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acoustical
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adj 1: of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic
properties of a hall" [syn: acoustic, acoustical]
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apocalyptical
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adj 1: prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn:
apocalyptic, apocalyptical, revelatory]
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canticle
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n 1: a hymn derived from the Bible
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cull
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n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull]
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dialectical
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adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the
dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
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fantastical
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adj 1: existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous
heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
[syn: fantastic, fantastical]
2: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";
"fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection in
the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical,
grotesque]
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identical
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adj 1: exactly alike; incapable of being perceived as different;
"rows of identical houses"; "cars identical except for
their license plates"; "they wore indistinguishable hats"
[syn: identical, indistinguishable]
2: being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the
identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his
stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in
two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said
yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" [syn: identical,
selfsame(a), very(a)]
3: (of twins) derived from a single egg or ovum; "identical
twins are monovular" [syn: identical, monovular] [ant:
biovular, fraternal]
4: having properties with uniform values along all axes
5: coinciding exactly when superimposed; "identical triangles"
[syn: identical, superposable]
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impractical
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adj 1: not practical; not workable or not given to practical
matters; "refloating the ship proved impractical because
of the expense"; "he is intelligent but too impractical
for commercial work"; "an impractical solution" [ant:
practical]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy]
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logistical
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adj 1: of or relating to logistics; "logistic requirements"
[syn: logistic, logistical]
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mystical
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of mysticism; "mystical
religion" [syn: mystic, mystical]
2: relating to or resembling mysticism; "mystical intuition";
"mystical theories about the securities market" [syn:
mystic, mystical]
3: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to
the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious
symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the
secret learning of the ancients" [syn: mysterious,
mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic]
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obstacle
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n 1: something immaterial that stands in the way and must be
circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an
obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district
is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a
major obstruction to the success of their plan" [syn:
obstacle, obstruction]
2: an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or
surmounted or circumvented)
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optical
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adj 1: of or relating to or involving light or optics; "optical
supplies"
2: relating to or using sight; "ocular inspection"; "an optical
illusion"; "visual powers"; "visual navigation" [syn:
ocular, optic, optical, visual]
3: of or relating to or resembling the eye; "ocular muscles";
"an ocular organ"; "ocular diseases"; "the optic (or optical)
axis of the eye"; "an ocular spot is a pigmented organ or
part believed to be sensitive to light" [syn: ocular,
optic, optical, opthalmic]
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pentacle
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n 1: a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between
the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon
[syn: pentacle, pentagram, pentangle]
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practical
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adj 1: concerned with actual use or practice; "he is a very
practical person"; "the idea had no practical
application"; "a practical knowledge of Japanese";
"woodworking is a practical art" [ant: impractical]
2: guided by practical experience and observation rather than
theory; "a hardheaded appraisal of our position"; "a hard-
nosed labor leader"; "completely practical in his approach to
business"; "not ideology but pragmatic politics" [syn:
hardheaded, hard-nosed, practical, pragmatic]
3: being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical
failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin" [syn:
virtual(a), practical(a)]
4: having or put to a practical purpose or use; "practical
mathematics"; "practical applications of calculus"
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receptacle
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n 1: a container that is used to put or keep things in
2: enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts
3: an electrical (or electronic) fitting that is connected to a
source of power and equipped to receive an insert
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spectacle
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n 1: something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual
sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"
2: an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale
3: a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase
`make a spectacle of' yourself
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statistical
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adj 1: of or relating to statistics; "statistical population"
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syntactical
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adj 1: of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax;
"the syntactic rules of a language" [syn: syntactic,
syntactical]
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tactical
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adj 1: of or pertaining to tactic or tactics; "a tactical error"
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tentacle
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n 1: something that acts like a tentacle in its ability to grasp
and hold; "caught in the tentacles of organized crime"
2: any of various elongated tactile or prehensile flexible
organs that occur on the head or near the mouth in many
animals; used for feeling or grasping or locomotion
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testicle
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n 1: one of the two male reproductive glands that produce
spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the
balls and got away" [syn: testis, testicle, orchis,
ball, ballock, bollock, nut, egg]
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treacle
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n 1: a pale cane syrup [syn: treacle, golden syrup]
2: writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental
[syn: treacle, mush, slop, glop]
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cul
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n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de
sac, dead end]
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denticle
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n 1: small pointed ridge on the exoskeleton of an arthropod
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conventicle
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n 1: a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
2: a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists,
e.g., Quakers) [syn: conventicle, meetinghouse]
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papistical
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adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman
Catholic Church" [syn: Roman, R.C., Romanist,
romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist,
papistic, papistical]
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sophistical
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adj 1: plausible but misleading [syn: sophistic,
sophistical]
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unpractical
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