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animus
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n 1: a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility [syn:
animosity, animus, bad blood]
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magnanimous
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adj 1: noble and generous in spirit; "a greathearted general";
"a magnanimous conqueror" [syn: greathearted,
magnanimous]
2: generous and understanding and tolerant; "a heart big enough
to hold no grudges"; "that's very big of you to be so
forgiving"; "a large and generous spirit"; "a large heart";
"magnanimous toward his enemies" [syn: big, large,
magnanimous]
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pusillanimous
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adj 1: lacking in courage and manly strength and resolution;
contemptibly fearful [syn: pusillanimous, poor-
spirited, unmanly]
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unanimous
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adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn:
consentaneous, consentient, unanimous]
2: acting together as a single undiversified whole; "a solid
voting bloc" [syn: solid, unanimous, whole]
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remus
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n 1: (Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus
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ramus
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n 1: the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less
vertical
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brumous
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adj 1: filled or abounding with fog or mist; "a brumous October
morning" [syn: brumous, foggy, hazy, misty]
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grumous
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adj 1: transformed from a liquid into a soft semisolid or solid
mass; "coagulated blood"; "curdled milk"; "grumous blood"
[syn: coagulate, coagulated, curdled, grumous,
grumose]
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momus
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n 1: god of blame and mockery [syn: Momus, Momos]
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lammas
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n 1: commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from
prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in
England [syn: Lammas, Lammas Day, August 1]
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nostradamus
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n 1: French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose
interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566) [syn:
Nostradamus, Michel de Notredame]
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cadmus
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the brother of Europa and traditional
founder of Thebes in Boeotia
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anadromous
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adj 1: migrating from the sea to fresh water to spawn [ant:
catadromous, diadromous]
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catadromous
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adj 1: migrating from fresh water to the sea to spawn [ant:
anadromous, diadromous]
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equanimous
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adj 1: in full control of your faculties; "the witness remained
collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly
poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and
more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen";
"strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn:
collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected,
self-contained, self-possessed]
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erasmus
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n 1: Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading
Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his
criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the
Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin
Luther (1466-1536) [syn: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus,
Gerhard Gerhards, Geert Geerts]
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marasmus
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n 1: extreme malnutrition and emaciation (especially in
children); can result from inadequate intake of food or
from malabsorption or metabolic disorders
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calamus
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n 1: any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough
stems are a source of rattan canes
2: the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally
3: perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic
roots [syn: sweet flag, calamus, sweet calamus, myrtle
flag, flagroot, Acorus calamus]
4: a genus of Sparidae [syn: Calamus, genus Calamus]
5: the hollow spine of a feather [syn: quill, calamus,
shaft]
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vaginismus
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n 1: muscular contraction that causes the vagina to close;
usually an anxiety reaction before coitus or pelvic
examination
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nicodemus
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polyphemus
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seamus
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lomas
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squamous
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gaudeamus
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artemus
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longanamous
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monospermous
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trigamous
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mittimus
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borborygmus
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decimus
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