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bolus
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n 1: a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)
2: a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine
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gladiolus
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n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native
chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped
leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-
shaped flowers; widely cultivated [syn: gladiolus,
gladiola, glad, sword lily]
2: the large central part of the breastbone [syn: gladiolus,
corpus sternum]
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sapless
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adj 1: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; "a
feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless" [syn:
decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety,
sapless, weak, weakly]
2: destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and
roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer
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scrofulous
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adj 1: afflicted with scrofula
2: morally contaminated; "denounce the scrofulous wealth of the
times"- J.D.Hart
3: having a diseased appearance resembling scrofula; "our
canoe...lay with her scrofulous sides on the shore"- Farley
Mowat
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scrupulous
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adj 1: having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong;
principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that
were deceptive in appearance" [ant: unscrupulous]
2: characterized by extreme care and great effort;
"conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking
research"; "scrupulous attention to details" [syn:
conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous]
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shapeless
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adj 1: having no definite form or distinct shape; "amorphous
clouds of insects"; "an aggregate of formless particles";
"a shapeless mass of protoplasm" [syn: amorphous,
formless, shapeless]
2: lacking symmetry or attractive form; "a shapeless hat on his
head"
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sightless
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adj 1: lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar" [syn:
eyeless, sightless, unseeing]
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sleepless
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adj 1: experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness; "insomniac
old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all
night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights"-
Shakespeare [syn: insomniac, sleepless, watchful]
2: always watchful; "to an eye like mine, a lidless watcher of
the public weal"- Alfred Tennyson [syn: lidless,
sleepless]
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spiritless
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adj 1: lacking ardor or vigor or energy; "a spiritless reply to
criticism" [ant: spirited]
2: evidencing little spirit or courage; overly submissive or
compliant; "compliant and anxious to suit his opinions of
those of others"; "a fine fiery blast against meek
conformity"- Orville Prescott; "she looked meek but had the
heart of a lion"; "was submissive and subservient" [syn:
meek, spiritless]
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spotless
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adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-
span, spic, spick, spotless]
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stimulus
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n 1: any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
[syn: stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input]
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strapless
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adj 1: having no straps; "a strapless evening gown"
n 1: a woman's garment that exposes the shoulders and has no
shoulder straps
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surplice
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n 1: a loose-fitting white ecclesiastical vestment with wide
sleeves
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surplus
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adj 1: more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to
lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on
the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be
thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by
technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room";
"supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of
her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary)
words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary
internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the
needy" [syn: excess, extra, redundant, spare,
supererogatory, superfluous, supernumerary,
surplus]
n 1: a quantity much larger than is needed [syn: excess,
surplus, surplusage, nimiety]
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thoughtless
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adj 1: showing lack of careful thought; "the debate turned into
thoughtless bickering" [ant: thoughtful]
2: without care or thought for others; "the thoughtless saying
of a great princess on being informed that the people had no
bread; `Let them eat cake'" [syn: thoughtless, uncaring,
unthinking]
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toeless
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adj 1: lacking a toe or toes; "a toeless shoe" [ant: toed]
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topless
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adj 1: having no top; "a topless jar" [ant: topped]
2: having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;
"topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" [syn: bare-
breasted, braless, topless]
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tremulous
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adj 1: (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear; "the
old lady's quavering voice"; "spoke timidly in a
tremulous voice" [syn: quavering, tremulous]
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tubeless
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adj 1: of a tire; not needing an inner tube [ant: tubed]
n 1: pneumatic tire not needing an inner tube to be airtight
[syn: tubeless, tubeless tire]
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tumulus
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n 1: (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs
[syn: burial mound, grave mound, barrow, tumulus]
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witless
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adj 1: (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or
judgment [syn: nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted,
witless]
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calculous
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adj 1: relating to or caused by or having a calculus or calculi
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bolas
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stratocumulus
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bowlus
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solus
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tholus
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ayatollahs
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flocculus
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