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  • 91pucker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. wrinkle, crease, crinkle, ruffle, shirring. v. contract; corrugate, crinkle, wrinkle, shirr, ruffle. See fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. pleat, tuck, crease, furrow; see fold 1 , wrinkle . v. Syn. pleat …

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  • 92rumple — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. muss, dishevel, tousle, wrinkle, crumple. See roughness, disorder. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crumple, crush, fold; see wrinkle 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. wrinkle, mess up, muss up, crinkle …

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  • 93wrinkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. furrow, crease, pucker, fold, corrugation, rumple; crinkle, crow s foot; informal, angle, development, gimmick. v. t. crease, rumple, fold. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crease, furrow, crinkle, ridge, fold …

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  • 94plica — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plication, pucker, rim ple, ruck2, rumple, wrinkle. See SMOOTH …

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  • 95rimple — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, ruck2, rumple, wrinkle. See SMOOTH. II verb To make irregular folds in,… …

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  • 96ruck — I (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A line or an arrangement made by the doubling of one part over another: crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, fold, pleat, plica, plication, pucker, rimple, rumple, wrinkle. See SMOOTH. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1.… …

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  • 97dumdum — n a stupid person. An embellishment (by the linguistic process known as redu plication , which is common in nursery words) of dumb. See also dumbo …

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  • 98dum-dum — n a stupid person. An embellishment (by the linguistic process known as redu plication , which is common in nursery words) of dumb. See also dumbo …

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  • 99plicature — n. Fold, doubling, double, plait, gather, plication …

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  • 100fiction — fiction, figment, fabrication, fable are comparable when meaning a story, an account, an explanation, or a conception which is an invention of the human mind. Fiction so strongly implies the use of the imagination that it serves as the class name …

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