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aspidistra
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n 1: evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown
primarily as a foliage houseplant [syn: aspidistra,
cast-iron plant, bar-room plant, Aspidistra elatio]
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extra
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adv 1: unusually or exceptionally; "an extra fast car"
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]
2: added to a regular schedule; "a special holiday flight"; "put
on special buses for the big game" [syn: extra, special]
3: further or added; "called for additional troops"; "need extra
help"; "an extra pair of shoes" [syn: extra, additional]
n 1: a minor actor in crowd scenes [syn: supernumerary, spear
carrier, extra]
2: an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a
crisis)
3: something additional of the same kind; "he always carried
extras in case of an emergency" [syn: extra, duplicate]
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mantra
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n 1: a commonly repeated word or phrase; "she repeated `So
pleased with how its going' at intervals like a mantra"
2: (Sanskrit) literally a `sacred utterance' in Vedism; one of a
collection of orally transmitted poetic hymns
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orchestra
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n 1: a musical organization consisting of a group of
instrumentalists including string players
2: seating on the main floor in a theater
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contra
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n 1: a member of the guerrilla force that opposed a left-wing
government in Nicaragua
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sinatra
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n 1: United States singer and film actor (1915-1998) [syn:
Sinatra, Frank Sinatra, Francis Albert Sinatra]
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sumatra
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n 1: a mountainous island in western Indonesia
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cleopatra
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n 1: beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of
Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to
avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)
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maharashtra
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n 1: a historical area in west-central India
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tantra
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n 1: any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious
literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech
and mind
2: doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness
of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of
Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements
like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially
influential in Tibet [syn: Tantra, Tantrism]
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chartres
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n 1: a town in northern France that is noted for its Gothic
Cathedral
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sartre
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n 1: French writer and existentialist philosopher (1905-1980)
[syn: Sartre, Jean-Paul Sartre]
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electra
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and
Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge
Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and
her lover (Aegisthus)
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fenestra
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n 1: a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in
the bone between the middle and inner ear)
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palaestra
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n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the
training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra,
palaestra]
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palestra
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n 1: a public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the
training of wrestlers and other athletes [syn: palestra,
palaestra]
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clytemnestra
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n 1: (Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered
when he returned from the Trojan War
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dicentra
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n 1: North American and Asian herbs with divided leaves and
irregular flowers [syn: Dicentra, genus Dicentra]
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rostra
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spectra
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centra
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terra
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tatra
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astra
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petra
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triquetra
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shastra
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socotra
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