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adamantine
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adj 1: consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
2: having the hardness of a diamond
3: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is
adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was
inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an
intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
[syn: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent]
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amethystine
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adj 1: containing or resembling amethyst
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argentine
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its
people; "Argentinian tango" [syn: Argentine,
Argentinian]
n 1: any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine
fishes
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clandestine
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adj 1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods;
"clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger
activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner
intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret
sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops";
"an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
[syn: clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-
corner(a), hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret,
surreptitious, undercover, underground]
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diamantine
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adj 1: consisting of diamonds or resembling diamonds
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eglantine
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n 1: Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and
bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips [syn:
sweetbrier, sweetbriar, brier, briar, eglantine,
Rosa eglanteria]
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elephantine
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adj 1: of great mass; huge and bulky; "a jumbo jet"; "jumbo
shrimp" [syn: elephantine, gargantuan, giant,
jumbo]
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enchanting
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adj 1: capturing interest as if by a spell; "bewitching smile";
"Roosevelt was a captivating speaker"; "enchanting
music"; "an enthralling book"; "antique papers of
entrancing design"; "a fascinating woman" [syn:
bewitching, captivating, enchanting, enthralling,
entrancing, fascinating]
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plantain
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n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small
roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small
spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used
medicinally
2: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular
greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics [syn:
plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca]
3: starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple
vegetable throughout the tropics
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serpentine
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adj 1: resembling a serpent in form; "a serpentine wall"; "snaky
ridges in the sand" [syn: serpentine, snaky,
snakelike]
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tontine
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n 1: a form of life insurance whereby on the death or default of
a participant his share is distributed to the remaining
members [syn: tontine, tontine insurance]
2: an annuity scheme wherein participants share certain benefits
and on the death of any participant his benefits are
redistributed among the remaining participants; can run for a
fixed period of time or until the death of all but one
participant
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turpentine
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n 1: obtained from conifers (especially pines) [syn:
turpentine, gum terpentine]
2: volatile liquid distilled from turpentine oleoresin; used as
paint thinner and solvent and medicinally [syn: turpentine,
oil of turpentine, spirit of turpentine, turps]
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banting
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n 1: Canadian physiologist who discovered insulin with C. H.
Best and who used it to treat diabetes(1891-1941) [syn:
Banting, F. G. Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Banting]
2: wild ox of the Malay Archipelago [syn: banteng, banting,
tsine, Bos banteng]
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frankenstein
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n 1: an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
2: the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used
to refer to his creation) [syn: Frankenstein,
Frankenstein's monster]
3: the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a
gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a
monster from parts of corpses
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hammerstein
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n 1: United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical
comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers)
(1895-1960) [syn: Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein,
Oscar Hammerstein II]
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lichtenstein
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n 1: United States painter who was a leading exponent of pop art
(1923-1997) [syn: Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstein]
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philistine
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adj 1: of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its
people
2: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and
cultural values [syn: anti-intellectual, philistine]
n 1: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits [syn:
philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow]
2: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia
around the 12th century BC
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rubinstein
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n 1: United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his
interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982) [syn:
Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein]
2: Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) [syn: Rubinstein,
Anton Rubenstein, Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton
Grigorevich Rubinstein]
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dilantin
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n 1: an anticonvulsant drug (trade name Dilantin) used to treat
epilepsy and that is not a sedative [syn:
diphenylhydantoin, phenytoin, Dilantin]
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macrodantin
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n 1: derivative of nitrofuran used as an antibacterial medicine
(trade name Macrodantin) effective against a broad range of
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria; used to treat
infections of the urinary tract [syn: nitrofurantoin,
Macrodantin]
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eisenstein
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n 1: Russian film maker who pioneered the use of montage and is
considered among the most influential film makers in the
history of motion pictures (1898-1948) [syn: Eisenstein,
Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein]
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levantine
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adj 1: of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the
Levantine coast"
n 1: (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
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palestine
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n 1: a former British mandate on the east coast of the
Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
2: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of
the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity
and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy
Land, Promised Land]
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wittgenstein
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n 1: British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on
logic and logical positivism (1889-1951) [syn:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan
Wittgenstein]
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einstein
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n 1: physicist born in Germany who formulated the special theory
of relativity and the general theory of relativity;
Einstein also proposed that light consists of discrete
quantized bundles of energy (later called photons)
(1879-1955) [syn: Einstein, Albert Einstein]
2: someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and
originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but
he's no Einstein" [syn: genius, mastermind, brain,
brainiac, Einstein]
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bernstein
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n 1: United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) [syn:
Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein]
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chryselephantine
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heseltine
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celestine
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branting
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dantin
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santin
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brabantine
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constantin
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corybantine
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ballantine
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infantine
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lacertine
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vespertine
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tridentine
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asbestine
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