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| alarm |
to warn of danger. [1/5 definitions] |
| angerless |
combined form of anger. |
| annex |
to add or attach, esp. to something larger. [1/4 definitions] |
| antimerger |
combined form of merger. |
| anxious |
eager. [1/3 definitions] |
| anymore |
any longer. [1/2 definitions] |
| arm2 |
to fortify or make stronger. [1/7 definitions] |
| beer |
a nonalcoholic drink made from the roots of plants such as birch and ginger. [1/2 definitions] |
| bet |
stake; wager. [1/7 definitions] |
| better |
larger. [1/14 definitions] |
| black flag |
see "Jolly Roger." |
| boss1 |
a person who employs others or supervises their work; manager. [1/7 definitions] |
| bristle |
to erect the bristles in fright or anger. [2/6 definitions] |
| buffo |
a comic role in an opera, usu. one for a bass singer. [1/2 definitions] |
| bulimia |
abnormally continuous and extreme hunger. [1/2 definitions] |
| burger |
a cooked ground beef patty, usu. served as a sandwich; hamburger. [1/2 definitions] |
| businessperson |
a person who works in business or commerce, esp. an executive or manager. |
| cantatrice |
(Italian and French) a professional female singer. |
| centime |
a monetary unit of several countries, including Chad, Algeria, Haiti, and Niger. (Cf. franc, dinar, gourde.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Chad |
a central African country bordered by Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, and Niger. |
| Chinese boxes |
a set of boxes of graded sizes, the smaller nested inside the larger. |
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