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buckeye
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n 1: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn:
buckeye, horse chestnut, conker]
2: tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red
flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [syn: horse
chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum]
3: a native or resident of Ohio [syn: Ohioan, Buckeye]
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latchkey
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n 1: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an
outside door
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marquee
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n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee]
2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn:
marquee, marquise]
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marquis
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n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert
Perry Marquis]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn:
marquis, marquess]
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passkey
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n 1: key that secures entrance everywhere [syn: passkey,
passe-partout, master key, master]
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pinkeye
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n 1: inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye [syn:
conjunctivitis, pinkeye]
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sockeye
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n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn:
red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon]
2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries
of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon,
blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]
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trochee
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n 1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
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turnkey
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n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard,
jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]
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waikiki
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n 1: a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the
southeast of Honolulu
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maquis
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n 1: a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War
II [syn: Maquis, Maquisard]
2: the French underground that fought against the German
occupation in World War II
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cherokee
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n 1: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
2: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the
Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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manichee
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adj 1: of or relating to Manichaeism [syn: Manichaean,
Manichean, Manichee]
n 1: an adherent of Manichaeism [syn: Manichaean, Manichean,
Manichee]
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coquille
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n 1: seafood served in a scallop shell
2: a dish in the form of a scallop shell
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cocci
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n 1: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus,
cocci]
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foci
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loci
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thecae
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tunicae
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mckee
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mckie
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ciskei
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mackay
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akai
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raki
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torquay
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transkei
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bacchae
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sakai
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rocaille
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abaci
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mordecai
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diadochi
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asci
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cerci
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conkey
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labranche
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