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agglutinate
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adj 1: united as if by glue [syn: agglutinate,
agglutinative]
v 1: string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language)
2: clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc.
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archidiaconate
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n 1: office or position of an archdeacon
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bayonet
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n 1: a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as
a weapon
v 1: stab or kill someone with a bayonet
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cabinet
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n 1: a piece of furniture resembling a cupboard with doors and
shelves and drawers; for storage or display
2: persons appointed by a head of state to head executive
departments of government and act as official advisers
3: a storage compartment for clothes and valuables; usually it
has a lock [syn: cabinet, locker, storage locker]
4: housing for electronic instruments, as radio or television
[syn: cabinet, console]
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carbonate
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n 1: a salt or ester of carbonic acid (containing the anion CO3)
v 1: turn into a carbonate
2: treat with carbon dioxide; "Carbonated soft drinks"
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coordinate
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adj 1: of equal importance, rank, or degree
n 1: a number that identifies a position relative to an axis
[syn: coordinate, co-ordinate]
v 1: bring order and organization to; "Can you help me organize
my files?" [syn: organize, organise, coordinate]
2: bring into common action, movement, or condition; "coordinate
the painters, masons, and plumbers"; "coordinate his actions
with that of his colleagues"; "coordinate our efforts"
3: be co-ordinated; "These activities coordinate well"
4: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
"ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate,
coordinate]
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discriminate
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adj 1: marked by the ability to see or make fine distinctions;
"discriminate judgments"; "discriminate people" [ant:
indiscriminate]
v 1: recognize or perceive the difference [syn: discriminate,
know apart]
2: treat differently on the basis of sex or race [syn:
discriminate, separate, single out]
3: distinguish; "I could not discriminate the different tastes
in this complicated dish"
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dragonet
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n 1: small often brightly colored scaleless marine bottom-
dwellers; found in tropical and warm temperate waters of
Europe and America
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effeminate
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adj 1: having unsuitable feminine qualities [syn: effeminate,
emasculate, epicene, cissy, sissified,
sissyish, sissy]
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garnet
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n 1: any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of
various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
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geminate
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n 1: a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a
geminate"
v 1: form by reduplication; "The consonant reduplicates after a
short vowel"; "The morpheme can be reduplicated to
emphasize the meaning of the word" [syn: reduplicate,
geminate]
2: occur in pairs [syn: pair, geminate]
3: arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [syn: pair,
geminate]
4: arrange or combine in pairs; "The consonants are geminated in
these words"
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granite
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n 1: plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture;
generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
2: something having the quality of granite (unyielding
firmness); "a man of granite"
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hornet
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n 1: large stinging paper wasp
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incarnate
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adj 1: possessing or existing in bodily form; "what seemed
corporal melted as breath into the wind"- Shakespeare;
"an incarnate spirit"; "`corporate' is an archaic term"
[syn: bodied, corporal, corporate, embodied,
incarnate]
2: invested with a bodily form especially of a human body; "a
monarch...regarded as a god incarnate"
v 1: make concrete and real [ant: disincarnate]
2: represent in bodily form; "He embodies all that is evil wrong
with the system"; "The painting substantiates the feelings of
the artist" [syn: incarnate, body forth, embody,
substantiate]
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inordinate
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adj 1: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of
inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue
elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: excessive,
inordinate, undue, unreasonable]
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insubordinate
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adj 1: not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate
behavior"; "insubordinate boys" [ant: subordinate]
2: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
[syn: insubordinate, resistant, resistive]
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laminate
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n 1: a sheet of material made by bonding two or more sheets or
layers
v 1: create laminate by bonding sheets of material with a
bonding material
2: press or beat (metals) into thin sheets
3: cover with a thin sheet of non-fabric material; "laminate the
table"
4: split (wood) into thin sheets
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obstinate
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adj 1: tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious
unwillingness to yield [syn: stubborn, obstinate,
unregenerate] [ant: docile]
2: stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing [syn: cussed,
obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant]
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
obstinate, perverse, wayward]
v 1: persist stubbornly; "he obstinates himself against all
rational arguments"
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ordinate
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n 1: the value of a coordinate on the vertical axis
v 1: appoint to a clerical posts; "he was ordained in the
Church" [syn: ordain, consecrate, ordinate, order]
2: bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable
coordination correlation; "align the wheels of my car";
"ordinate similar parts" [syn: align, ordinate,
coordinate]
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palatinate
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n 1: a territory in southwestern Germany formerly ruled by the
counts palatine [syn: Palatinate, Pfalz]
2: a territory under the jurisdiction of a count palatine
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pinnate
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adj 1: (of a leaf shape) featherlike; having leaflets on each
side of a common axis [syn: pinnate, pinnated]
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pomegranate
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n 1: shrub or small tree native to southwestern Asia having
large red many-seeded fruit [syn: pomegranate,
pomegranate tree, Punica granatum]
2: large globular fruit having many seeds with juicy red pulp in
a tough brownish-red rind
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rabbinate
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n 1: rabbis collectively
2: the office or function of a rabbi
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reincarnate
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adj 1: having a new body
v 1: be born anew in another body after death; "Hindus believe
that we transmigrate" [syn: reincarnate, transmigrate]
2: cause to appear in a new form; "the old product was
reincarnated to appeal to a younger market" [syn:
reincarnate, renew]
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rennet
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n 1: a substance that curdles milk in making cheese and junket
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senate
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n 1: assembly possessing high legislative powers
2: the upper house of the United States Congress [syn: United
States Senate, U.S. Senate, US Senate, Senate]
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sonnet
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n 1: a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme
scheme
v 1: praise in a sonnet
2: compose a sonnet
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subordinate
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adj 1: lower in rank or importance [syn: subordinate, low-
level] [ant: dominant]
2: subject or submissive to authority or the control of another;
"a subordinate kingdom" [ant: insubordinate]
3: (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a
complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause
functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence"
[syn: dependent, subordinate] [ant: independent,
main(a)]
n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
[syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot
soldier]
2: a word that is more specific than a given word [syn:
hyponym, subordinate, subordinate word]
v 1: rank or order as less important or consider of less value;
"Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"
2: make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have
to be subordinated to that of our ruler" [syn: subordinate,
subdue]
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sultanate
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n 1: country or territory ruled by a sultan
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tenet
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n 1: a religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without
proof [syn: dogma, tenet]
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turbinate
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adj 1: of or relating to the scroll-shaped turbinate bones in
the nasal passages
2: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical, spiral,
spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate]
n 1: any of the scrolled spongy bones of the nasal passages in
man and other vertebrates [syn: turbinate bone,
turbinate, turbinal]
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pectinate
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adj 1: like a comb
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lionet
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n 1: a small or young lion
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lunate
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adj 1: resembling the new moon in shape [syn: crescent(a),
crescent-shaped, semilunar, lunate]
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bipinnate
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adj 1: of a leaf shape; having doubly pinnate leaflets (as
ferns)
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tripinnate
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adj 1: (of a leaf shape) thrice pinnate [syn: tripinnate,
tripinnated]
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staminate
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adj 1: capable of fertilizing female organs [syn: antheral,
staminate]
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cannot
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polycarbonate
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falconet
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janet
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annette
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anette
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annett
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pulmonate
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resupinate
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garnett
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tabinet
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sinnott
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sinnet
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barnet
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discarnate
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diaconate
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connaught
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subdiaconate
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