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bedight
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v 1: decorate; "deck the halls with holly" [syn: deck,
bedight, bedeck]
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candidate
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n 1: a politician who is running for public office [syn:
campaigner, candidate, nominee]
2: someone who is considered for something (for an office or
prize or honor etc.) [syn: candidate, prospect]
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chordate
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Chordata
n 1: any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or
spinal column
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cordite
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n 1: explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and
petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in
brown cords
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erudite
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adj 1: having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist";
"an erudite professor" [syn: erudite, learned]
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expedite
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v 1: speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite
the process" [syn: expedite, hasten]
2: process fast and efficiently; "I will try to expedite the
matter"
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extradite
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v 1: hand over to the authorities of another country; "They
extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could
be tried there" [syn: extradite, deliver, deport]
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hermaphrodite
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adj 1: of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive
organs [syn: hermaphroditic, hermaphrodite]
n 1: one having both male and female sexual characteristics and
organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or
female cannot be made [syn: hermaphrodite, intersex,
gynandromorph, androgyne, epicene, epicene person]
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indict
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v 1: accuse formally of a crime
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jadeite
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n 1: a hard green mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate
in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade; found
principally in Burma
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recondite
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adj 1: difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of
ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's
lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid
them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite
problem in historiography" [syn: abstruse, deep,
recondite]
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troglodyte
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n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: hermit, recluse,
solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte]
2: someone who lives in a cave [syn: caveman, cave man,
cave dweller, troglodyte]
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indite
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v 1: produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote
four novels" [syn: write, compose, pen, indite]
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luddite
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n 1: any opponent of technological progress
2: one of the 19th century English workmen who destroyed
laborsaving machinery that they thought would cause
unemployment
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pedate
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adj 1: of a leaf shape; having radiating lobes, each deeply
cleft or divided
2: having or resembling a foot
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incondite
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condit
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