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augustine
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the
early Christian church; after a dramatic conversion to
Christianity he became bishop of Hippo Regius in North
Africa; St. Augustine emphasized man's need for grace
(354-430) [syn: Augustine, Saint Augustine, St.
Augustine, Augustine of Hippo]
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byzantine
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adj 1: of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the
rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine
rites"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire
or the ancient city of Byzantium
3: highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious; "the
Byzantine tax structure"; "Byzantine methods for holding on
to his chairmanship"; "convoluted legal language";
"convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a
knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering";
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott;
"tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting
for months" [syn: Byzantine, convoluted, involved,
knotty, tangled, tortuous]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine
Empire
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clementine
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n 1: a variety of mandarin orange that is grown around the
Mediterranean and in South Africa [syn: clementine,
clementine tree]
2: a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few
seeds
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constantine
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n 1: Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians
and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the
Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to
Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople (280-337) [syn:
Constantine, Constantine I, Constantine the Great,
Flavius Valerius Constantinus]
2: a walled city in northeastern Algeria to the east of Algiers;
was destroyed in warfare in the 4th century and rebuilt by
Constantine I
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creatine
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n 1: an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found
in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form
and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle
contraction [syn: creatine, creatin]
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diplotene
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n 1: the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
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florentine
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the city of
Florence; "Florentine art"
n 1: a native or resident of Florence, Italy
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frankenstein
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n 1: an agency that escapes control and destroys its creator
2: the monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary
Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used
to refer to his creation) [syn: Frankenstein,
Frankenstein's monster]
3: the fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a
gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a
monster from parts of corpses
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hammerstein
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n 1: United States lyricist who collaborated on many musical
comedies (most successfully with Richard Rodgers)
(1895-1960) [syn: Hammerstein, Oscar Hammerstein,
Oscar Hammerstein II]
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langoustine
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n 1: caught in European waters; slenderer than American lobster
[syn: Norwegian lobster, langoustine, scampo]
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leptotene
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n 1: the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
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lichtenstein
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n 1: United States painter who was a leading exponent of pop art
(1923-1997) [syn: Lichtenstein, Roy Lichtenstein]
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mangosteen
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n 1: East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible
fruit [syn: mangosteen, mangosteen tree, Garcinia
mangostana]
2: two- to three-inch tropical fruit with juicy flesh suggestive
of both peaches and pineapples
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philistine
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adj 1: of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its
people
2: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and
cultural values [syn: anti-intellectual, philistine]
n 1: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits [syn:
philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow]
2: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia
around the 12th century BC
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rubinstein
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n 1: United States pianist (born in Poland) known for his
interpretations of the music of Chopin (1886-1982) [syn:
Rubinstein, Arthur Rubinstein, Artur Rubinstein]
2: Russian composer and pianist (1829-1894) [syn: Rubinstein,
Anton Rubenstein, Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton
Grigorevich Rubinstein]
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levantine
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adj 1: of or relating to the Levant or its inhabitants; "the
Levantine coast"
n 1: (formerly) a native or inhabitant of the Levant
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palestine
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n 1: a former British mandate on the east coast of the
Mediterranean; divided between Jordan and Israel in 1948
2: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of
the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity
and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy
Land, Promised Land]
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wittgenstein
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n 1: British philosopher born in Austria; a major influence on
logic and logical positivism (1889-1951) [syn:
Wittgenstein, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johan
Wittgenstein]
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bernstein
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n 1: United States conductor and composer (1918-1990) [syn:
Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein]
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justine
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martine
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potheen
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sistine
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springsteen
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barquentine
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ernestine
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finkelstein
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heseltine
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nougatine
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vespertine
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