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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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antitoxin
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n 1: an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin
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coxswain
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n 1: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn:
coxswain, cox]
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flaxen
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adj 1: of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown; "flaxen
locks" [syn: flaxen, sandy]
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oxen
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n 1: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or
age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come
home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of
oxen" [syn: cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus]
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toxin
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n 1: a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and
growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and
animal species
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waxen
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adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]
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jackson
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n 1: English film actress who later became a member of British
Parliament (born in 1936) [syn: Jackson, Glenda
Jackson]
2: United States singer who began singing with his four brothers
and later became a highly successful star during the 1980s
(born in 1958) [syn: Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael
Joe Jackson]
3: United States singer who did much to popularize gospel music
(1911-1972) [syn: Jackson, Mahalia Jackson]
4: United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign
against racial discrimination and ran for presidential
nomination (born in 1941) [syn: Jackson, Jesse Jackson,
Jesse Louis Jackson]
5: United States writer of romantic novels about the unjust
treatment of Native Americans (1830-1885) [syn: Jackson,
Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson]
6: general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War
whose troops at the first Battle of Bull Run stood like a
stone wall (1824-1863) [syn: Jackson, Thomas Jackson,
Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall
Jackson]
7: 7th president of the US; successfully defended New Orleans
from the British in 1815; expanded the power of the
presidency (1767-1845) [syn: Jackson, Andrew Jackson,
Old Hickory]
8: a town in western Wyoming
9: a town in western Tennessee
10: capital of the state of Mississippi on the Pearl River [syn:
Jackson, capital of Mississippi]
11: a town in south central Michigan
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saxon
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the early Saxons
or Anglo-Saxons and their descendents (especially the
English or Lowland Scots) and their language; "Saxon
princes"; "for greater clarity choose a plain Saxon term
instead of a latinate one"
n 1: a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and
merged with the Angles and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons;
dominant in England until the Norman Conquest
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watson
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n 1: United States telephone engineer who assisted Alexander
Graham Bell in his experiments (1854-1934) [syn: Watson,
Thomas Augustus Watson]
2: United States psychologist considered the founder of
behavioristic psychology (1878-1958) [syn: Watson, John
Broadus Watson]
3: United States geneticist who (with Crick in 1953) helped
discover the helical structure of DNA (born in 1928) [syn:
Watson, James Watson, James Dewey Watson]
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tyson
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n 1: United States prizefighter who was world heavyweight
champion (born in 1966) [syn: Tyson, Mike Tyson,
Michael Gerald Tyson]
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jolson
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n 1: United States singer (born in Russia) who appeared in the
first full-length talking film (1886-1950) [syn: Jolson,
Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson]
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bosun
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n 1: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of
other seamen [syn: boatswain, bos'n, bo's'n, bosun,
bo'sun]
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belsen
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n 1: a Nazi concentration camp for Jews created in northwestern
Germany during World War II
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dawson
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n 1: a town in northwestern Canada in the Yukon on the Yukon
River; a boom town around 1900 when gold was discovered in
the Klondike
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mcpherson
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n 1: United States evangelist (born in Canada) noted for her
extravagant religious services (1890-1944) [syn:
McPherson, Aimee Semple McPherson]
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unperson
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n 1: a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a
person whose existence is systematically ignored
(especially for ideological or political reasons); "the
former senator is treated as a nonperson by this
administration"; "George Orwell predicted that political
dissidents would be treated as unpersons" [syn:
nonperson, unperson]
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nilsson
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n 1: Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born
in 1918) [syn: Nilsson, Brigit Nilsson, Marta Brigit
Nilsson]
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wilson
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n 1: author of the first novel by an African American that was
published in the United States (1808-1870) [syn: Wilson,
Harriet Wilson]
2: English writer of novels and short stories (1913-1991) [syn:
Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson]
3: Scottish ornithologist in the United States (1766-1813) [syn:
Wilson, Alexander Wilson]
4: United States physicist honored for his work on cosmic
microwave radiation (born in 1918) [syn: Wilson, Robert
Woodrow Wilson]
5: Canadian geophysicist who was a pioneer in the study of plate
tectonics (1908-1993) [syn: Wilson, John Tuzo Wilson]
6: American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798) [syn: Wilson,
James Wilson]
7: United States entomologist who has generalized from social
insects to other animals including humans (born in 1929)
[syn: Wilson, E. O. Wilson, Edward Osborne Wilson]
8: Scottish physicist who invented the cloud chamber (1869-1959)
[syn: Wilson, Charles Thomson Rees Wilson]
9: United States literary critic (1895-1972) [syn: Wilson,
Edmund Wilson]
10: 28th President of the United States; led the United States
in World War I and secured the formation of the League of
Nations (1856-1924) [syn: Wilson, Woodrow Wilson,
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President Wilson]
11: a peak in the San Juan mountains of Colorado (14,246 feet
high) [syn: Wilson, Mount Wilson]
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swanson
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n 1: United States actress in many silent films (1899-1983)
[syn: Swanson, Gloria Swanson, Gloria May Josephine
Svensson]
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jonson
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n 1: English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet
laureate of England (1572-1637) [syn: Jonson, Ben
Jonson, Benjamin Jonson]
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bateson
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batson
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gatson
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latson
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mattson
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dotson
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matsen
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matson
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malison
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olsen
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tenson
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boyson
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cusson
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stillson
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carlson
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clarkson
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cookson
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empson
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grierson
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hampson
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oxon
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lawson
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mawson
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rawson
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