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comic
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adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny,
laughable, mirthful, risible]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero"
n 1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs
comical acts [syn: comedian, comic]
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gimmick
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n 1: a drawback or difficulty that is not readily evident; "it
sounds good but what's the catch?" [syn: catch,
gimmick]
2: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not
known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its
socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner
that you will want to use" [syn: doodad, doohickey,
doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins,
thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig,
thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit,
whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget]
3: any clever maneuver; "he would stoop to any device to win a
point"; "it was a great sales gimmick"; "a cheap promotions
gimmick for greedy businessmen" [syn: device, gimmick,
twist]
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gnomic
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adj 1: relating to or containing gnomes; "gnomic verse"
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metonymic
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adj 1: using the name of one thing for that of another with
which it is closely associated; "to say `he spent the
evening reading Shakespeare' is metonymic because it
substitutes the author himself for the author's works"
[syn: metonymic, metonymical]
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mimic
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adj 1: constituting an imitation; "the mimic warfare of the
opera stage"- Archibald Alison
n 1: someone who mimics (especially an actor or actress) [syn:
mimic, mimicker]
v 1: imitate (a person or manner), especially for satirical
effect; "The actor mimicked the President very accurately"
[syn: mimic, mime]
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patronymic
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adj 1: of or derived from a personal or family name
n 1: a family name derived from name of your father or a
paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son
in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your
father or a paternal ancestor) [syn: patronymic,
patronym]
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rhythmic
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adj 1: recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming
of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
[syn: rhythmical, rhythmic] [ant: unrhythmic,
unrhythmical]
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systemic
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adj 1: affecting an entire system; "a systemic poison"
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taxonomic
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adj 1: of or relating to taxonomy; "taxonomic relations"; "a
taxonomic designation" [syn: taxonomic, taxonomical,
systematic]
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thermodynamic
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adj 1: of or concerned with thermodynamics; "the thermodynamic
limit" [syn: thermodynamic, thermodynamical]
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totemic
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adj 1: relating to totemism; "totemic object"
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tragicomic
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a
playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"
2: manifesting both tragic and comic aspects; "the tragicomic
disparity...between's man's aspirations and his
accomplishments"- B.R.Redman [syn: tragicomic,
tragicomical]
3: having pathetic as well as ludicrous characteristics; "her
life...presented itself to me as a tragicomical adventure"--
Joseph Conrad [syn: tragicomic, tragicomical]
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dermic
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adj 1: of or relating to or located in the dermis [syn:
dermal, dermic]
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humic
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adj 1: of or relating to or derived from humus; "humic acid"
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ohmic
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adj 1: of or relating to or measured in ohms
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thermic
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adj 1: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements
of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the
caloric effect of sunlight" [syn: thermal, thermic,
caloric] [ant: nonthermal]
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islamic
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adj 1: of or relating to or supporting Islamism; "Islamic art"
[syn: Muslim, Moslem, Islamic]
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bulimic
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adj 1: suffering from bulimia
n 1: a person suffering from bulimia
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metronymic
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n 1: a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal
ancestor [syn: matronymic, metronymic]
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polyatomic
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adj 1: of or relating to a molecule made up of more than two
atoms
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karmic
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pantomimic
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thalamic
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plasmic
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dimmick
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klimek
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schimek
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shimek
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simek
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toponymic
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