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accentual
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adj 1: of or pertaining to accent or stress
2: (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than
syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the
number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm" [ant:
quantitative, syllabic]
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actual
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adj 1: presently existing in fact and not merely potential or
possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual
temperature were markedly different"; "actual and
imagined conditions" [syn: actual, existent] [ant:
possible, potential]
2: taking place in reality; not pretended or imitated; "we saw
the actual wedding on television"; "filmed the actual
beating"
3: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]
4: existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual
world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that produced
the emotion you experienced" [syn: actual, factual]
5: being or existing at the present moment; "the ship's actual
position is 22 miles due south of Key West"
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aspectual
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adj 1: of or belonging to an aspect (as an aspect of the verb);
"the aspectual system of Greek"
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bestial
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adj 1: resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility;
"beastly desires"; "a bestial nature"; "brute force"; "a
dull and brutish man"; "bestial treatment of prisoners"
[syn: beastly, bestial, brute(a), brutish,
brutal]
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casual
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adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest
casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold
weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an
elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with
nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant
manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
2: without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a
casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and
in their spare time"
3: appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual
clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday,
daily]
4: occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help
from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance
occurrence" [syn: casual, chance(a)]
5: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a
casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's
structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy"
[syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory]
6: occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual
correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
[syn: casual, occasional]
7: characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken
back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter"
[syn: fooling, casual]
8: natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a
casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style" [syn: free-
and-easy, casual]
9: not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed
with casual mastery"; "careless grace" [syn: casual,
effortless]
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conceptual
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adj 1: being or characterized by concepts or their formation;
"conceptual discussions"; "the schizophrenic loses
ability to abstract or do conceptual thinking"; "sex is a
notional category, gender is a grammatical category"
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contextual
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adj 1: relating to or determined by or in context; "contextual
information"
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contractual
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adj 1: relating to or part of a binding legal agreement;
"contractual obligations"
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effectual
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adj 1: producing or capable of producing an intended result or
having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more
effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-
distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective
teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made
an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be
effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" [syn:
effective, effectual, efficacious] [ant:
ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective]
2: having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the
property" [syn: legal, sound, effectual]
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eventual
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adj 1: expected to follow in the indefinite future from causes
already operating; "hope of eventual (or ultimate)
rescue"; "if this trend continues it is not reasonable to
expect the eventual collapse of the stock market"
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factual
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adj 1: existing in act or fact; "rocks and trees...the actual
world"; "actual heroism"; "the actual things that
produced the emotion you experienced" [syn: actual,
factual]
2: of or relating to or characterized by facts; "factual
considerations"
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habitual
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adj 1: commonly used or practiced; usual; "his accustomed
thoroughness"; "took his customary morning walk"; "his
habitual comment"; "with her wonted candor" [syn:
accustomed, customary, habitual, wonted(a)]
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ineffectual
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adj 1: not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective
teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [syn: ineffective,
uneffective, ineffectual] [ant: effective,
effectual, efficacious]
2: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose,
unavailing]
3: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler";
"like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective,
ineffectual, unable]
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intellectual
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adj 1: of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind;
"intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational
over the animal side of man" [syn: intellectual,
rational, noetic]
2: appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an
intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in
creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has
tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people";
"coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type";
"intellectual literature" [ant: nonintellectual]
3: involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a
cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama" [syn:
cerebral, intellectual] [ant: emotional]
n 1: a person who uses the mind creatively [syn: intellectual,
intellect]
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jewel
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n 1: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece
of jewelry [syn: jewel, gem, precious stone]
2: a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of
jewelry [syn: jewel, gem]
v 1: adorn or decorate with precious stones; "jeweled dresses"
[syn: bejewel, jewel]
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mutual
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adj 1: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
[syn: common, mutual]
2: concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially
given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal
trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other
clubs" [syn: reciprocal, mutual] [ant: nonreciprocal]
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nuptial
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adj 1: of or relating to a wedding; "bridal procession";
"nuptial day"; "spousal rites"; "wedding cake"; "marriage
vows" [syn: bridal, nuptial, spousal]
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perceptual
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adj 1: of or relating to the act of perceiving; "perceptual
stimulus"
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perpetual
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adj 1: continuing forever or indefinitely; "the ageless themes
of love and revenge"; "eternal truths"; "life
everlasting"; "hell's perpetual fires"; "the unending
bliss of heaven" [syn: ageless, aeonian, eonian,
eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unending,
unceasing]
2: uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing; "the
ceaseless thunder of surf"; "in constant pain"; "night and
day we live with the incessant noise of the city"; "the
never-ending search for happiness"; "the perpetual struggle
to maintain standards in a democracy"; "man's unceasing
warfare with drought and isolation"; "unremitting demands of
hunger" [syn: ceaseless, constant, incessant, never-
ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting]
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punctual
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adj 1: acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time
appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals";
"he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual
payment" [ant: unpunctual]
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satchel
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n 1: luggage consisting of a small case with a flat bottom and
(usually) a shoulder strap
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spiritual
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adj 1: concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
"religious texts"; "a member of a religious order";
"lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders";
"spiritual songs" [syn: religious, spiritual]
2: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual
approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual
values"; "unearthly love" [syn: spiritual, unearthly]
3: lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual
beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the
spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford
4: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at
the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral
emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" [syn:
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal,
spectral, spiritual]
n 1: a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the
southern United States [syn: spiritual, Negro
spiritual]
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tactual
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adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
"haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic,
tactile, tactual]
2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the
tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile,
tactual]
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tangential
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adj 1: of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion
to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark" [syn:
digressive, tangential]
2: of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a
tangent; "tangential forces"
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textual
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adj 1: of or relating to or based on a text; "textual analysis"
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virtual
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adj 1: being actually such in almost every respect; "a practical
failure"; "the once elegant temple lay in virtual ruin"
[syn: virtual(a), practical(a)]
2: existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact; "a
virtual dependence on charity"; "a virtual revolution";
"virtual reality"
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mitchell
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n 1: English aeronautical engineer (1895-1937) [syn: Mitchell,
R. J. Mitchell, Reginald Joseph Mitchell]
2: United States aviator and general who was an early advocate
of military air power (1879-1936) [syn: Mitchell, William
Mitchell, Billy Mitchell]
3: United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae
(1818-1889) [syn: Mitchell, Maria Mitchell]
4: United States writer noted for her novel about the South
during the American Civil War (1900-1949) [syn: Mitchell,
Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell]
5: United States labor leader; president of the United Mine
Workers of America from 1898 to 1908 (1870-1919) [syn:
Mitchell, John Mitchell]
6: United States dancer who formed the first Black classical
ballet company (born in 1934) [syn: Mitchell, Arthur
Mitchell]
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conventual
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adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
conventual, monastic, monastical]
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churchill
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n 1: English general considered one of the greatest generals in
history (1650-1722) [syn: Churchill, John Churchill,
Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough]
2: British statesman and leader during World War II; received
Nobel prize for literature in 1953 (1874-1965) [syn:
Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill,
Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill]
3: a Canadian town in northern Manitoba on Hudson Bay; important
port for shipping grain
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instinctual
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