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algae
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n 1: primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic
organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves [syn:
alga, algae]
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apogee
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n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a
culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee,
culmination]
2: apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a
satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth [ant:
perigee]
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bargee
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n 1: someone who operates a barge [syn: lighterman,
bargeman, bargee]
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bulgy
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adj 1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous,
bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
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ogee
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n 1: a molding that (in section) has the shape of an S with the
convex part above and the concave part below [syn: ogee,
cyma reversa]
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perigee
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n 1: periapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a
satellite is nearest to the Earth [ant: apogee]
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pongee
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n 1: a soft thin cloth woven from raw silk (or an imitation)
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refugee
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n 1: an exile who flees for safety
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squeegee
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n 1: T-shaped cleaning implement with a rubber edge across the
top; drawn across a surface to remove water (as in washing
windows)
v 1: wipe with a squeegee; "squeegee the windows"
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thuggee
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n 1: murder and robbery by thugs
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fiji
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n 1: an independent state within the British Commonwealth
located on the Fiji Islands [syn: Fiji, Republic of
Fiji]
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pledgee
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n 1: someone to whom a pledge is made or someone with whom
something is deposited as a pledge
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ge
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n 1: a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting
metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs
in germanite and argyrodite [syn: germanium, Ge,
atomic number 32]
2: (Greek mythology) goddess of the earth and mother of Cronus
and the Titans in ancient mythology [syn: Gaea, Gaia,
Ge]
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bangui
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n 1: the capital and largest city of the Central African
Republic [syn: Bangui, capital of Central Africa]
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mortgagee
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n 1: the person who accepts a mortgage; "the bank became our
mortgagee when it accepted our mortgage on our new home"
[syn: mortgagee, mortgage holder]
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ragee
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n 1: East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter
flour, a staple in the Orient [syn: finger millet,
ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan,
kurakkan, Eleusine coracana]
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golgi
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n 1: Italian histologist noted for work on the structure of the
nervous system and for his discovery of Golgi bodies
(1844-1926) [syn: Golgi, Camillo Golgi]
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burgee
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magee
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mcgee
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whangee
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obligee
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chatterjee
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algie
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coxalgy
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nostalgy
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