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accustom
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v 1: make psychologically or physically used (to something);
"She became habituated to the background music" [syn:
habituate, accustom]
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arboretum
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n 1: a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for
exhibition [syn: arboretum, botanical garden]
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atom
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n 1: (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an
element having the chemical properties of the element
2: (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything [syn: atom,
molecule, particle, corpuscle, mote, speck]
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autumn
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n 1: the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the
fall of 1973" [syn: fall, autumn]
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bantam
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adj 1: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest
of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn:
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget,
petite, tiny, flyspeck]
n 1: any of various small breeds of fowl
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bottom
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adj 1: situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom
drawer" [ant: side(a), top(a)]
2: the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class"
n 1: the lower side of anything [syn: bottom, underside,
undersurface]
2: the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of
the hill"
3: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
4: the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
[syn: bottom, bottom of the inning] [ant: top, top of
the inning]
5: a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he
searched for treasure on the ocean bed" [syn: bed,
bottom]
6: low-lying alluvial land near a river [syn: bottomland,
bottom]
7: a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in
foreign bottoms" [syn: bottom, freighter, merchantman,
merchant ship]
v 1: provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs"
2: strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
3: come to understand [syn: penetrate, fathom, bottom]
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custom
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adj 1: made according to the specifications of an individual
[syn: custom-made, custom] [ant: ready-made]
n 1: accepted or habitual practice [syn: custom, usage,
usance]
2: a specific practice of long standing [syn: custom,
tradition]
3: money collected under a tariff [syn: customs, customs
duty, custom, impost]
4: habitual patronage; "I have given this tailor my custom for
many years"
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datum
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n 1: an item of factual information derived from measurement or
research [syn: datum, data point]
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desideratum
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n 1: something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a
vacation are time and money"
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dictum
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n 1: an authoritative declaration [syn: pronouncement,
dictum, say-so]
2: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly
bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
[syn: obiter dictum, dictum]
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quantum
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n 1: a discrete amount of something that is analogous to the
quantities in quantum theory
2: (physics) the smallest discrete quantity of some physical
property that a system can possess (according to quantum
theory)
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adiantum
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n 1: cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some
classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or
Adiantaceae [syn: Adiantum, genus Adiantum]
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postmortem
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adj 1: occurring or done after death; "postmortem changes"; "a
postmortem examination to determine cause of death";
"postmortal wounds" [syn: postmortem, postmortal]
[ant: antemortem]
2: after death or after an event; "a postmortem examination to
determine the cause of death"; "the postmortem discussion of
the President's TV address"
n 1: discussion of an event after it has occurred [syn:
postmortem, post-mortem]
2: an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine
cause of death or the changes produced by disease [syn:
autopsy, necropsy, postmortem, post-mortem, PM,
postmortem examination, post-mortem examination]
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cementum
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n 1: a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth
[syn: cementum, cement]
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omentum
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n 1: a fold of peritoneum supporting the viscera
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tomentum
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n 1: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn:
hair, fuzz, tomentum]
2: a network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface
of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex [syn: tomentum,
tomentum cerebri]
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indumentum
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n 1: a covering of fine hairs (or sometimes scales) as on a leaf
or insect [syn: indumentum, indument]
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ageratum
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n 1: rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States
and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue
flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium [syn:
mistflower, mist-flower, ageratum, Conoclinium
coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum]
2: any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and
small heads of blue or white flowers
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teetotum
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n 1: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on
which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and
string for his birthday" [syn: top, whirligig,
teetotum, spinning top]
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superstratum
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n 1: any stratum or layer superimposed on another [syn:
superstrate, superstratum]
2: the language of a later invading people that is imposed on an
indigenous population and contributes features to their
language [syn: superstrate, superstratum]
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factum
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higginbottom
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reaccustom
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antietam
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tapetum
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bonham
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sonum
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cheetham
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tatham
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gotham
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higginbotham
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satem
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