4-Letter Nouns Ending With E

Here's the list of all the 531 4-Letter Nouns Ending With E in the English Language.

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have
1. a person who possesses great material wealth
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home
1. where you live at a particular time
2. housing that someone is living in
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page
1. one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains
2. a boy who is employed to run errands
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free
1. people who are free
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time
1. an instance or single occasion for some event
2. a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
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site
1. the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located)
2. physical position in relation to the surroundings
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here
1. the present location; this place; location, proximal pronoun; demonstrative pronoun, location; quantifier: demonstrative determiner, singular, proximal
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like
1. a similar kind
2. a kind of person
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date
1. the specified day of the month
2. a participant in a date
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name
1. a language unit by which a person or thing is known
2. a person's reputation
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make
1. a recognizable kind
2. the act of mixing cards haphazardly
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life
1. a characteristic state or mode of living
2. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
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line
1. a formation of people or things one beside another
2. a mark that is long relative to its width
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type
1. a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
2. a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
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take
1. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
2. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
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code
1. a set of rules or principles or laws (especially written ones)
2. a coding system used for transmitting messages requiring brevity or secrecy
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file
1. a set of related records (either written or electronic) kept together
2. a line of persons or things ranged one behind the other
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case
1. an occurrence of something
2. a special set of circumstances
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game
1. a contest with rules to determine a winner
2. a single play of a sport or other contest
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care
1. the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
2. judiciousness in avoiding harm or danger
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size
1. the physical magnitude of something (how big it is)
2. the property resulting from being one of a series of graduated measurements (as of clothing)
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rate
1. a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
2. amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
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love
1. a strong positive emotion of regard and affection
2. any object of warm affection or devotion
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save
1. (sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring
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sale
1. a particular instance of selling
2. the general activity of selling
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note
1. a brief written record
2. a short personal letter
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come
1. the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
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side
1. a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
2. one of two or more contesting groups
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give
1. the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
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blue
1. blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
2. blue clothing
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five
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
2. a team that plays basketball
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true
1. proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment
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none
1. a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
2. a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
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lake
1. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land
2. a purplish red pigment prepared from lac or cochineal
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fire
1. the event of something burning (often destructive)
2. the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
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face
1. the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear
2. the feelings expressed on a person's face
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base
1. installation from which a military force initiates operations
2. lowest support of a structure
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hope
1. a specific instance of feeling hopeful
2. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
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role
1. the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group
2. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play
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fine
1. money extracted as a penalty
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move
1. the act of deciding to do something
2. the act of changing your residence or place of business
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mode
1. how something is done or how it happens
2. a particular functioning condition or arrangement
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male
1. an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
2. a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
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safe
1. strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
2. a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
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tree
1. a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2. a figure that branches from a single root
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wine
1. fermented juice (of grapes especially)
2. a red as dark as red wine
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vote
1. a choice that is made by counting the number of people in favor of each alternative
2. the opinion of a group as determined by voting
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rule
1. a principle or condition that customarily governs behavior
2. something regarded as a normative example
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race
1. any competition
2. a contest of speed
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core
1. a small group of indispensable persons or things
2. the center of an object
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mike
1. device for converting sound waves into electrical energy
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wife
1. a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
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zone
1. a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features
2. any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
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edge
1. the boundary of a surface
2. a line determining the limits of an area
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rose
1. any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
2. pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began
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hire
1. a newly hired employee
2. the act of hiring something or someone
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gene
1. (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity
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vice
1. moral weakness
2. a specific form of evildoing
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wire
1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc
2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance
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tape
1. a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening
2. a recording made on magnetic tape
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rise
1. a growth in strength or number or importance
2. the act of changing location in an upward direction
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cape
1. a strip of land projecting into a body of water
2. a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter
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mine
1. excavation in the earth from which ores and minerals are extracted
2. explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel
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hide
1. the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)
2. body covering of a living animal
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nine
1. the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one
2. a team of professional baseball players who play and travel together
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hole
1. an opening into or through something
2. an opening deliberately made in or through something
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ride
1. a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)
2. a mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement
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lane
1. a narrow way or road
2. a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic
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bike
1. a motor vehicle with two wheels and a strong frame
2. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
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wave
1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
2. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
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babe
1. a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
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node
1. a connecting point at which several lines come together
2. any thickened enlargement
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mile
1. a unit of length equal to 1,760 yards or 5,280 feet; exactly 1609.344 meters
2. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
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hate
1. the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
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rice
1. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
2. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
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bone
1. rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
2. the porous calcified substance from which bones are made
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gate
1. a movable barrier in a fence or wall
2. a computer circuit with several inputs but only one output that can be activated by particular combinations of inputs
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tone
1. the quality of a person's voice
2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
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tube
1. conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
2. electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope
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cake
1. a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)
2. small flat mass of chopped or ground food
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cafe
1. a small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold
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shoe
1. footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material
2. (card games) a case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time
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pipe
1. a tube with a small bowl at one end; used for smoking tobacco
2. a long tube made of metal or plastic that is used to carry water or oil or gas etc.
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dose
1. a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
2. the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time
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wake
1. the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
2. the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
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ease
1. freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort
2. a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state
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pine
1. a coniferous tree
2. straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus
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sole
1. the underside of footwear or a golf club
2. lean flesh of any of several flatfish
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wise
1. a way of doing or being
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duke
1. a British peer of the highest rank
2. a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank
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pace
1. the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
2. the distance covered by a step
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wage
1. something that remunerates
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mice
1. any of numerous small rodents typically resembling diminutive rats having pointed snouts and small ears on elongated bodies with slender usually hairless tails
2. a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye
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fame
1. the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed
2. favorable public reputation
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tune
1. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence
2. the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
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byte
1. a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
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nose
1. the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
2. a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
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cole
1. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
2. coarse curly-leafed cabbage
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tale
1. 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
2. a trivial lie
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fake
1. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses
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cure
1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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mate
1. the officer below the master on a commercial ship
2. a fellow member of a team
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isle
1. a small island
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dale
1. an open river valley (in a hilly area)
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pole
1. a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic
2. one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions
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tire
1. hoop that covers a wheel
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joke
1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
2. activity characterized by good humor
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pope
1. the head of the Roman Catholic Church
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tile
1. a flat thin rectangular slab (as of fired clay or rubber or linoleum) used to cover surfaces
2. a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
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knee
1. hinge joint in the human leg connecting the tibia and fibula with the femur and protected in front by the patella
2. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
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dive
1. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
2. a headlong plunge into water
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nuke
1. the warhead of a missile designed to deliver an atom bomb
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sage
1. a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
2. aromatic fresh or dried grey-green leaves used widely as seasoning for meats and fowl and game etc
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cave
1. a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea
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lace
1. a cord that is drawn through eyelets or around hooks in order to draw together two edges (as of a shoe or garment)
2. a delicate decorative fabric woven in an open web of symmetrical patterns
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mere
1. a small pond of standing water
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cube
1. a hexahedron with six equal squares as faces
2. a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides
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fate
1. an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future
2. the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events
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cite
1. a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
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rope
1. a strong line
2. street names for flunitrazepam
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hose
1. socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear)
2. man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet
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tide
1. the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon
2. something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea)
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acre
1. a unit of area (4840 square yards) used in English-speaking countries
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dare
1. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy
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sake
1. Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
2. a reason for wanting something done
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dude
1. an informal form of address for a man
2. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
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gore
1. coagulated blood from a wound
2. a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
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cage
1. an enclosure made or wire or metal bars in which birds or animals can be kept
2. something that restricts freedom as a cage restricts movement
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rage
1. a feeling of intense anger
2. a state of extreme anger
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acne
1. an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
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bite
1. a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
2. a small amount of solid food; a mouthful
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dice
1. a small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
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fare
1. an agenda of things to do
2. the sum charged for riding in a public conveyance
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dame
1. informal terms for a (young) woman
2. a woman of refinement
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idle
1. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
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cove
1. a small inlet
2. small or narrow cave in the side of a cliff or mountain
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mime
1. an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
2. a performance using gestures and body movements without words
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pale
1. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
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gale
1. a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale
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dome
1. a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
2. informal terms for a human head
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ware
1. articles of the same kind or material; usually used in combination: `silverware', `software'
2. items for sale to the individual consumer
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jade
1. a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite
2. a woman adulterer
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pose
1. affected manners intended to impress others
2. a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes
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gage
1. street names for marijuana
2. a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
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urge
1. an instinctive motive
2. a strong restless desire
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cope
1. brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
2. a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
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lime
1. a caustic substance produced by heating limestone
2. a white crystalline oxide used in the production of calcium hydroxide
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pike
1. a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic
2. highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh
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pile
1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
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glue
1. cement consisting of a sticky substance that is used as an adhesive
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cone
1. any cone-shaped artifact
2. a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point
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clue
1. a slight indication
2. evidence that helps to solve a problem
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tome
1. a (usually) large and scholarly book
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vase
1. an open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers
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cote
1. a small shelter for domestic animals (as sheep or pigeons)
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hike
1. a long walk usually for exercise or pleasure
2. an increase in cost
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bore
1. a person who evokes boredom
2. a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
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tote
1. a capacious bag or basket
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vine
1. a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
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vale
1. a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river
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fade
1. a golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer
2. gradually ceasing to be visible
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coke
1. carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
2. street names for cocaine
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cane
1. a stick that people can lean on to help them walk
2. a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
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sore
1. an open skin infection
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aide
1. an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
2. someone who acts as assistant
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dove
1. any of numerous small pigeons
2. someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
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hype
1. blatant or sensational promotion
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rite
1. an established ceremony prescribed by a religion
2. any customary observance or practice
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muse
1. the source of an artist's inspiration
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lame
1. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
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fuse
1. an electrical device that can interrupt the flow of electrical current when it is overloaded
2. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
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wipe
1. the act of rubbing or wiping
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mare
1. female equine animal
2. a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon
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kite
1. a bank check that has been fraudulently altered to increase its face value
2. a bank check drawn on insufficient funds at another bank in order to take advantage of the float
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rave
1. a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played
2. an extravagantly enthusiastic review
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axle
1. a shaft on which a wheel rotates
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maze
1. complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
2. something jumbled or confused
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fore
1. front part of a vessel or aircraft
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mute
1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
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robe
1. any loose flowing garment
2. outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
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pane
1. sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
2. a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
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vibe
1. a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively
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mole
1. spicy sauce often containing chocolate
2. the molecular weight of a substance expressed in grams; the basic unit of amount of substance adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
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fife
1. a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
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mule
1. hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse; usually sterile
2. a slipper that has no fitting around the heel
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gaze
1. a long fixed look
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haze
1. atmospheric moisture or dust or smoke that causes reduced visibility
2. confusion characterized by lack of clarity
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lure
1. qualities that attract by seeming to promise some kind of reward
2. anything that serves as an enticement
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acme
1. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
2. the highest point (of something)
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ante
1. (poker) the initial contribution that each player makes to the pot
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hare
1. swift timid long-eared mammal larger than a rabbit having a divided upper lip and long hind legs; young born furred and with open eyes
2. flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
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dune
1. a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans
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dime
1. a United States coin worth one tenth of a dollar
2. street name for a packet of illegal drugs that is sold for ten dollars
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aloe
1. succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers; found chiefly in Africa
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tyre
1. hoop that covers a wheel
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lore
1. knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote
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jive
1. a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
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rake
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
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dyke
1. (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
2. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
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sire
1. a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority
2. the founder of a family
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lube
1. a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery
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poke
1. tall coarse perennial American herb having small white flowers followed by blackish-red berries on long drooping racemes; young fleshy stems are edible; berries and root are poisonous
2. someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
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dope
1. street names for marijuana
2. an ignorant or foolish person
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sine
1. ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle
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meme
1. a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
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bile
1. a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
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mace
1. an official who carries a mace of office
2. spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed
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pore
1. any tiny hole admitting passage of a liquid (fluid or gas)
2. any small opening in the skin or outer surface of an animal
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pave
1. a setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows
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dole
1. a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given
2. money received from the state
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tore
1. commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
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arse
1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
2. vulgar slang for anus
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oboe
1. a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
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lobe
1. (anatomy) a somewhat rounded subdivision of a bodily organ or part
2. (botany) a part into which a leaf is divided
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ache
1. a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain
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yoke
1. fabric comprising a fitted part at the top of a garment
2. an oppressive power
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bale
1. a large bundle bound for storage or transport
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lice
1. wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
2. a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect
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rune
1. any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages
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hive
1. a teeming multitude
2. a man-made receptacle that houses a swarm of bees
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lire
1. the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
2. the basic unit of money in Turkey
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mite
1. a slight but appreciable amount
2. any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods
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hone
1. a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors
2. a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.
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pate
1. liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned
2. the top of the head
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ogre
1. a cruel wicked and inhuman person
2. (folklore) a giant who likes to eat human beings
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flue
1. flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
2. organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
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bane
1. something causing misery or death
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daze
1. the feeling of distress and disbelief that you have when something bad happens accidentally
2. confusion characterized by lack of clarity
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jute
1. a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks
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ooze
1. any thick, viscous matter
2. the process of seeping
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fume
1. a cloud of fine particles suspended in a gas
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vise
1. a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to hold workpiece firmly in place
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lute
1. a substance for packing a joint or coating a porous surface to make it impervious to gas or liquid
2. chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
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neve
1. the upper part of a glacier (beyond the limit of perpetual snow) where the snow turns to ice
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vane
1. mechanical device attached to an elevated structure; rotates freely to show the direction of the wind
2. a fin attached to the tail of an arrow, bomb or missile in order to stabilize or guide it
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mane
1. long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
2. growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
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nave
1. the central area of a church
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puke
1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
2. the matter ejected in vomiting
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glee
1. great merriment
2. malicious satisfaction
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kale
1. informal terms for money
2. a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head
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juke
1. a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
2. (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
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dike
1. (slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine
2. a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea
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luge
1. a racing sled for one or two people
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rete
1. a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels
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heme
1. a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds
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rote
1. memorization by repetition
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ruse
1. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
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mote
1. (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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dupe
1. a person who is tricked or swindled
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fete
1. an elaborate party (often outdoors)
2. an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place)
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duce
1. leader
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tine
1. prong on a fork or pitchfork or antler
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lode
1. a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
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toke
1. a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette
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wane
1. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)
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wale
1. a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions
2. thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
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abbe
1. a French abbot
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lyre
1. a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
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mire
1. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
2. deep soft mud in water or slush
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kine
1. domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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loge
1. balcony consisting of the forward section of a theater mezzanine
2. private area in a theater or grandstand where a small group can watch the performance
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tole
1. enameled or lacquered metalware (usually gilded and elaborately painted); popular in the 18th century
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yore
1. time long past
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hake
1. the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
2. any of several marine food fishes related to cod
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tare
1. an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
2. any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
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wile
1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
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rime
1. ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside)
2. correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (especially final sounds)
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dyne
1. a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 cm/sec/sec to a mass of 1 gram
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brae
1. a slope or hillside
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vole
1. any of various small mouselike rodents of the family Cricetidae (especially of genus Microtus) having a stout short-tailed body and inconspicuous ears and inhabiting fields or meadows
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rube
1. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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ghee
1. clarified butter used in Indian cookery
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nape
1. the back side of the neck
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doze
1. a light fitful sleep
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fice
1. a nervous belligerent little mongrel dog
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gape
1. an expression of openmouthed astonishment
2. a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open)
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sone
1. a unit of perceived loudness equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz tone at 40 dB above threshold
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bole
1. a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)
2. the main stem of a tree; usually covered with bark; the bole is usually the part that is commercially useful for lumber
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doge
1. formerly the chief magistrate in the republics of Venice and Genoa
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dace
1. small European freshwater fish with a slender bluish-green body
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lope
1. a slow pace of running
2. a smooth three-beat gait; between a trot and a gallop
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mete
1. a line that indicates a boundary
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jibe
1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
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pyre
1. wood heaped for burning a dead body as a funeral rite
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apse
1. a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
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tope
1. a dome-shaped shrine erected by Buddhists
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puce
1. a color varying from dark purplish brown to dark red
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epee
1. a fencing sword similar to a foil but with a heavier blade
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pone
1. cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)
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hame
1. stable gear consisting of either of two curved supports that are attached to the collar of a draft horse and that hold the traces
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gyre
1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
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fuze
1. any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
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bine
1. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America
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cere
1. the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds
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