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1: characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn: {conscientious}, {scrupulous}]

1: in a fastidious and painstaking manner; "it is almost a waste of time painstakingly to learn the routines of selling" [syn: {fastidiously}]

1: the trait of being painstaking and careful [syn: {conscientiousness}] [ant: {unconscientiousness}]

1: a substance used as a coating to protect or decorate a surface (especially a mixture of pigment suspended in a liquid); dries to form a hard coating 2: (basketball) a space (including the foul line...

1: call to mind or evoke [syn: {suggest}, {evoke}]

1: showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru [syn: {Japanese poinsettia}, {mole plant}, {Euphorbia heterophylla}]

1: a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint

1: adorn unnecessarily (something that is already beautiful) [syn: {gild the lily}] 2: make unnecessary additions to what is already complete [syn: {gild the lily}]

1: lending itself to being painted; "a highly paintable landscape"; "made of sturdy eminently paintable wood" [ant: {unpaintable}]

1: a capsule filed with water-soluble dye used as a projectile in the game of paintball 2: a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by s...

1: an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic

1: a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists' paint

1: a brush used as an applicator (to apply paint)

1: represented in a painting; "as idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean" 2: coated with paint; "freshly painted lawn furniture" [ant: {unpainted}] 3: lacking substance or vitality as if produced...

1: American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots [syn: {Vanessa virginiensis}]

1: any of various plants of the genus Castilleja having dense spikes of hooded flowers with brightly colored bracts [syn: {Indian paintbrush}]

1: spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: {...

1: a desert on a high plateau in northeastern Arizona

1: greenling with whitish body marked with black bands [syn: {convict fish}, {convictfish}, {Oxylebius pictus}]

1: poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla [syn: {fire-on-the-mountain}, {Mexican fire plant}, {Euphorbia cyathophora}] 2: tropical American plant ha...

1: perennial aromatic herb of southeastern Asia having large usually bright-colored or blotched leaves and spikes of blue-violet flowers; sometimes placed in genus Solenostemon [syn: {Joseph's coat}, ...

1: sandgrouse of India [syn: {Pterocles indicus}]

1: freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States [syn: {painted turtle}, {painted tortoise}, {Chrysemys picta}]

1: Chilean herb having velvety funnel-shaped yellowish or violet flowers with long tonguelike styles at the corolla throat [syn: {Salpiglossis sinuata}]

1: freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States [syn: {painted turtle}, {painted terrapin}, {Chrysemys picta}]

1: freshwater turtles having bright yellow and red markings; common in the eastern United States [syn: {painted terrapin}, {painted tortoise}, {Chrysemys picta}]

1: any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers...

1: an artist who paints 2: a worker who is employed to cover objects with paint 3: a line that is attached to the bow of a boat and used for tying up (as when docking or towing) 4: large American feli...

1: symptom of chronic lead poisoning and associated with obstinate constipation [syn: {lead colic}]

1: having qualities unique to the art of painting

1: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre" [...

1: a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: {brace}] 2: two items of the same kind [syn: {couple}, {twosome}, {twain}, {brace}, {span}, {yoke}, {couplet}, {distich}, {duo}, {duet}, {dyad...

1: the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus [syn: {pair production}, {pair formation}]

1: the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus [syn: {pair production}, {pair creation}]

1: a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever [syn: {pincer}, {tweezer}, {pair of tweezers}]

1: a gripping hand tool with two hinged arms and (usually) serrated jaws [syn: {pliers}, {plyers}]

1: and edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades [syn: {scissors}]

1: any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below [syn: {tongs}]

1: a hand tool for holding consisting of a compound lever [syn: {pincer}, {pair of pincers}, {tweezer}]

1: a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: {virginal}]

1: form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" [syn: {pair}, {partner off}, {couple}]

1: the transformation of a gamma-ray photon into an electron and a positron when the photon passes close to an atomic nucleus [syn: {pair creation}, {pair formation}]

1: used of gloves, socks, etc. [syn: {mated}] 2: of leaves etc; growing in pairs on either side of a stem; "opposite leaves" [syn: {opposite}] [ant: {alternate}] 3: mated sexually

1: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring" [syn: {coupling}, {mating}, {conjugatio...

1: a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan [also: {paise} (pl)]

{paisa}

1: a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes

1: a member of either of two Shoshonean peoples (northern Paiute and southern Paiute) related to the Aztecs and living in the southwestern United States [syn: {Piute}] 2: the Shoshonean language spoke...

1: a Formosan language

1: loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers [syn: {pyjamas}, {pj's}, {jammies}] 2: lightweight trousers worn in various Eastern countries [syn: {pyjamas...

1: Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves [syn: {bok choy}, {bok choi}, {Chinese white cabbage}, {Brassica rapa chinensis}]

1: a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 [syn: {Isl...

1: of or relating to Pakistan or its people or language; "Pakistani mountain passes"; "Pakistani soldiers" n : a native or inhabitant of Pakistan

1: monetary unit in Pakistan

1: the basic unit of money in Pakistan; equal to 100 paisas [syn: {rupee}]

1: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities [syn: {buddy}, {brother}, {chum}, {crony}, {sidekick}] v : become friends; act friendly towards [syn: {pal up}, {chum up}] [also: {pal...

1: become friends; act friendly towards [syn: {pal}, {chum up}]

1: a large and stately mansion [syn: {castle}] 2: the governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order binding on all subjects" 3: a large ornate exhibition hall 4: official residence of an e...

1: a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs [syn: {parlor car}, {parlour car}, {drawing-room car}, {chair car}]

1: a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles [syn: {Versailles}]