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ancestress
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n 1: a woman ancestor
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brontosaurus
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n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North
America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur,
apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder
lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]
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buttress
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n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
building [syn: buttress, buttressing]
v 1: reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
2: make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
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cadaverous
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adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt
men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and
cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his
wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony,
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched,
skeletal, wasted]
2: of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long
anticipated his cadaverous end" [syn: cadaverous,
cadaveric]
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cancerous
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adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth"
2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was
cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral
development of our children"
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cantankerous
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adj 1: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about
demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn:
bloody-minded, cantankerous]
2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous
and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn:
cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]
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carnivorous
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion
and other carnivorous animals"
2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals;
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting
small animals especially insects" [ant: herbivorous,
insectivorous, omnivorous]
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chivalrous
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adj 1: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn:
chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
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chorus
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n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus
of boos"
2: a group of people assembled to sing together
3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
singers [syn: refrain, chorus]
4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn:
chorus, chorus line]
5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in
unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn:
chorus, Greek chorus]
v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
2: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]
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cirrus
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n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrus, cirrhus]
2: a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high
altitude (4 to 8 miles) [syn: cirrus, cirrus cloud]
3: a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or
crinoids or many insects; often tactile
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citrus
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n 1: any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick
rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions [syn: citrus,
citrus fruit, citrous fruit]
2: any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of
the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely
cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery
aromatic rinds [syn: citrus, citrus tree]
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clamorous
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adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant,
clamorous, strident, vociferous]
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congress
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n 1: the legislature of the United States government [syn:
Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US
Congress]
2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
3: a national legislative assembly
4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the
man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited
until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual
intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation,
coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual
relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
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coniferous
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adj 1: of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing
cones and evergreen leaves [syn: coniferous, cone-
bearing]
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cumbrous
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adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]
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cypress
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n 1: wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the
genus Cupressus
2: any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of
north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and
rounded cones [syn: cypress, cypress tree]
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dangerous
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adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or
harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge";
"unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn:
dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe]
2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a
dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness";
"grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of
events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening
disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious,
severe, life-threatening]
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decorous
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adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in
manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the
extreme" [ant: indecorous, indelicate]
2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman
to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial";
"seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il
faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
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desirous
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adj 1: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of
high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to
the problem" [syn: desirous, wishful] [ant:
undesiring, undesirous]
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dexterous
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adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
"a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face";
"dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft,
dexterous, dextrous]
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disastrous
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adj 1: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire
consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on
Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a
disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such
doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my
theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war
without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a
fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous,
fatal, fateful]
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embarrass
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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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eros
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n 1: (Greek mythology) god of love; son of Aphrodite; identified
with Roman Cupid
2: a desire for sexual intimacy [syn: sexual desire, eros,
concupiscence, physical attraction]
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naris
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n 1: any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to
flow through the cavities to the pharynx
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paris
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n 1: the capital and largest city of France; and international
center of culture and commerce [syn: Paris, City of
Light, French capital, capital of France]
2: sometimes placed in subfamily Trilliaceae [syn: Paris,
genus Paris]
3: (Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from
her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War
4: a town in northeastern Texas
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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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nonferrous
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ferris
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sclerous
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calveras
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ahasuerus
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