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anterior
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adj 1: of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a
body [ant: posterior]
2: earlier in time [syn: anterior, prior(a)]
n 1: a tooth situated at the front of the mouth; "his
malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" [syn: front
tooth, anterior]
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bacteria
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n 1: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or
spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that
reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for
biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often
considered to be plants [syn: bacteria, bacterium]
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cafeteria
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n 1: a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier
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diphtheria
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n 1: acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium
Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a
false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing
difficulty in breathing
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exterior
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adj 1: situated in or suitable for the outdoors or outside of a
building; "an exterior scene"; "exterior grade plywood";
"exterior paints" [ant: interior]
n 1: the region that is outside of something [syn: outside,
exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
2: the outer side or surface of something [syn: outside,
exterior] [ant: inside, interior]
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hysteria
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n 1: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze,
delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria]
2: excessive or uncontrollable fear
3: neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional
outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
[syn: hysteria, hysterical neurosis]
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inferior
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adj 1: of or characteristic of low rank or importance [ant:
superior]
2: of low or inferior quality [ant: superior]
3: written or printed below and to one side of another character
[syn: subscript, inferior] [ant: adscript, superior,
superscript]
4: having an orbit between the sun and the Earth's orbit;
"Mercury and Venus are inferior planets" [ant: superior]
5: lower than a given reference point; "inferior alveolar
artery"
6: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]
n 1: one of lesser rank or station or quality [ant: higher-up,
superior, superordinate]
2: a character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or
slightly below and to the side of another character [syn:
subscript, inferior] [ant: superior, superscript]
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interior
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adj 1: situated within or suitable for inside a building; "an
interior scene"; "interior decoration"; "an interior
bathroom without windows" [ant: exterior]
2: inside the country; "the British Home Office has broader
responsibilities than the United States Department of the
Interior"; "the nation's internal politics" [syn: home(a),
interior(a), internal, national]
3: located inward; "Beethoven's manuscript looks like a bloody
record of a tremendous inner battle"- Leonard Bernstein; "she
thinks she has no soul, no interior life, but the truth is
that she has no access to it"- David Denby; "an internal
sense of rightousness"- A.R.Gurney,Jr. [syn: inner,
interior, internal]
4: inside and toward a center; "interior regions of the earth"
5: of or coming from the middle of a region or country;
"upcountry districts" [syn: interior, midland,
upcountry]
n 1: the region that is inside of something [syn: inside,
interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
2: the inner or enclosed surface of something [syn: inside,
interior] [ant: exterior, outside]
3: the United States federal department charged with
conservation and the development of natural resources;
created in 1849 [syn: Department of the Interior, Interior
Department, Interior, DoI]
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posterior
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adj 1: located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a
structure [ant: anterior]
2: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior
argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a),
ulterior, posterior]
n 1: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
2: a tooth situated at the back of the mouth [syn: back tooth,
posterior]
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superior
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adj 1: of high or superior quality or performance; "superior
wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"
[ant: inferior]
2: of or characteristic of high rank or importance; "a superior
ruler" [ant: inferior]
3: (sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by;
"overcome by a superior opponent"; "trust magnates who felt
themselves superior to law"
4: written or printed above and to one side of another character
[syn: superscript, superior] [ant: adscript,
inferior, subscript]
5: having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit;
"Mars and Jupiter are the closest in of the superior planets"
[ant: inferior]
6: having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: ranking(a),
superior, higher-ranking]
7: (often followed by `to') above being affected or influenced
by; "he is superior to fear"; "an ignited firework proceeds
superior to circumstances until its blazing vitality fades"
n 1: one of greater rank or station or quality [syn: superior,
higher-up, superordinate] [ant: inferior]
2: the head of a religious community
3: a combatant who is able to defeat rivals [syn: victor,
master, superior]
4: the largest freshwater lake in the world; the deepest of the
Great Lakes [syn: Lake Superior, Superior]
5: a town in northwest Wisconsin on Lake Superior across from
Duluth
6: a character or symbol set or printed or written above and
immediately to one side of another character [syn:
superscript, superior] [ant: inferior, subscript]
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ulterior
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adj 1: lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed
(especially being kept in the background or deliberately
concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked
too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"-
Bertrand Russell [syn: subterranean, subterraneous,
ulterior]
2: beyond or outside an area of immediate interest; remote; "a
suggestion ulterior to the present discussion";
"without...any purpose, immediate or ulterior"- G.B.Shaw
3: coming at a subsequent time or stage; "without ulterior
argument"; "the mood posterior to" [syn: later(a),
ulterior, posterior]
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wisteria
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n 1: any flowering vine of the genus Wisteria [syn: wisteria,
wistaria]
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iberia
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n 1: an ancient geographical region to the south of the Caucasus
Mountains that corresponded approximately to the present-
day Georgia
2: a peninsula in southwestern Europe [syn: Iberian Peninsula,
Iberia]
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liberia
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n 1: a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans
as a way to free negro slaves [syn: Liberia, Republic of
Liberia]
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listeria
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n 1: any species of the genus Listeria
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siberia
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n 1: a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters
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cryptomeria
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n 1: Japanese cedar; sugi [syn: Cryptomeria, genus
Cryptomeria]
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cheerier
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criteria
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imperia
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