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crepuscular
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adj 1: like twilight; dim; "the evening's crepuscular charm"
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extracurricular
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adj 1: outside the regular academic curriculum; "sports and
drama are popular extracurricular activities"
2: outside the regular duties of your job or profession
3: characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship";
"extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a
philandering husband" [syn: adulterous, extramarital,
extracurricular]
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reticular
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adj 1: resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of
a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn:
reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate]
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secular
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adj 1: of or relating to the doctrine that rejects religion and
religious considerations
2: characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed
to the spiritual world; "worldly goods and advancement";
"temporal possessions of the church" [syn: worldly,
secular, temporal] [ant: unworldly]
3: not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and
profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture",
"children being brought up in an entirely profane
environment" [syn: profane, secular] [ant: sacred]
4: of or relating to clergy not bound by monastic vows; "the
secular clergy" [ant: religious]
5: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy;
"set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the
lay ministry" [syn: laic, lay, secular]
n 1: someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person
[syn: layman, layperson, secular] [ant: clergyman,
man of the cloth, reverend]
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semicircular
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adj 1: curved into a half circle
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spectacular
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adj 1: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a
dramatic sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular
display of northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play";
"his striking good looks always created a sensation"
[syn: dramatic, spectacular, striking]
2: characteristic of spectacles or drama; "spectacular dives
from the cliff"
3: having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an
outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti
semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own
freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the
book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a
striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros
in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and
child" [syn: outstanding, prominent, salient,
spectacular, striking]
n 1: a lavishly produced performance; "they put on a Christmas
spectacular"
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testicular
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adj 1: of or involving the testes; "testicular cancer"
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tubercular
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adj 1: characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or
tubercles; "tubercular leprosy"
2: pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or
tubercle; "a tubercular process for the attachment of a
ligament or muscle"
3: relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it; "a
tubercular hospital"
4: constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or
the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous
patients"; "tubercular meningitis" [syn: tubercular,
tuberculous]
n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive,
lunger, tubercular]
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ventricular
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adj 1: of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)
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vermicular
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adj 1: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular
(or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular,
vermiculate, vermiculated]
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vernacular
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adj 1: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term";
"vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses";
"the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
[syn: common, vernacular, vulgar]
n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
2: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from
literary language)
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vesicular
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adj 1: of or relating to or involving vesicles; "normal
vesicular breathing"
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specular
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adj 1: capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike
surface of the lake"; "a specular metal" [syn:
mirrorlike, specular]
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facula
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n 1: a bright spot on a planet
2: a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most
frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
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dracula
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n 1: comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus
Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often
sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile
lips [syn: Dracula, genus Dracula]
2: fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker
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canicular
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adj 1: of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular
heat of the Deep South"
2: relating to or especially immediately preceding or following
the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular
days"
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cuticular
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adj 1: of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn:
cuticular, epidermal, epidermic, dermal]
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lenticular
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adj 1: convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil [syn:
biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform]
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acicula
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n 1: a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or
crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
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auricula
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n 1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly
cultivated [syn: auricula, bear's ear, Primula
auricula]
2: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the
heart [syn: auricula, auricular appendage, auricular
appendix]
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majuscular
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adj 1: of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules
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minuscular
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adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from
uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscule,
minuscular] [ant: majuscule]
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curricula
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fascicular
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pedicular
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utricular
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versicular
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furuncular
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corbicula
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locular
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