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arras
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n 1: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial
designs [syn: tapestry, arras]
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embarrass
0
v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn:
embarrass, abash]
2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His
brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct,
blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy,
embarrass]
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ferrous
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adj 1: of or relating to or containing iron [syn: ferric,
ferrous]
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heiress
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n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
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terrace
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n 1: usually paved outdoor area adjoining a residence [syn:
patio, terrace]
2: a level shelf of land interrupting a declivity (with steep
slopes above and below) [syn: terrace, bench]
3: a row of houses built in a similar style and having common
dividing walls (or the street on which they face); "Grosvenor
Terrace"
v 1: provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country
house" [syn: terrace, terrasse]
2: make into terraces as for cultivation; "The Incas terraced
their mountainous land"
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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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foundress
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n 1: a woman founder
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glabrous
0
adj 1: having no hair or similar growth; smooth; "glabrous
stems"; "glabrous leaves"; "a glabrous scalp"
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horace
0
n 1: Roman lyric poet said to have influenced English poetry
(65-8 BC)
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slumbrous
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adj 1: quiet and tranquil; "a slumberous June morning" [syn:
slumberous, slumbrous]
2: inclined to or marked by drowsiness; "slumberous (or
slumbrous) eyes"; "`slumbery' is archaic"; "the sound had a
somnolent effect" [syn: slumberous, slumbery,
slumbrous, somnolent]
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songstress
0
n 1: a woman songster (especially of popular songs)
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taurus
0
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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tigris
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n 1: an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River [syn:
Tigris, Tigris River]
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varus
0
n 1: a deformity in which part of a limb is turned inward to an
abnormal degree [ant: valgus]
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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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horus
0
n 1: Egyptian solar god with the head of a falcon; the son of
Osiris and Isis
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sorus
0
n 1: a spore-producing structure in certain lichens and fungi
2: cluster of sporangia usually on underside of a fern frond
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nonferrous
0
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jointress
0
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nacrous
0
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scirrhous
0
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scirrhus
0
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sclerous
0
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cerus
0
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derose
0
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marous
0
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meris
0
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peras
0
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scarus
0
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aquarists
0
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ahasuerus
0
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arris
0
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barrus
0