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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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auburn
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adj 1: (of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown; "auburn hair"
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bourbon
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n 1: a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from
the South)
2: whiskey distilled from a mash of corn and malt and rye and
aged in charred oak barrels
3: a member of the European royal family that ruled France
4: a European royal line that ruled in France (from 1589-1793)
and Spain and Naples and Sicily [syn: Bourbon, Bourbon
dynasty]
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bun
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n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun,
roll]
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bung
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n 1: a plug used to close a hole in a barrel or flask [syn:
bung, spile]
v 1: give a tip or gratuity to in return for a service, beyond
the compensation agreed on; "Remember to tip the waiter";
"fee the steward" [syn: tip, fee, bung]
2: close with a cork or stopper
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carbon
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n 1: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon,
C, atomic number 6]
2: a thin paper coated on one side with a dark waxy substance
(often containing carbon); used to transfer characters from
the original to an under sheet of paper [syn: carbon paper,
carbon]
3: a copy made with carbon paper [syn: carbon, carbon copy]
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fluorocarbon
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n 1: a halocarbon in which some hydrogen atoms have been
replaced by fluorine; used in refrigerators and aerosols
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gibbon
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n 1: English historian best known for his history of the Roman
Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon]
2: smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having
long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn:
gibbon, Hylobates lar]
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hydrocarbon
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n 1: an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
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outrun
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v 1: run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran
everybody else"
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overdone
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adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an
exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: exaggerated,
overdone, overstated]
2: cooked too long but still edible
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radiocarbon
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n 1: a radioactive isotope of carbon [syn: radiocarbon,
carbon 14]
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rerun
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n 1: a program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I
love Lucy' reruns"
v 1: broadcast again, as of a film [syn: rerun, rebroadcast]
2: rerun a performance of a play, for example
3: run again for office; "Bush wants to rerun in 1996"
4: cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they
misunderstood the instructions"
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ribbon
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n 1: any long object resembling a thin line; "a mere ribbon of
land"; "the lighted ribbon of traffic"; "from the air the
road was a grey thread"; "a thread of smoke climbed upward"
[syn: ribbon, thread]
2: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal,
medallion, palm, ribbon]
3: a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper
with a typewriter [syn: ribbon, typewriter ribbon]
4: notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for
trimming
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stubborn
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adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious
unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate,
unregenerate] [ant: docile]
2: not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a
refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains" [syn:
refractory, stubborn]
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stun
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v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"
[syn: stun, stupefy]
2: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn:
sandbag, stun]
3: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned
her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
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suburban
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs;
"suburban population"
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turban
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n 1: a traditional Muslim headdress consisting of a long scarf
wrapped around the head
2: a small round woman's hat [syn: pillbox, toque, turban]
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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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undone
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adj 1: not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody
cared"
2: doomed to extinction [syn: done for(p), ruined, sunk,
undone, washed-up]
3: not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone
at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone"
4: thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price
programs became unstuck because little grain was available"
[syn: unstuck, undone]
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urban
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adj 1: relating to or concerned with a city or densely populated
area; "urban sociology"; "urban development"
2: located in or characteristic of a city or city life; "urban
property owners"; "urban affairs"; "urban manners" [ant:
rural]
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brisbane
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n 1: capital and largest city of Queensland state; located in
the southeastern corner of Queensland on the Pacific;
settled by British as a penal colony; 3rd largest city in
Australia
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cuban
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cuba or the people
of Cuba; "Cuban rum"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cuba
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theban
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adj 1: of or relating to the Egyptian city of Thebes or its
people or culture
2: of or relating to the Greek city of Thebes or its people or
culture
n 1: an Egyptian inhabitant of ancient Thebes
2: a Greek inhabitant of ancient Thebes
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laban
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n 1: Hungarian choreographer who developed Labanotation
(1879-1958) [syn: Laban, Rudolph Laban]
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reuben
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n 1: (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the
tribes of Israel
2: a hot sandwich with corned beef and Swiss cheese and
sauerkraut on rye bread
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durban
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n 1: a port city in eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean;
resort and industrial center
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steuben
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n 1: American Revolutionary leader (born in Prussia) who trained
the troops under George Washington (1730-1794) [syn:
Steuben, Baron Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin
von Steuben]
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melbourne
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n 1: a resort town in east central Florida
2: the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian
city; a financial and commercial center
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been
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begun
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redone
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spun
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outdone
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terrebonne
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hon
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bunn
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gruhn
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grun
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thrun
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homerun
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hyun
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lajeune
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mcfun
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mcmunn
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simeone
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ruben
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eben
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graben
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rabun
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raybon
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saban
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hibben
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fitzgibbon
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mcgibbon
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mckibben
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woburn
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tyburn
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shelburne
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