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campus
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n 1: a field on which the buildings of a university are situated
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compass
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n 1: navigational instrument for finding directions
2: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or
control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a
greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal
legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within
the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the
law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" [syn:
scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit]
3: the limit of capability; "within the compass of education"
[syn: compass, range, reach, grasp]
4: drafting instrument used for drawing circles
v 1: bring about; accomplish; "This writer attempts more than
his talents can compass"
2: travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the
earth" [syn: circumnavigate, compass]
3: get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning
of this letter?" [syn: grok, get the picture,
comprehend, savvy, dig, grasp, compass,
apprehend]
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corpus
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n 1: capital as contrasted with the income derived from it [syn:
principal, corpus, principal sum]
2: a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"
3: the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
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encompass
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v 1: include in scope; include as part of something broader;
have as one's sphere or territory; "This group encompasses
a wide range of people from different backgrounds"; "this
should cover everyone in the group" [syn: embrace,
encompass, comprehend, cover]
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eohippus
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n 1: earliest horse; extinct primitive dog-sized four-toed
Eocene animal [syn: eohippus, dawn horse]
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grampus
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n 1: predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal
fin; common in cold seas [syn: killer whale, killer,
orca, grampus, sea wolf, Orcinus orca]
2: slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas [syn:
grampus, Grampus griseus]
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gyrocompass
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n 1: a compass that does not depend on magnetism but uses a
gyroscope instead
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hippocampus
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n 1: a complex neural structure (shaped like a sea horse)
consisting of grey matter and located on the floor of each
lateral ventricle; intimately involved in motivation and
emotion as part of the limbic system; has a central role in
the formation of memories
2: seahorses [syn: Hippocampus, genus Hippocampus]
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lupus
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n 1: any of several forms of ulcerative skin disease
2: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus
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metacarpus
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n 1: the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
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rumpus
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n 1: the act of making a noisy disturbance [syn: commotion,
din, ruction, ruckus, rumpus, tumult]
v 1: cause a disturbance
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pappus
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n 1: calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs
in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions
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atropos
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n 1: the Greek goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life
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priapus
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n 1: (classical mythology) god of male procreative power and
guardian of gardens and vineyards
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lepus
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n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and
Columba
2: type genus of the Leporidae: hares [syn: Lepus, genus
Lepus]
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oedipus
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly
killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the
subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles [syn:
Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex]
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lysippus
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n 1: Greek sculptor (4th century BC)
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canopus
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n 1: supergiant star 650 light years from Earth; second
brightest star in the sky
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olympus
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n 1: a mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast;
believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the
gods (9,570 feet high) [syn: Olympus, Mount Olympus,
Mt. Olympus, Olimbos]
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carpus
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n 1: a joint between the distal end of the radius and the
proximal row of carpal bones [syn: wrist, carpus,
wrist joint, radiocarpal joint, articulatio
radiocarpea]
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acarpous
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adj 1: producing no fruit
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syncarpous
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adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united
carpels [ant: apocarpous]
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apocarpous
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adj 1: (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels
that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
[ant: syncarpous]
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habeas
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chiapas
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palpus
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aristippus
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monocarpous
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oligocarpous
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upas
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