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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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airy
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adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
aired, airy]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
ethereal]
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commissary
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n 1: a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually
to military personnel)
2: a snack bar in a film studio
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contrary
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adj 1: very opposed in nature or character or purpose; "acts
contrary to our code of ethics"; "the facts point to a
contrary conclusion"
2: of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true
but both may be false; "`hot' and `cold' are contrary terms"
3: resistant to guidance or discipline; "Mary Mary quite
contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a
perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" [syn: contrary,
obstinate, perverse, wayward]
4: in an opposing direction; "adverse currents"; "a contrary
wind" [syn: adverse, contrary]
n 1: a relation of direct opposition; "we thought Sue was older
than Bill but just the reverse was true" [syn: reverse,
contrary, opposite]
2: exact opposition; "public opinion to the contrary he is not
guilty"
3: a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries
if both cannot be true but both can be false
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legendary
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adj 1: so celebrated as to having taken on the nature of a
legend; "the legendary exploits of the arctic
trailblazers"
2: celebrated in fable or legend; "the fabled Paul Bunyan and
his blue ox"; "legendary exploits of Jesse James" [syn:
fabled, legendary]
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library
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n 1: a room where books are kept; "they had brandy in the
library"
2: a collection of literary documents or records kept for
reference or borrowing
3: a depository built to contain books and other materials for
reading and study [syn: library, depository library]
4: (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines
that are stored and available for immediate use [syn:
library, program library, subroutine library]
5: a building that houses a collection of books and other
materials
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luxury
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n 1: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
2: the quality possessed by something that is excessively
expensive [syn: lavishness, luxury, sumptuosity,
sumptuousness]
3: wealth as evidenced by sumptuous living [syn: luxury,
luxuriousness, opulence, sumptuousness]
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military
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adj 1: of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare;
"military law"
2: characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the
military; "military uniforms" [ant: nonmilitary,
unmilitary]
3: associated with or performed by members of the armed services
as contrasted with civilians; "military police" [ant:
civilian]
n 1: the military forces of a nation; "their military is the
largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same
one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" [syn:
military, armed forces, armed services, military
machine, war machine]
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necessary
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adj 1: absolutely essential [ant: unnecessary, unneeded]
2: unavoidably determined by prior circumstances; "the necessary
consequences of one's actions"
n 1: anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities
of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers
to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a
place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be
obtained" [syn: necessity, essential, requirement,
requisite, necessary] [ant: inessential,
nonessential]
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pecuniary
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adj 1: relating to or involving money; "monetary rewards"; "he
received thanks but no pecuniary compensation for his
services" [syn: monetary, pecuniary]
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psychosurgery
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n 1: brain surgery on human patients intended to relieve severe
and otherwise intractable mental or behavioral problems
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raillery
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n 1: light teasing repartee [syn: banter, raillery, give-
and-take, backchat]
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reliquary
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n 1: a container where religious relics are stored or displayed
(especially relics of saints)
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rotisserie
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n 1: an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which
meat cooks as it turns
2: a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats
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saddlery
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n 1: gear for a horse [syn: stable gear, saddlery, tack]
2: workshop where a saddler works
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salary
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n 1: something that remunerates; "wages were paid by check"; "he
wasted his pay on drink"; "they saved a quarter of all
their earnings" [syn: wage, pay, earnings,
remuneration, salary]
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savagery
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n 1: the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline
is littered with testaments to the savageness of the
waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and
color and the throb of drums" [syn: savageness,
savagery]
2: the trait of extreme cruelty [syn: ferociousness,
brutality, viciousness, savagery]
3: a brutal barbarous savage act [syn: brutality, barbarity,
barbarism, savagery]
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scary
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adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
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scullery
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n 1: a small room (in large old British houses) next to the
kitchen; where kitchen utensils are cleaned and kept and
other rough household jobs are done
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secondary
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adj 1: being of second rank or importance or value; not direct
or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary
crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue";
"secondary streams" [ant: primary]
2: inferior in rank or status; "the junior faculty"; "a lowly
corporal"; "petty officialdom"; "a subordinate functionary"
[syn: junior-grade, lower-ranking, lowly, petty(a),
secondary, subaltern]
3: depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a
secondary infection"
4: not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world
events"
5: belonging to a lower class or rank
n 1: the defensive football players who line up behind the
linemen
2: coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current
through the primary coil [syn: secondary coil, secondary
winding, secondary]
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sensory
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adj 1: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and
passing toward the central nervous system; "sensory
neurons" [syn: centripetal, receptive, sensory(a)]
2: involving or derived from the senses; "sensory experience";
"sensory channels" [syn: sensory, sensorial] [ant:
extrasensory, paranormal]
3: relating to or concerned in sensation; "the sensory cortex";
"sensory organs" [syn: sensational, sensory]
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slithery
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adj 1: having a slippery surface or quality ; "slithery mud";
"slithery eels"
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unnecessary
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adj 1: not necessary [syn: unnecessary, unneeded] [ant:
necessary]
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vocabulary
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n 1: a listing of the words used in some enterprise
2: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: vocabulary,
lexicon, mental lexicon]
3: the system of techniques or symbols serving as a means of
expression (as in arts or crafts); "he introduced a wide
vocabulary of techniques"
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mary
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n 1: the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin
Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics [syn:
Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin,
Madonna]
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aery
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adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas
Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition";
"physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform,
aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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february
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n 1: the month following January and preceding March [syn:
February, Feb]
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airey
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