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abutilon
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n 1: herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian
mallow [syn: Abutilon, genus Abutilon]
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carillon
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n 1: set of bells hung in a bell tower
2: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
[syn: bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing]
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colon
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n 1: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the
rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they
are excreted
2: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
[syn: colon, El Salvadoran colon]
3: the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
[syn: colon, Costa Rican colon]
4: a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
[syn: Colon, Aspinwall]
5: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series
or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a
business letter)
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crayon
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n 1: writing implement consisting of a colored stick of
composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn:
crayon, wax crayon]
v 1: write, draw, or trace with a crayon
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echelon
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n 1: a body of troops arranged in a line
2: a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal
thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset
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encephalon
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n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all
the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull;
continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain,
encephalon]
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epsilon
0
n 1: the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
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metazoan
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n 1: any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except
protozoans and sponges
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nylon
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n 1: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient
synthetic fibers
2: a synthetic fabric
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protozoan
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adj 1: of or relating to the Protozoa [syn: protozoal,
protozoan, protozoic]
n 1: any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms
usually nonphotosynthetic [syn: protozoan, protozoon]
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protozoon
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n 1: any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms
usually nonphotosynthetic [syn: protozoan, protozoon]
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pylon
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n 1: a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in
a race
2: a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power
lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists"
[syn: pylon, power pylon]
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salon
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n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed
2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon,
beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty
shop]
3: elegant sitting room where guests are received
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semicolon
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n 1: a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent
clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
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swollen
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adj 1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated
sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an
attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical
disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was
unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed
and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn:
conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-
conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]
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huron
0
n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron,
Huron]
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nippon
0
n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon,
Nihon]
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solon
0
n 1: a man who is a respected leader in national or
international affairs [syn: statesman, solon, national
leader]
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yuan
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan,
Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
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ceylon
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n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
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halon
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n 1: a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon
have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very
stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought
to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer
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babylon
0
n 1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the
ancient kingdom of Babylonia
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papillon
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n 1: small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black-
spotted brown to white coat
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laocoon
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the
Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted
to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks
(Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon
and his two twin sons killing them
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owen
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n 1: Welsh industrialist and social reformer who founded
cooperative communities (1771-1858) [syn: Owen, Robert
Owen]
2: English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an
opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892) [syn: Owen, Sir Richard
Owen]
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rowan
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n 1: Eurasian tree with orange-red berrylike fruits [syn:
rowan, rowan tree, European mountain ash, Sorbus
aucuparia]
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minoan
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Bronze Age
culture of Crete; "the Minoan palace at Knossos"
n 1: a Cretan who lived in the bronze-age culture of Crete about
3000-1100 BC
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samoan
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adj 1: of or relating to Samoa or its people or language or
culture; "Samoan fishing industry"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Samoan Islands
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anthozoan
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n 1: sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and
colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed
[syn: anthozoan, actinozoan]
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bryozoan
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n 1: sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small
polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing
tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by
budding [syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea
moss, moss animal]
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hydrozoan
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n 1: colonial coelenterates having the polyp phase dominant
[syn: hydrozoan, hydroid]
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idahoan
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n 1: a native or resident of Idaho
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ohioan
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n 1: a native or resident of Ohio [syn: Ohioan, Buckeye]
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polyzoan
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n 1: sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small
polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing
tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by
budding [syn: bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea
moss, moss animal]
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scyphozoan
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n 1: any of various usually free-swimming marine coelenterates
having a gelatinous medusoid stage as the dominant phase of
its life cycle
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eidolon
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etalon
0
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stolen
0
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cohen
0
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goan
0
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avalon
0
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miquelon
0
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petalon
0
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propylon
0
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semillon
0
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cowen
0
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rohan
0
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colan
0
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colen
0