accelerando | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in tempo | - |
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(noun) a gradually increasing tempo of music | - |
(adverb) with increasing speed | - |
allargando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and broadening in manner | - |
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calando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo and volume | - |
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commando | (noun) an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory | - |
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(noun) a member of a military unit trained as shock troops for hit-and-run raids | Synonyms: ranger |
condo | (noun) one of the dwelling units in a condominium | Synonyms: condominium |
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crescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in volume | - |
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(noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness | - |
(verb) grow louder | - |
decrescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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(noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: diminuendo |
(verb) grow quieter | - |
diminuendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: decrescendo |
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(noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: decrescendo |
glissando | (noun) a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale | - |
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(adverb) (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes) | - |
innuendo | (noun) an indirect (and usually malicious) implication | Synonyms: insinuation |
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rallentando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rit., ritardando, ritenuto |
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(adverb) slowing down | - |
ritardando | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in tempo | Synonyms: rallentando, rit., ritenuto |
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rondo | (noun) a musical form that is often the last movement of a sonata | Synonyms: rondeau |
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secondo | (noun) the second or lower part of a duet (especially a piano duet) | - |
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sforzando | (noun) (music) a notation written above a note and indicating that it is to be played with a strong initial attack | - |
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(noun) an accented chord | - |
taekwondo | (noun) a Korean martial art similar to karate | Synonyms: tae kwon do |
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tamarindo | (noun) large tropical seed pod with very tangy pulp that is eaten fresh or cooked with rice and fish or preserved for curries and chutneys | Synonyms: tamarind |
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(noun) long-lived tropical evergreen tree with a spreading crown and feathery evergreen foliage and fragrant flowers yielding hard yellowish wood and long pods with edible chocolate-colored acidic pulp | Synonyms: tamarind, tamarind tree, Tamarindus indica |
undo | (verb) cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect | - |
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(verb) cause to become loose | Synonyms: loosen, untie |
(verb) remove the outer cover or wrapping of | Synonyms: unwrap |
(verb) deprive of certain characteristics | Synonyms: unmake |
(verb) cause the ruin or downfall of | - |