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apian
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adj 1: relating to or having the characteristics of bees
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champion
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adj 1: holding first place in a contest; "a champion show dog";
"a prizewinning wine" [syn: champion, prizewinning]
n 1: someone who has won first place in a competition [syn:
champion, champ, title-holder]
2: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter,
hero, paladin]
3: a person who backs a politician or a team etc.; "all their
supporters came out for the game"; "they are friends of the
library" [syn: supporter, protagonist, champion,
admirer, booster, friend]
4: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace,
adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin,
virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz,
whizz, wizard, wiz]
v 1: protect or fight for as a champion [syn: champion,
defend]
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cyclopean
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean
eye"
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scorpion
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n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in
Scorpio [syn: Scorpio, Scorpion]
2: the eighth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about October 23 to November 21 [syn: Scorpio, Scorpio the
Scorpion, Scorpion]
3: arachnid of warm dry regions having a long segmented tail
ending in a venomous stinger
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thespian
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adj 1: of or relating to drama; "the movie director had thespian
cooperation"
n 1: a theatrical performer [syn: actor, histrion, player,
thespian, role player]
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tompion
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n 1: plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture
[syn: tampion, tompion]
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utopian
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or resembling a utopia; "a Utopian
novel" [syn: utopian, Utopian]
2: characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection;
"the dim utopian future"; "utopian idealists"; "recognized
the utopian nature of his hopes" [ant: dystopian]
n 1: an idealistic (but usually impractical) social reformer; "a
Utopian believes in the ultimate perfectibility of man"
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aesculapian
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adj 1: of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art [syn:
aesculapian, medical]
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algerian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Algeria or its
inhabitants; "Algerian towns"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Algeria
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assyrian
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n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Assyria
2: the language of modern Iraq [syn: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic,
Assyrian]
3: an extinct language of the Assyrians in ancient Mesopotamia
[syn: Assyrian Akkadian, Assyrian]
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algonquian
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adj 1: of or relating to an Algonquian tribe or its people or
language [syn: Algonquian, Algonkian, Algonquin]
n 1: a member of any of the North American Indian groups
speaking an Algonquian language and originally living in
the subarctic regions of eastern Canada; many Algonquian
tribes migrated south into the woodlands from the
Mississippi River to the Atlantic coast [syn: Algonquian,
Algonquin]
2: family of North American Indian languages spoken from
Labrador to South Carolina and west to the Great Plains [syn:
Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language]
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amerindian
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n 1: any member of the peoples living in North or South America
before the Europeans arrived [syn: Amerindian, Native
American]
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darwinian
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adj 1: of or relating to Charles Darwin's theory of organic
evolution; "Darwinian theories"
n 1: an advocate of Darwinism
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augustinian
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n 1: a Roman Catholic friar or monk belonging to one of the
Augustinian monastic orders
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carolinian
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n 1: a native or resident of the Carolinas
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arthurian
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adj 1: of or relating to King Arthur and the Knights of the
Round Table
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aristotelian
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adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
"Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian,
Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic]
n 1: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic]
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rampion
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n 1: bellflower of Europe and Asia and North Africa having
bluish flowers and an edible tuberous root used with the
leaves in salad [syn: rampion, rampion bellflower,
Campanula rapunculus]
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tampion
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n 1: plug for the muzzle of a gun to keep out dust and moisture
[syn: tampion, tompion]
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bostonian
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n 1: a native or resident of Boston
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devonian
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n 1: from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of
fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites [syn:
Devonian, Devonian period, Age of Fishes]
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draconian
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adj 1: of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws;
"Draconian measures"
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babylonian
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adj 1: of or relating to the city of Babylon or its people or
culture; "Babylonian religion"
n 1: an inhabitant of ancient Babylon
2: the ideographic and syllabic writing system in which the
ancient Babylonian language was written
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armenian
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adj 1: of or pertaining to Armenia or the people or culture of
Armenia
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Armenia
2: the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia,
but also in Azerbaijan [syn: Armenian, Armenian language]
3: a writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which
the Armenian language is written [syn: Armenian, Armenian
alphabet]
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anglian
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n 1: one of the major dialects of Old English
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austrian
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adj 1: of or relating to Austria or its people or culture;
"Austrian music"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Austria
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campion
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n 1: any plant of the genus Silene [syn: silene, campion,
catchfly]
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chilean
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its
people; "Chilean volcanoes"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Chile
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athenian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Athens or its
inhabitants
n 1: a resident of Athens
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bermudian
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bermuda [syn: Bermudan,
Bermudian]
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bohemian
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adj 1: of or relating to Bohemia or its language or people
2: unconventional in especially appearance and behavior; "a
bohemian life style"
n 1: a member of a people with dark skin and hair who speak
Romany and who traditionally live by seasonal work and
fortunetelling; they are believed to have originated in
northern India but now are living on all continents (but
mostly in Europe, North Africa, and North America) [syn:
Gypsy, Gipsy, Romany, Rommany, Romani, Roma,
Bohemian]
2: a native or inhabitant of Bohemia in the Czech Republic
3: a nonconformist writer or artist who lives an unconventional
life
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bolivian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Bolivia or its
people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Bolivia
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cambodian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Cambodia or its
people or language [syn: Cambodian, Kampuchean]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Cambodia [syn: Cambodian,
Kampuchean]
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colombian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Colombia or its
people; "Colombian coffee"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Colombia
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columbian
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adj 1: of or relating to Christopher Columbus
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corinthian
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adj 1: or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
2: of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its
inhabitants
n 1: a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure [syn: playboy,
man-about-town, Corinthian]
2: a resident of Corinth
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olympian
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adj 1: of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants;
"Olympian plain" [syn: Olympian, Olympic]
2: of or pertaining to the greater gods of ancient Greece whose
abode was Mount Olympus; "Olympian deities"
3: majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters;
"his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian
beauty and serene composure" [syn: majestic, olympian]
4: far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of
exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian
efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young
Mozart's prodigious talents" [syn: exceeding,
exceptional, olympian, prodigious, surpassing]
n 1: an athlete who participates in the Olympic games
2: a classical Greek god after the overthrow of the Titans [syn:
Olympian, Olympic god]
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philippian
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Philippi in ancient Macedonia
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alexandrian
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adj 1: of or relating to Alexander the Great or his empire
n 1: a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria
in Egypt)
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arizonian
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n 1: a native or resident of Arizona [syn: Arizonan,
Arizonian]
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ethiopian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Ethiopia or its
people or languages; "Ethiopian immigrants"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Ethiopia
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zein
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trappean
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amazonian
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ulpian
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chaucerian
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fallopian
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salopian
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argentinean
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