or hazy in outline | Synonyms: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, hazy, muzzy |
galvanization | (noun) either the work of covering with metal by the use of a galvanic current or the coating of iron with zinc to protect it from rusting | Synonyms: galvanisation |
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(noun) stimulation that arouses a person to lively action | Synonyms: galvanisation |
(noun) stimulation with a galvanic current | Synonyms: galvanisation |
galvanize | (verb) stimulate (muscles) by administering a shock | Synonyms: galvanise |
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(verb) cover with zinc | Synonyms: galvanise |
(verb) to stimulate to action | Synonyms: galvanise, startle |
galvanizer | (noun) a leader who stimulates and excites people to action | Synonyms: galvaniser, inspirer |
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(noun) a skilled worker who coats iron or steel with zinc | Synonyms: galvaniser |
galvanizing | (adjective) affected by emotion as if by electricity; thrilling | Synonyms: electric, galvanic, galvanising |
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garbanzo | (noun) large white roundish Asiatic legume; usually dried | Synonyms: chickpea |
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(noun) the seed of the chickpea plant | Synonyms: chickpea |
gauze | (noun) a net of transparent fabric with a loose open weave | Synonyms: netting, veiling |
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(noun) (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings | Synonyms: gauze bandage |
gauzy | (adjective) so thin as to transmit light | Synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous |
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gazania | (noun) any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers | - |
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gaze | (noun) a long fixed look | Synonyms: regard |
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(verb) look at with fixed eyes | Synonyms: stare |
gazebo | (noun) a small roofed building affording shade and rest | Synonyms: summerhouse |
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gazelle | (noun) small swift graceful antelope of Africa and Asia having lustrous eyes | - |
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gazette | (noun) a newspaper or official journal | - |
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(verb) publish in a gazette | - |
gazetteer | (noun) a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas) | - |
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(noun) a journalist who writes for a gazette | - |
gazillion | (noun) a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) | Synonyms: bazillion, billion, jillion, million, trillion, zillion |
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gazpacho | (noun) a soup made with chopped tomatoes and onions and cucumbers and peppers and herbs; served cold | - |
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