Daily definitions:
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quench
88 Moby Thesaurus words for "quench":
allay, appease, asphyxiate, assuage, blow out, blunt, bottle up,
censor, chill, choke, choke off, clamp down on, cool, cork,
cork up, crack down on, crush, damp, damp down, dampen, deflect,
destroy, deter, disaffect, discourage, disincline, disinterest,
distract, divert, douse, drown, extinguish, feast, feed, gag,
gratify, hold down, indispose, jump on, keep down, keep under,
kill, muzzle, out, overcome, pour water on, put, put down, put off,
put out, quash, quell, reduce, regale, repel, repress, sate,
satiate, satisfy, shut down on, silence, sit down on, sit on,
slack, slake, smash, smother, snuff, snuff out, squash, squelch,
stamp out, stanch, stifle, strangle, stultify, subdue, suffocate,
suppress, surfeit, throttle, trample out, trample underfoot,
turn aside, turn away, turn from, turn off, wean from
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puzzle
puzzle \puz"zle\ (p[u^]z"z'l), n. [For opposal, in the sense of
problem. See Oppose, Pose, v.]
1. Something which perplexes or embarrasses; especially, a
toy or a problem contrived for testing ingenuity; also,
something exhibiting marvelous skill in making.
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2. The state of being puzzled; perplexity; as, to be in a
puzzle.
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winding-sheet
winding-sheet
n : burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn: pall, shroud,
cerement, winding-clothes]
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insidious
Insidious \In*sid"i*ous\, a. [L. insidiosus, fr. insidiae an
ambush, fr. insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit:
cf. F. insidieux. See Sit.]
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1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or
entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons;
as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." --Cowper.
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2. Intended to entrap; characterized by treachery and deceit;
as, insidious arts.
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The insidious whisper of the bad angel. --Hawthorne.
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3. Acting or proceeding unobserved or in a seemingly harmless
manner, but slowly or eventually doing great damage; as,
an insidious disease; an insidious plot.
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Insidious disease (Med.), a disease existing, without
marked symptoms, but ready to become active upon some
slight occasion; a disease not appearing to be as bad as
it really is.
Syn: Crafty; wily; artful; sly; designing; guileful;
circumventive; treacherous; deceitful; deceptive. --
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jumbled
Jumble \Jum"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jumbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Jumbling.] [Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or
shake.]
To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without
order; -- often followed by together or up.
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Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies
together? --Burton.
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Every clime and age
Jumbled together. --Tennyson.
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