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61japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
62Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …
63Pakistan — /pak euh stan , pah keuh stahn /, n. 1. Islamic Republic of, a republic in S Asia, between India and Afghanistan: formerly part of British India; known as West Pakistan from 1947 71 to distinguish it from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).… …
64Software protection dongle — This article is about the software protection devices. Dongle can also refer to, e.g., serial ports, USB flash drives, wireless networking devices, USB Mobile broadband modems. Daisy chained parallel port copy protection dongles. A software… …
65hamper — I verb arrest, balk, bar, barricade, bind, block, brake, bridle, burden, check, choke, clog, confine, counteract, cramp, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, estop, tetter, foil, frustrate, handicap, hinder, hold back, impede, impedire, impedite …
66prevent — I verb arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, checkmate, circumvent, contest, counter, counteract, countercheck, cut off, debar, defeat, deflect, delay, detain, deter, discourage, estop, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose,… …
67baffle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. foil, frustrate, balk, block; puzzle, nonplus; muffle. n. obstacle; reflector. See hindrance, doubt, silence. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To confuse] Syn. perplex, puzzle, bewilder; see confuse . 2. [To… …
68opposition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of opposing Nouns 1. (antagonism) opposition, antagonism, antipathy; enmity, hate; repugnance, oppugnancy, oppugnation, impugnation; contravention, contradiction; counteraction; counterplot;… …
69traverse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cross, ford, range, patrol; contradict, obstruct. See travel, passage. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cross over, move over, pass through; see cross 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. cross pass over,… …
70checkmate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. halt, thwart, counter, defeat; see check 2 , defeat 1 , halt 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, balk, check, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal: cross, stump.… …
