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abecedarian
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adj 1: alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
n 1: a novice learning the rudiments of some subject
2: a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who
had an absolute disdain for human knowledge
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again
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adv 1: anew; "she tried again"; "they rehearsed the scene again"
[syn: again, once again, once more, over again]
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agrarian
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adj 1: relating to rural matters; "an agrarian (or agricultural)
society"; "farming communities" [syn: agrarian,
agricultural, farming(a)]
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amen
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n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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antiquarian
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adj 1: of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques
or antiquities
2: of or relating to antiques or antiquities
n 1: an expert or collector of antiquities [syn: antiquary,
antiquarian, archaist]
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apiarian
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adj 1: relating to bees or beekeeping
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authoritarian
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adj 1: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule;
having absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime";
"autocratic government"; "despotic rulers"; "a
dictatorial rule that lasted for the duration of the
war"; "a tyrannical government" [syn: authoritarian,
autocratic, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic,
tyrannical]
2: expecting unquestioning obedience; "the timid child of
authoritarian parents"; "insufferably overbearing behavior
toward the waiter" [syn: authoritarian, dictatorial,
overbearing]
n 1: a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner; "my boss is a
dictator who makes everyone work overtime" [syn:
authoritarian, dictator]
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barbarian
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adj 1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn:
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized,
uncivilised, wild]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: savage,
barbarian]
2: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
[syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth,
tyke, tike]
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carrion
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n 1: the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human
food
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cayenne
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n 1: plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers;
usually red [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper, chili
pepper, chilli pepper, long pepper, jalapeno,
Capsicum annuum longum]
2: ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus
Capsicum [syn: cayenne, cayenne pepper, red pepper]
3: a long and often twisted hot red pepper [syn: cayenne,
cayenne pepper]
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centenarian
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adj 1: being at least 100 years old
n 1: someone who is at least 100 years old
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centurion
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n 1: (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
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clarion
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adj 1: loud and clear; "a clarion call"
n 1: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
v 1: blow the clarion
2: proclaim on, or as if on, a clarion
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comedienne
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n 1: a female actor in a comedy
2: a female comedian
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criterion
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n 1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which
other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with
federal standards"; "they set the measure for all
subsequent work" [syn: standard, criterion, measure,
touchstone]
2: the ideal in terms of which something can be judged; "they
live by the standards of their community" [syn: criterion,
standard]
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den
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n 1: the habitation of wild animals [syn: lair, den]
2: a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws [syn:
hideout, hideaway, den]
3: a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
4: a room that is comfortable and secluded
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disciplinarian
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n 1: someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
[syn: martinet, disciplinarian, moralist]
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durian
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n 1: tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a
hard spiny rind [syn: durian, durion, durian tree,
Durio zibethinus]
2: huge fruit native to southeastern Asia `smelling like Hell
and tasting like Heaven'; seeds are roasted and eaten like
nuts
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egalitarian
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adj 1: favoring social equality; "a classless society" [syn:
classless, egalitarian]
n 1: a person who believes in the equality of all people [syn:
egalitarian, equalitarian] [ant: elitist]
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empyrean
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adj 1: of or relating to the sky or heavens; "the empyrean
sphere" [syn: empyrean, empyreal]
2: inspiring awe; "well-meaning ineptitude that rises to
empyreal absurdity"- M.S.Dworkin; "empyrean aplomb"- Hamilton
Basso; "the sublime beauty of the night" [syn: empyreal,
empyrean, sublime]
n 1: the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which
celestial bodies appear to be projected [syn: celestial
sphere, sphere, empyrean, firmament, heavens,
vault of heaven, welkin]
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en
0
n 1: half the width of an em [syn: en, nut]
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equalitarian
0
n 1: a person who believes in the equality of all people [syn:
egalitarian, equalitarian] [ant: elitist]
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equestrian
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adj 1: of or relating to or composed of knights
2: of or relating to or featuring horseback riding
n 1: a man skilled in equitation [syn: horseman, equestrian,
horseback rider]
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fen
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n 1: 100 fen equal 1 yuan in China
2: low-lying wet land with grassy vegetation; usually is a
transition zone between land and water; "thousands of acres
of marshland"; "the fens of eastern England" [syn: marsh,
marshland, fen, fenland]
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glen
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n 1: a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains)
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grammarian
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n 1: a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and
syntax [syn: grammarian, syntactician]
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hen
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n 1: adult female chicken [syn: hen, biddy]
2: adult female bird
3: flesh of an older chicken suitable for stewing
4: female of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster
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historian
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n 1: a person who is an authority on history and who studies it
and writes about it [syn: historian, historiographer]
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humanitarian
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adj 1: marked by humanistic values and devotion to human
welfare; "a humane physician"; "released the prisoner for
humanitarian reasons"; "respect and humanistic regard for
all members of our species" [syn: human-centered,
human-centred, humanist, humanistic,
humanitarian]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of humanitarianism;
"humanitarian aid"
n 1: someone devoted to the promotion of human welfare and to
social reforms [syn: humanitarian, do-gooder,
improver]
2: an advocate of the principles of humanism; someone concerned
with the interests and welfare of humans [syn: humanist,
humanitarian]
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hyperborean
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n 1: (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks
believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source
of the north wind
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ken
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n 1: range of what one can know or understand; "beyond my ken"
[syn: cognizance, ken]
2: the range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight,
ken]
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latitudinarian
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adj 1: unwilling to accept authority or dogma (especially in
religion) [syn: free-thinking, latitudinarian,
undogmatic, undogmatical]
n 1: a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in
standards of religious belief and conduct)
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libertarian
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n 1: an advocate of libertarianism
2: someone who believes the doctrine of free will [ant:
necessitarian]
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librarian
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n 1: a professional person trained in library science and
engaged in library services [syn: librarian,
bibliothec]
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men
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n 1: the force of workers available [syn: work force,
workforce, manpower, hands, men]
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millenarian
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adj 1: relating to or believing in the millennium of peace and
happiness [syn: millenarian, chiliastic]
n 1: a person who believes in the coming of the millennium (a
time of great peace and prosperity) [syn: millenarian,
millenarist, chiliast]
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mitochondrion
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n 1: an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing
energy [syn: mitochondrion, chondriosome]
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nonagenarian
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adj 1: being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian
inhabitants of the nursing home"
n 1: someone whose age is in the nineties
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octogenarian
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adj 1: being from 80 to 89 years old
n 1: someone whose age is in the eighties
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parliamentarian
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n 1: an elected member of the British Parliament: a member of
the House of Commons [syn: Parliamentarian, Member of
Parliament]
2: an expert in parliamentary rules and procedures
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pedestrian
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adj 1: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot"
[syn: pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound]
n 1: a person who travels by foot [syn: pedestrian, walker,
footer]
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pen
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n 1: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows
2: an enclosure for confining livestock
3: a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play
[syn: playpen, pen]
4: a correctional institution for those convicted of major
crimes [syn: penitentiary, pen]
5: female swan
v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
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planarian
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n 1: free-swimming mostly freshwater flatworms; popular in
laboratory studies for the ability to regenerate lost parts
[syn: planarian, planaria]
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proletarian
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adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of the proletariat
n 1: a member of the working class (not necessarily employed);
"workers of the world--unite!" [syn: proletarian,
prole, worker]
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radiolarian
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n 1: protozoa with amoeba-like bodies and radiating filamentous
pseudopods
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riparian
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adj 1: of or relating to or located on the banks of a river or
stream; "riparian land"
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salutatorian
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n 1: a graduating student with the second highest academic rank;
may deliver the opening address at graduation exercises
[syn: salutatorian, salutatory speaker]
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saurian
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adj 1: of or relating to lizards [syn: saurian, lacertilian]
n 1: any of various reptiles of the suborder Sauria which
includes lizards; in former classifications included also
the crocodiles and dinosaurs
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sectarian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a sect or sects;
"sectarian differences"
2: belonging to or characteristic of a sect; "a sectarian mind";
"the negations of sectarian ideology"- Sidney Hook;
"sectarian squabbles in psychology" [ant: nonsectarian,
unsectarian]
n 1: a member of a sect; "most sectarians are intolerant of the
views of any other sect" [syn: sectarian, sectary,
sectarist]
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seminarian
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n 1: a student at a seminary (especially a Roman Catholic
seminary) [syn: seminarian, seminarist]
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septuagenarian
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n 1: someone whose age is in the seventies
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sexagenarian
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adj 1: being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian
population is growing"
n 1: someone whose age is in the sixties
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stentorian
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adj 1: used of the voice [syn: booming, stentorian]
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tellurian
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adj 1: of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to
the sea or air [syn: tellurian, telluric,
terrestrial, terrene]
n 1: an inhabitant of the earth [syn: tellurian, earthling,
earthman, worldling]
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ten
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adj 1: being one more than nine [syn: ten, 10, x]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the
base of the decimal system [syn: ten, 10, X,
tenner, decade]
2: one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
[syn: ten-spot, ten]
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then
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adv 1: subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence
connectors); "then he left"; "go left first, then right";
"first came lightning, then thunder"; "we watched the
late movie and then went to bed"; "and so home and to
bed" [syn: then, so, and so, and then]
2: in that case or as a consequence; "if he didn't take it, then
who did?"; "keep it then if you want to"; "the case, then, is
closed"; "you've made up your mind then?"; "then you'll be
rich"
3: at that time; "I was young then"; "prices were lower back
then"; "science as it was then taught"
adj 1: at a specific prior time; "the then president"
n 1: that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we
were friends from then on"
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totalitarian
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adj 1: characterized by a government in which the political
authority exercises absolute and centralized control; "a
totalitarian regime crushes all autonomous institutions
in its drive to seize the human soul"- Arthur
M.Schlesinger, Jr.
2: of or relating to the principles of totalitarianism according
to which the state regulates every realm of life;
"totalitarian theory and practice"; "operating in a
totalistic fashion" [syn: totalitarian, totalistic]
n 1: an adherent of totalitarian principles or totalitarian
government
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tragedienne
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n 1: an actress who specializes in tragic roles
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un
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n 1: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to
promote international peace and security [syn: United
Nations, UN]
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utilitarian
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adj 1: having a useful function; "utilitarian steel tables"
[syn: utilitarian, useful]
2: having utility often to the exclusion of values; "plain
utilitarian kitchenware"
n 1: someone who believes that the value of a thing depends on
its utility
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valedictorian
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n 1: the student with the best grades who usually delivers the
valedictory address at commencement [syn: valedictorian,
valedictory speaker]
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valerian
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n 1: a plant of the genus Valeriana having lobed or dissected
leaves and cymose white or pink flowers
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valetudinarian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a
valetudinarian [syn: valetudinarian, valetudinary]
n 1: weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned
with his or her health
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vegetarian
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n 1: eater of fruits and grains and nuts; someone who eats no
meat or fish or (often) any animal products
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veterinarian
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n 1: a doctor who practices veterinary medicine [syn:
veterinarian, veterinary, veterinary surgeon, vet]
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wren
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n 1: English architect who designed more than fifty London
churches (1632-1723) [syn: Wren, Sir Christopher Wren]
2: any of several small active brown birds of the northern
hemisphere with short upright tails; they feed on insects
[syn: wren, jenny wren]
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yen
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n 1: a yearning for something or to do something [syn:
hankering, yen]
2: the basic unit of money in Japan; equal to 100 sen
v 1: have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
[syn: ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish]
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ben
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n 1: a mountain or tall hill; "they were climbing the ben"
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benne
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n 1: East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or
benniseed and sesame oil [syn: sesame, benne, benni,
benny, Sesamum indicum]
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bren
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n 1: a submachine gun operated by gas pressure; used by the
British in World War II [syn: Bren, Bren gun]
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chen
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n 1: wild goose having white adult plumage [syn: Chen,
subgenus Chen]
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gen
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n 1: informal term for information; "give me the gen on your new
line of computers"
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glenn
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n 1: made the first orbital rocket-powered flight by a United
States astronaut in 1962; later in United States Senate
(1921-) [syn: Glenn, John Glenn, John Herschel Glenn
Jr.]
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n
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n 1: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless
odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78
percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all
living tissues [syn: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7]
2: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
north, due north, northward, N]
3: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an
acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to
100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N]
4: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents
of solute per liter [syn: normality, N]
5: the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: N, n]
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penn
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n 1: Englishman and Quaker who founded the colony of
Pennsylvania (1644-1718) [syn: Penn, William Penn]
2: a university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [syn: University
of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, Penn]
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sen
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n 1: a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and
Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel
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venn
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n 1: English logician who introduced Venn diagrams (1834-1923)
[syn: Venn, John Venn]
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wen
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n 1: a common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum)
that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked
[syn: sebaceous cyst, pilar cyst, wen,
steatocystoma]
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zen
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n 1: school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment
can come through meditation and intuition rather than
faith; China and Japan [syn: Zen, Zen Buddhism]
2: a Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained
through direct intuitive insight [syn: Zen, Zen Buddhism]
3: street name for lysergic acid diethylamide [syn: acid,
back breaker, battery-acid, dose, dot, Elvis,
loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane,
superman, window pane, Zen]
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cheyenne
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Wyoming; located in the
southeastern corner of the state [syn: Cheyenne, capital
of Wyoming]
2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne
3: a member of a North American Indian people living on the
western plains (now living in Oklahoma and Montana)
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asean
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n 1: an association of nations dedicated to economic and
political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined
with the United States to fight against global terrorism
[syn: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN]
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lpn
0
n 1: a nurse who has enough training to be licensed by a state
to provide routine care for the sick [syn: licensed
practical nurse, LPN, practical nurse]
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marian
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adj 1: of or relating to or venerating the Virgin Mary
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bulgarian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bulgaria or its
people; "the Bulgarian capital is Sofia"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bulgaria
2: a Slavic language spoken in Bulgaria
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contrarian
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n 1: an investor who deliberately decides to go against the
prevailing wisdom of other investors
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hungarian
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Hungary; "Hungarian folk
music" [syn: Hungarian, Magyar]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Hungary [syn: Hungarian,
Magyar]
2: the official language of Hungary (also spoken in Rumania);
belongs to the Ugric family of languages [syn: Hungarian,
Magyar]
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wagnerian
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adj 1: of or relating to Richard Wagner or his music
n 1: a follower of the theories or an admirer of the music of
Richard Wagner
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caesarean
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adj 1: relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean,
cesarian, caesarean, caesarian]
2: of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn:
Caesarian, Caesarean]
n 1: the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the
abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius
Caesar was born that way) [syn: cesarean delivery,
caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean
section, cesarian section, caesarean section,
caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian,
caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery]
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aryan
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adj 1: of or relating to the former Indo-European people; "Indo-
European migrations" [syn: Indo-European, Indo-Aryan,
Aryan]
n 1: (according to Nazi doctrine) a Caucasian person of Nordic
descent (and not a Jew)
2: a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo
European [syn: Aryan, Indo-European]
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rotarian
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n 1: a member of a Rotary Club
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tocharian
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n 1: a branch of the Indo-European language family that
originated in central Asia during the first millennium A.D.
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vulgarian
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n 1: a vulgar person (especially someone who makes a vulgar
display of wealth)
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prelapsarian
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adj 1: of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and
Eve
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sabbatarian
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adj 1: pertaining to the Sabbath and its observance
n 1: one who observes Saturday as the Sabbath (as in Judaism)
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trinitarian
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n 1: adherent of Trinitarianism
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doyenne
0
n 1: a woman who is the senior member of a group
-
valenciennes
0
n 1: a town in northeastern France long noted for its lace
industry
2: a type of bobbin lace with floral patterns [syn:
Valenciennes, Valenciennes lace]
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chorion
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n 1: the outermost membranous sac enclosing the embryo in higher
vertebrates (reptiles, birds and mammals)
-
morion
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n 1: a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century
[syn: morion, cabasset]
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korean
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Korea or its
people or language; "Korean handicrafts"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Korea who speaks the Korean
language
2: the Altaic language spoken by Koreans