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Cue

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promptverbQuick; acting without delay.
clewnounYarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
cluenounInformation which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
remindverb(transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
discriminative stimulusnoun(behavioral psychology) A stimulus, associated with reinforcement or punishment, that exerts control over a particular form of behavior; the subject discriminates between closely related stimuli and elicits a specific behavior more frequently or less frequently only in the presence of that stimulus.
cue stickA cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards.
pool sticknounsports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
pool cuenounsports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards

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clewnounYarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
discriminative stimulusnoun(behavioral psychology) A stimulus, associated with reinforcement or punishment, that exerts control over a particular form of behavior; the subject discriminates between closely related stimuli and elicits a specific behavior more frequently or less frequently only in the presence of that stimulus.
cluenounInformation which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
remindnoun(colloquial or nonstandard) An act of reminding; a reminder.
promptnounA reminder or cue.
cue stickA cue stick (or simply cue, more specifically billiards cue, pool cue, or snooker cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards.
pool cuenounsports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
pool sticknounsports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
decnounA diminutive of the male given name Declan.
hournoun(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
markernounSomeone or something that creates marks, particularly
roundnounA circular or spherical object or part of an object.
lairnounA place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
aftershocknoun(seismology) An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
guidenounSomeone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation, or to lead them through dangerous terrain.
beaconnoun(figurative) That which gives notice of danger, hope, etc., or keeps people on the correct path; a source of inspiration.
marknoun(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
indexnounAn alphabetical listing of items and their location.
towernounAny very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
poolnounA small and rather deep area of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream or river; a reservoir for water.

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