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asylum
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A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
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lightbox
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A box containing a source of light and a white, translucent cover, used to view photographic transparencies.
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lightbox
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A box containing fluorescent tubes or LED technology, used to treat people with seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and circadian rhythm disorders.
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lightbox
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A kind of pop-up that is overlaid across a web page while the rest of the content is dimmed.
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lightbox
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A backbox.
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lightbox
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A device used in phreaking that indicates when a telephone line is in use by means of a light.
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stake
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A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a marker or a support or stay.
We have surveyor's stakes at all four corners of this field, to mark exactly its borders.
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stake
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A piece of wood driven in the ground, placed in the middle of the court, that is used as the finishing point after scoring 12 hoops in croquet.
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stake
/steɪk/
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A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer, or the like, to prevent goods from falling off.
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stake
/steɪk/
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(with definite article) The piece of timber to which a person condemned to death was affixed to be burned.
Thomas Cranmer was burnt at the stake.
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stake
/steɪk/
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A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
The owners let the managers eventually earn a stake in the business.
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stake
/steɪk/
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That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
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stake
/steɪk/
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A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching hole in or cutting a work piece, or for specific forming techniques etc.
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stake
/steɪk/
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A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical area.
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stake
/steɪk/
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To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
to stake vines or plants
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stake
/steɪk/
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To pierce or wound with a stake.
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stake
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To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
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stake
/steɪk/
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To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business venture.
His family staked him $10,000 to get his business started.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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A mixed alcoholic beverage.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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A mixture of other substances or things.
Scientists found a cocktail of pollutants in the river downstream from the chemical factory.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in its veins.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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A species of rove beetle, so called from its habit of elevating the tail.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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To adulterate (fuel, etc.) by mixing in other substances.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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To treat (a person) to cocktails.
He dined and cocktailed her at the most exclusive bars and restaurants.
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cocktail
/ˈkɒkteɪl/
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Ostentatiously lacking in manners.
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outlets
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A vent or similar passage to allow the escape of something.
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outlets
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Something which allows for the release of one's desires.
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outlets
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A river that runs out of a lake.
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outlets
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A shop that sells the products of a particular manufacturer or supplier.
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outlets
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A wall-mounted device such as a socket or receptacle connected to an electrical system at which current is taken to supply utilization equipment or appliances.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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The quality of being varied; diversity.
Variety is the spice of life.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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A specific variation of something.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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A number of different things.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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A state of constant change.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species and subspecies.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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The total number of distinct states of a system.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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(universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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An algebraic variety.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
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varieties
/vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.tiz/
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The production of, or performance in, variety shows.
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arbor
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A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
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arbor
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A grove of trees.
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arbor
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An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
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arbor
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A bar for supporting cutting tools.
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arbor
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A spindle of a wheel.
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configurations
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Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing's shape; figure; form factor.
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configurations
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Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.
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configurations
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The way things are arranged or put together in order to achieve a result.
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configurations
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The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
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configurations
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A finite set of points and lines (and sometimes planes), generally with equal numbers of points per line and equal numbers of lines per point.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism.
We used a poison to kill the weeds.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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Something that harms a person or thing.
Gossip is a malicious poison.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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A drink; liquor.
— I'll have a glass of whisky.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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Any substance that inhibits catalytic activity.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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To use poison to kill or paralyse (somebody).
The assassin poisoned the king.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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To pollute; to cause to become poisonous.
That factory is poisoning the river.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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To cause to become much worse.
He poisoned the mood in the room with his non-stop criticism.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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To cause (someone) to hate or to have unfair negative opinions.
She's poisoned him against all his old friends.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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To inhibit the catalytic activity of.
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poison
/ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/
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To place false information into (a cache) as part of an exploit.
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