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aileron
0
n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion
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anti
0
adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro]
n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice
etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
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anuran
0
adj 1: relating to frogs and toads [syn: anuran, batrachian,
salientian]
n 1: any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long
hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species
[syn: frog, toad, toad frog, anuran, batrachian,
salientian]
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baron
0
n 1: a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank
2: a British peer of the lowest rank
3: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn:
baron, big businessman, business leader, king,
magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon]
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barren
0
adj 1: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills";
"barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high
Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark
landscape" [syn: bare, barren, bleak, desolate,
stark]
2: not bearing offspring; "a barren woman"; "learned early in
his marriage that he was sterile"
3: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
n 1: an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for
cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the
trackless wastes of the desert" [syn: barren, waste,
wasteland]
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boron
0
n 1: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black
crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn:
boron, B, atomic number 5]
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cyclotron
0
n 1: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million
electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
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deuteron
0
n 1: the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one
neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
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electron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with negative charge [syn:
electron, negatron]
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environ
0
v 1: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The
forest surrounds my property" [syn: surround, environ,
ring, skirt, border]
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ephemeron
0
n 1: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a
day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral]
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florin
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents
[syn: guilder, gulden, florin]
2: formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to
100 cents [syn: guilder, gulden, florin, Dutch
florin]
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foreign
0
adj 1: of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations
(other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign
office" [ant: domestic]
2: relating to or originating in or characteristic of another
place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign
accent"; "on business in a foreign city" [syn: foreign,
strange] [ant: native]
3: not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of
something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of
capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and
temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature" [syn: alien,
foreign]
4: not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced
from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter";
"foreign particles in milk" [syn: extraneous, foreign]
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heron
0
n 1: Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to
determine the area of a triangle and who described various
mechanical devices (first century) [syn: Hero, Heron,
Hero of Alexandria]
2: grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and
(usually) long bill
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interferon
0
n 1: an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been
invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
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magnetron
0
n 1: a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a
central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by
crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in
microwave oscillators
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micron
0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter
[syn: micron, micrometer]
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moron
0
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot,
imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit,
retard]
2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
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neuron
0
n 1: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses [syn:
nerve cell, neuron]
-
neutron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal
to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic
nucleus
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omicron
0
n 1: the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
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oxymoron
0
n 1: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
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photoelectron
0
n 1: an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an
incident photon
-
positron
0
n 1: an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of
a positron and an electron results in annihilation [syn:
positron, antielectron]
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siren
0
n 1: a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure
sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived;
"Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would
not hear the Siren's fatal song"
2: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn:
enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme
fatale]
3: a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound
4: an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a
signal or warning
5: eellike aquatic North American salamander with small
forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills
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sporran
0
n 1: a fur or leather pouch worn at the front of the kilt as
part of the traditional dress of Scottish Highlanders
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synchrocyclotron
0
n 1: cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by
modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
-
synchrotron
0
n 1: cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a
constant frequency
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veteran
0
adj 1: rendered competent through trial and experience; "a
seasoned traveler"; "veteran steadiness"; "a veteran
officer" [syn: seasoned, veteran(a)]
n 1: a serviceman who has seen considerable active service; "the
veterans laughed at the new recruits" [syn: veteran,
veteran soldier]
2: a person who has served in the armed forces [syn: veteran,
vet, ex-serviceman]
3: an experienced person who has been through many battles;
someone who has given long service [syn: veteran, old-
timer, oldtimer, old hand, warhorse, old stager,
stager]
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aaron
0
n 1: United States professional baseball player who hit more
home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934) [syn: Aaron,
Henry Louis Aaron, Hank Aaron]
2: (Old Testament) elder brother of Moses and first high priest
of the Israelites; created the golden calf
-
byron
0
n 1: English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and
unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824) [syn: Byron, Lord
George Gordon Byron, Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale]
-
huron
0
n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron,
Huron]
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charon
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the
dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
-
karen
0
n 1: the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in the Thailand and
Burmese borderlands [syn: Karen, Karenic]
-
calderon
0
n 1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great
Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: Calderon, Calderon de
la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca]
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peron
0
n 1: Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina
(1895-1974) [syn: Peron, Juan Domingo Peron]
-
loren
0
n 1: Italian film actress (born in 1934) [syn: Loren, Sophia
Loren, Sofia Scicolone]
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ecuadoran
0
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Ecuador [syn: Ecuadorian,
Ecuadoran]
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salvadoran
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of El Salvador or its
people; "Salvadoran coffee"; "Salvadoran guerillas" [syn:
Salvadoran, Salvadorean]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of El Salvador [syn: Salvadoran,
Salvadorian, Salvadorean]
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anne
0
n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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acheron
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls
of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: Acheron, River
Acheron]
-
betatron
0
n 1: accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds
by means of the electric field produced by changing
magnetic flux [syn: betatron, induction accelerator]
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bevatron
0
n 1: a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion
electron volts
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elytron
0
n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other
insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings
[syn: wing case, elytron]
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hyperon
0
n 1: any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with
mass greater than a neutron
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mesotron
0
n 1: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the
atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn:
meson, mesotron]
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neophron
0
n 1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Neophron, genus Neophron]
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operon
0
n 1: a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including
structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
-
erigeron
0
n 1: cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers
that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially
formerly) used medicinally [syn: Erigeron, genus
Erigeron]
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gagarin
0
n 1: Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel
in space (1934-1968) [syn: Gagarin, Yuri Gagarin, Yuri
Alekseyevich Gagarin]
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aldebaran
0
n 1: the brightest star in Taurus
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honduran
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Honduras or its
people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Honduras
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aneurin
0
n 1: a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and
growth [syn: vitamin B1, thiamine, thiamin,
aneurin, antiberiberi factor]
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chiron
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) the learned centaur who tutored Achilles,
Asclepius, Hercules, Jason, and other heroes
2: an asteroid discovered in 1977; it is unique in having an
orbit lying mainly between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus
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hadron
0
n 1: any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other
particles
-
nephron
0
n 1: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of
the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron, uriniferous
tubule]
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millimicron
0
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter
[syn: nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron,
micromillimeter, micromillimetre]
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styron
0
n 1: United States writer best known for his novels (born in
1925) [syn: Styron, William Styron]
-
garonne
0
n 1: a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to
the Bay of Biscay [syn: Garonne, Garonne River]
-
saharan
0
adj 1: of or relating to or located in the Sahara Desert
n 1: a Nilo-Saharan language spoken in parts of Chad
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dynatron
0
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ignitron
0
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loran
0
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whereon
0
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barron
0
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claran
0
-
sharon
0
-
lebaron
0
-
lebarron
0
-
maclaren
0
-
mccarran
0
-
mccarren
0
-
mcfarren
0
-
mcferran
0
-
mcferren
0
-
mcferrin
0
-
mcferron
0
-
mclaren
0
-
mclerran
0
-
mcpheron
0
-
mulheren
0
-
susteren
0
-
subsaharan
0
-
aran
0
-
geran
0
-
geron
0
-
haren
0
-
perron
0
-
serran
0
-
caron
0
-
doran
0
-
moran
0
-
coren
0
-
horan
0
-
buran
0
-
kenotron
0
-
megaron
0
-
oberon
0
-
thyratron
0
-
diatessaron
0