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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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johnson
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n 1: English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784) [syn:
Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson]
2: 36th President of the United States; was elected vice
president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated
(1908-1973) [syn: Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Lyndon Baines
Johnson, LBJ, President Johnson, President Lyndon
Johnson]
3: 17th President of the United States; was elected vice
president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was
assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote
(1808-1875) [syn: Johnson, Andrew Johnson, President
Johnson, President Andrew Johnson]
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dobson
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n 1: large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing
bait [syn: hellgrammiate, dobson]
2: large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the
male; aquatic larvae often used as bait [syn: dobson,
dobsonfly, dobson fly, Corydalus cornutus]
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jolson
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n 1: United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the
first full-length talking film (1886-1950) [syn: Jolson,
Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson]
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bosun
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n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun,
bo'sun]
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belsen
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n 1: a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern
Germany during World War II
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dawson
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n 1: a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon
River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in
the Klondike
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mcpherson
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n 1: United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her
extravagant religious services (1890-1944) [syn:
McPherson, Aimee Semple McPherson]
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unperson
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n 1: a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a
person whose existence is systematically ignored
(especially for ideological or political reasons); "the
former senator is treated as a nonperson by this
administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political
dissidents would be treated as unpersons" [syn:
nonperson, unperson]
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nilsson
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n 1: Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born
in 1918) [syn: Nilsson, Brigit Nilsson, Marta Brigit
Nilsson]
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wilson
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n 1: author of the first novel by an African American that was
published in the United States (1808-1870) [syn: Wilson,
Harriet Wilson]
2: English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) [syn:
Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson]
3: Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) [syn:
Wilson, Alexander Wilson]
4: United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic
microwave radiation (born in 1918) [syn: Wilson, Robert
Woodrow Wilson]
5: Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate
tectonics (1908-1993) [syn: Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson]
6: American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) [syn: Wilson,
James Wilson]
7: United States entomologist who has generalized from social
insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
[syn: Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson]
8: Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
[syn: Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]
9: United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: Wilson,
Edmund Wilson]
10: 28th President of the United States; led the United States
in World War I and secured the formation of the League of
Nations (1856-1924) [syn: Wilson, Woodrow Wilson,
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson]
11: a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet
high) [syn: Wilson, Mount Wilson]
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swanson
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n 1: United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
[syn: Swanson, Gloria Swanson, Gloria May Josephine
Svensson]
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wisconsin
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n 1: a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin [syn:
Wisconsin, Wisconsin River]
2: a midwestern state in north central United States [syn:
Wisconsin, Badger State, WI]
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jonson
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n 1: English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet
laureate of England (1572-1637) [syn: Jonson, Ben
Jonson, Benjamin Jonson]
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antonsen
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malison
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olsen
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tenson
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boyson
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cusson
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bronson
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stillson
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carlson
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clarkson
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cookson
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empson
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grierson
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hampson
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oxon
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thronson
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johansson
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lawson
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mawson
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johnsen
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jonsson
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monsen
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monson
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ronson
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