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ain
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adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person
(especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for
your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own
clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain]
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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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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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spawn
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n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or
molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
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swan
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n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and
usually white plumage as adult
v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the
mountains"
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van
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n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially
in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new
wave]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn:
vanguard, van]
3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or
freight
4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van,
caravan]
5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
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wan
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adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
pale, pallid, wan, sick]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
"a wan smile"
n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]
v 1: become pale and sickly
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won
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adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game"
[ant: lost]
n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean
won, won]
2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean
won, won]
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yon
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adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon]
adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
yonder, yon]
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nippon
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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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yuan
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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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conn
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v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
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kahn
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n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn:
Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]
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ron
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n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron,
Bokkos, Daffo]
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xian
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n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
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aton
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n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a
monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten,
Aton]
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bhutan
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n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast
of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
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oman
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n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and
eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is
dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat
and Oman]
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oran
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n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd
largest city
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saigon
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n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the
capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City,
Saigon]
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sichuan
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n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn:
Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]
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taiwan
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n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the
Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China,
Nationalist China, Republic of China]
2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of
mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan,
Formosa]
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kazakhstan
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n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the
northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking
inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an
Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan,
Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]
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anne
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n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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pathan
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n 1: a member of the mountain people living in the eastern
regions of Afghanistan; "Pathans are the predominant ethnic
group in Afghanistan" [syn: Pathan, Pashtun, Pushtun,
Pashtoon]
2: an ethnic minority speaking Pashto and living in northwestern
Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan [syn: Pathan,
Pashtun]
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soutane
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n 1: a long cassock with buttons down the front; worn by Roman
Catholic priests
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kyrgyzstan
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n 1: a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on
northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became
independent in 1991 [syn: Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz,
Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan]
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kurdistan
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n 1: an extensive geographical region in the Middle East to the
south of the Caucasus
2: an oriental rug woven by Kurds that is noted for fine colors
and durability
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pakistan
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n 1: a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient
south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley;
formerly part of India; achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in 1947 [syn: Pakistan, Islamic Republic
of Pakistan, West Pakistan]
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turkestan
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n 1: a historical region of central Asia that was a center for
trade between the East and the West [syn: Turkistan,
Turkestan]
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afghanistan
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n 1: a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered
by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to
the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in
1979" [syn: Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan]
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tajikistan
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n 1: a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia
to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet [syn:
Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Tadzhikistan,
Tadzhik, Tadjik, Tajik]
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turkmenistan
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n 1: a republic in Asia to the east of the Caspian Sea and to
the south of Kazakhstan and to the north of Iran; an Asian
soviet from 1925 to 1991 [syn: Turkmenistan, Turkomen,
Turkmen, Turkmenia]
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uzbekistan
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n 1: a landlocked republic in west central Asia; formerly an
Asian soviet [syn: Uzbekistan, Republic of Uzbekistan,
Uzbek]
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ran
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thereupon
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whereupon
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juan
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antoine
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balaban
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ahn
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ann
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rajasthan
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bantustan
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nuristan
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tatarstan
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