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aurous
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adj 1: of or relating to or containing or derived from gold
[syn: aurous, auric]
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avarice
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n 1: reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth
(personified as one of the deadly sins) [syn: avarice,
greed, covetousness, rapacity, avaritia]
2: extreme greed for material wealth [syn: avarice,
avariciousness, covetousness, cupidity]
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brontosaurus
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n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North
America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur,
apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder
lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]
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chorus
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n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus
of boos"
2: a group of people assembled to sing together
3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
singers [syn: refrain, chorus]
4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn:
chorus, chorus line]
5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in
unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn:
chorus, Greek chorus]
v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
2: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]
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clitoris
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n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn:
clitoris, clit, button]
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dentifrice
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n 1: a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a
toothbrush
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ephemeris
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n 1: an annual publication containing astronomical tables that
give the positions of the celestial bodies throughout the
year; "today computers calculate the ephemerides"
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ex
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adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
"demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p),
outmoded, passe, passee]
n 1: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex-
husband, ex]
2: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his
exes live in Texas" [syn: ex-wife, ex]
3: the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: X, x, ex]
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hubris
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n 1: overbearing pride or presumption
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iris
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n 1: plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing
bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three
drooping sepals [syn: iris, flag, fleur-de-lis,
sword lily]
2: muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil which
in turn controls the amount of light that enters the eye; it
forms the colored portion of the eye
3: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be
adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening [syn:
iris, iris diaphragm]
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liquorice
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n 1: deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the
Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately
compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long
thick sweet roots [syn: licorice, liquorice,
Glycyrrhiza glabra]
2: a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice
plant [syn: licorice, liquorice]
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porous
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adj 1: able to absorb fluids; "the partly porous walls of our
digestive system"; "compacting the soil to make it less
porous"
2: full of pores or vessels or holes [syn: porous,
poriferous] [ant: nonporous]
3: allowing passage in and out; "our unfenced and largely
unpoliced border inevitably has been very porous" [syn:
holey, porous]
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stegosaurus
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n 1: herbivorous ornithischian dinosaur with a row of bony
plates along its back and a spiked tail probably used as a
weapon [syn: stegosaur, stegosaurus, Stegosaur
stenops]
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thesaurus
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n 1: a book containing a classified list of synonyms [syn:
thesaurus, synonym finder]
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torus
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n 1: a ring-shaped surface generated by rotating a circle around
an axis that does not intersect the circle [syn: torus,
toroid]
2: commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column [syn:
torus, tore]
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tyrannosaurus
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n 1: large carnivorous bipedal dinosaur having enormous teeth
with knifelike serrations; may have been a scavenger rather
than an active predator; later Cretaceous period in North
America [syn: tyrannosaur, tyrannosaurus,
Tyrannosaurus rex]
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derris
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n 1: any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of
tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone;
several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons
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doris
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n 1: (Greek mythology) wife of Nereus and mother of the Nereids
2: a small region of ancient Greece where the Doric dialect was
spoken
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horace
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n 1: Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry
(65-8 BC)
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morris
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n 1: United States suffragist in Wyoming (1814-1902) [syn:
Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack
Morris]
2: English poet and craftsman (1834-1896) [syn: Morris,
William Morris]
3: leader of the American Revolution who signed the Declaration
of Independence and raised money for the Continental Army
(1734-1806) [syn: Morris, Robert Morris]
4: United States statesman who led the committee that produced
the final draft of the United States Constitution (1752-1816)
[syn: Morris, Gouverneur Morris]
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norris
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n 1: United States writer (1870-1902) [syn: Norris, Frank
Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr.]
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orris
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n 1: German iris having large white flowers with lavender-tinged
falls and a fragrant rhizome [syn: Florentine iris,
orris, Iris germanica florentina, Iris florentina]
2: fragrant rootstock of various irises especially Florentine
iris; used in perfumes and medicines [syn: orrisroot,
orris]
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paris
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n 1: the capital and largest city of France; and international
center of culture and commerce [syn: Paris, City of
Light, French capital, capital of France]
2: sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae [syn: Paris,
genus Paris]
3: (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from
her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
4: a town in northeastern Texas
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taurus
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n 1: Venezuelan master terrorist raised by a Marxist-Leninist
father; trained and worked with many terrorist groups (born
in 1949) [syn: Sanchez, Ilich Sanchez, Ilich Ramirez
Sanchez, Carlos, Carlos the Jackal, Salim, Andres
Martinez, Taurus, Glen Gebhard, Hector Hevodidbon,
Michael Assat]
2: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
[syn: Taurus, Bull]
3: a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near
Orion; between Aries and Gemini
4: the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about April 20 to May 20 [syn: Taurus, Taurus the Bull,
Bull]
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chloris
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n 1: tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners:
finger grass; windmill grass [syn: Chloris, genus
Chloris]
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polaris
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n 1: the brightest star in Ursa Minor; at the end of the handle
of the Little Dipper; the northern axis of the earth points
toward it [syn: Polaris, North Star, pole star,
polar star, polestar]
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harris
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n 1: United States author who wrote the stories about Uncle
Remus (1848-1908) [syn: Harris, Joel Harris, Joel
Chandler Harris]
2: United States linguist (born in Ukraine) who developed
mathematical linguistics and interpreted speech and writing
in a social context (1909-1992) [syn: Harris, Zellig
Harris, Zellig Sabbatai Harris]
3: United States diplomat who was instrumental in opening Japan
to foreign trade (1804-1878) [syn: Harris, Townsend
Harris]
4: Irish writer noted for his sexually explicit but unreliable
autobiography (1856-1931) [syn: Harris, Frank Harris,
James Thomas Harris]
5: British marshal of the Royal Air Force; during World War II
he directed mass bombing raids against German cities that
resulted in heavy civilian casualties (1892-1984) [syn:
Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris]
6: publisher of the first newspaper printed in America
(1673-1713) [syn: Harris, Benjamin Harris]
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eris
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n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of discord; sister of Ares
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osiris
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n 1: Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead;
husband and brother of Isis; father of Horus
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ferris
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loris
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oris
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harries
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clarice
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maurice
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torrez
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floris
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delores
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dolores
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fitzmaurice
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fitzmorris
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montgoris
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tortorice
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mcmorris
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maquiladoras
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flores
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torres
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borris
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dorice
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dorris
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morice
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moris
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sorice
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voris
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laurice
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arris
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apollinaris
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farris
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cantoris
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