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actress
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n 1: a female actor
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adulteress
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n 1: a woman adulterer [syn: adulteress, fornicatress,
hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet,
trollop]
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adulterous
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adj 1: characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship";
"extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities
of a philandering husband" [syn: adulterous,
extramarital, extracurricular]
2: not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and
wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" [syn: adulterous,
cheating(a), two-timing(a)]
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adventuress
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n 1: a woman adventurer
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adventurous
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adj 1: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring
enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains
of an adventuresome economy" [syn: adventurous,
adventuresome] [ant: unadventurous]
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ambassadress
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n 1: a woman ambassador
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ambidextrous
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adj 1: equally skillful with each hand; "an ambidextrous
surgeon" [syn: ambidextrous, two-handed] [ant: left-
handed, right-handed]
2: marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending
one set of feelings and acting under the influence of
another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel
Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced
infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray [syn:
ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous,
Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]
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amorous
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adj 1: inclined toward or displaying love; "feeling amorous"
[syn: amative, amorous]
2: expressive of or exciting sexual love or romance; "her
amatory affairs"; "amorous glances"; "a romantic adventure";
"a romantic moonlight ride" [syn: amatory, amorous,
romantic]
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ancestress
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n 1: a woman ancestor
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anhydrous
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adj 1: without water; especially without water of
crystallization [ant: hydrated, hydrous]
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arras
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n 1: a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial
designs [syn: tapestry, arras]
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auriferous
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adj 1: containing gold; "auriferous quartz veins" [syn:
auriferous, gold-bearing]
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authoress
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n 1: a woman author
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barbarous
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adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
2: primitive in customs and culture
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benefactress
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n 1: a woman benefactor
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blusterous
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adj 1: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or
blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day";
"a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" [syn:
blustering(a), blusterous, blustery]
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boisterous
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adj 1: noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a
boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became
rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of
teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his
paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary
human beings"; "an unruly class" [syn: boisterous,
rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly]
2: full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous
practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy" [syn: boisterous,
knockabout]
3: violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and
waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra
Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas" [syn: boisterous,
fierce, rough]
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brontosaurus
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n 1: huge quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur common in North
America in the late Jurassic [syn: apatosaur,
apatosaurus, brontosaur, brontosaurus, thunder
lizard, Apatosaurus excelsus]
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buttress
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n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
building [syn: buttress, buttressing]
v 1: reinforce with a buttress; "Buttress the church"
2: make stronger or defensible; "buttress your thesis"
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cadaverous
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adj 1: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold;
"emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt
men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and
cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his
wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony,
cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched,
skeletal, wasted]
2: of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long
anticipated his cadaverous end" [syn: cadaverous,
cadaveric]
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cancerous
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adj 1: relating to or affected with cancer; "a cancerous growth"
2: like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; "remorse was
cancerous within him"; "pornography is cancerous to the moral
development of our children"
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cankerous
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adj 1: having an ulcer or canker [syn: cankerous, ulcerated,
ulcerous]
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canorous
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adj 1: richly melodious [syn: canorous, songful]
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cantankerous
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adj 1: stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
"unions...have never been as bloody-minded about
demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator [syn:
bloody-minded, cantankerous]
2: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous
and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers [syn:
cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]
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carboniferous
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adj 1: of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era;
"carboniferous rock system"
2: relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon [syn:
carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous]
n 1: from 345 million to 280 million years ago [syn:
Carboniferous, Carboniferous period]
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carnivorous
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of carnivores; "the lion
and other carnivorous animals"
2: (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals;
"carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting
small animals especially insects" [ant: herbivorous,
insectivorous, omnivorous]
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chivalrous
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adj 1: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn:
chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
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chorus
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n 1: any utterance produced simultaneously by a group; "a chorus
of boos"
2: a group of people assembled to sing together
3: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of
singers [syn: refrain, chorus]
4: a body of dancers or singers who perform together [syn:
chorus, chorus line]
5: a company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in
unison) on the action in a classical Greek play [syn:
chorus, Greek chorus]
v 1: utter in unison; "`yes,' the children chorused"
2: sing in a choir [syn: choir, chorus]
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cirrus
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n 1: usually coiled [syn: cirrus, cirrhus]
2: a wispy white cloud (usually of fine ice crystals) at a high
altitude (4 to 8 miles) [syn: cirrus, cirrus cloud]
3: a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or
crinoids or many insects; often tactile
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citrus
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n 1: any of numerous fruits of the genus Citrus having thick
rind and juicy pulp; grown in warm regions [syn: citrus,
citrus fruit, citrous fruit]
2: any of numerous tropical usually thorny evergreen trees of
the genus Citrus having leathery evergreen leaves and widely
cultivated for their juicy edible fruits having leathery
aromatic rinds [syn: citrus, citrus tree]
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clamorous
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adj 1: conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement
outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident
demands"; "a vociferous mob" [syn: blatant, clamant,
clamorous, strident, vociferous]
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clitoris
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n 1: a female sexual organ homologous to the penis [syn:
clitoris, clit, button]
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cockatrice
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n 1: monster hatched by a reptile from a cock's egg; able to
kill with a glance
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conductress
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n 1: a woman conductor
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congress
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n 1: the legislature of the United States government [syn:
Congress, United States Congress, U.S. Congress, US
Congress]
2: a meeting of elected or appointed representatives
3: a national legislative assembly
4: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the
man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited
until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual
intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation,
coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual
relation, relation, carnal knowledge]
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coniferous
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adj 1: of or relating to or part of trees or shrubs bearing
cones and evergreen leaves [syn: coniferous, cone-
bearing]
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cruciferous
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adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the plant family
Cruciferae
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cumbrous
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adj 1: difficult to handle or use especially because of size or
weight; "a cumbersome piece of machinery"; "cumbrous
protective clothing" [syn: cumbersome, cumbrous]
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cuprous
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adj 1: of or containing divalent copper [syn: cupric,
cuprous]
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cypress
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n 1: wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the
genus Cupressus
2: any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of
north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and
rounded cones [syn: cypress, cypress tree]
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dangerous
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adj 1: involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or
harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge";
"unemployment reached dangerous proportions" [syn:
dangerous, unsafe] [ant: safe]
2: causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm; "a
dangerous operation"; "a grave situation"; "a grave illness";
"grievous bodily harm"; "a serious wound"; "a serious turn of
events"; "a severe case of pneumonia"; "a life-threatening
disease" [syn: dangerous, grave, grievous, serious,
severe, life-threatening]
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decorous
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adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in
manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the
extreme" [ant: indecorous, indelicate]
2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
"comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman
to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial";
"seemly behavior" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il
faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
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desirous
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adj 1: having or expressing desire for something; "desirous of
high office"; "desirous of finding a quick solution to
the problem" [syn: desirous, wishful] [ant:
undesiring, undesirous]
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dexterous
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adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
"a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face";
"dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft,
dexterous, dextrous]
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dextrous
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adj 1: skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
"a deft waiter"; "deft fingers massaged her face";
"dexterous of hand and inventive of mind" [syn: deft,
dexterous, dextrous]
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dipterous
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adj 1: of or relating to or belonging to the Diptera
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disastrous
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adj 1: (of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire
consequences; bringing ruin; "the stock market crashed on
Black Friday"; "a calamitous defeat"; "the battle was a
disastrous end to a disastrous campaign"; "such
doctrines, if true, would be absolutely fatal to my
theory"- Charles Darwin; "it is fatal to enter any war
without the will to win it"- Douglas MacArthur; "a
fateful error" [syn: black, calamitous, disastrous,
fatal, fateful]
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disembarrass
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v 1: relieve from; "Rid the house of pests" [syn: rid, free,
disembarrass]
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dolorous
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adj 1: showing sorrow [syn: dolorous, dolourous,
lachrymose, tearful, weeping]
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echovirus
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n 1: any of a group of viruses associated with various diseases
including viral meningitis and mild respiratory disorders
and diarrhea in newborn infants
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electrophorus
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n 1: a simple electrostatic generator that generates repeated
charges of static electricity
2: type genus of the family Electrophoridae; electric eels [syn:
Electrophorus, genus Electrophorus]
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embarrass
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v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious [syn:
embarrass, abash]
2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; "His
brother blocked him at every turn" [syn: obstruct,
blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy,
embarrass]
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empress
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n 1: a woman emperor or the wife of an emperor
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enchantress
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n 1: a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive [syn:
enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme
fatale]
2: a female sorcerer or magician [syn: enchantress, witch]
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ferrous
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adj 1: of or relating to or containing iron [syn: ferric,
ferrous]
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feverous
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adj 1: having or affected by a fever [syn: feverish,
feverous]
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fibrous
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adj 1: having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in
making cordage such as those of jute [syn: hempen,
fibrous]
2: (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew [syn:
fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable]
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fissiparous
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adj 1: reproducing by fission
2: having separated or advocating separation from another entity
or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn:
breakaway, fissiparous, separatist]
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fortress
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n 1: a fortified defensive structure [syn: fortress, fort]
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generous
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adj 1: willing to give and share unstintingly; "a generous
donation" [ant: stingy, ungenerous]
2: not petty in character and mind; "unusually generous in his
judgment of people" [ant: meanspirited, ungenerous]
3: more than adequate; "a generous portion"
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glamorous
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adj 1: having an air of allure, romance and excitement;
"glamorous movie stars" [syn: glamorous, glamourous]
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harass
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v 1: annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his
staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female
co-workers" [syn: harass, hassle, harry, chivy,
chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest,
provoke]
2: exhaust by attacking repeatedly; "harass the enemy"
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headmistress
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n 1: a woman headmaster
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heiress
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n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
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herbivorous
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adj 1: feeding only on plants [ant: carnivorous,
insectivorous, omnivorous]
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humorous
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adj 1: full of or characterized by humor; "humorous stories";
"humorous cartoons"; "in a humorous vein" [syn:
humorous, humourous] [ant: humorless, humourless,
unhumorous]
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huntress
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n 1: a woman hunter
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hydrous
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adj 1: containing combined water (especially water of
crystallization as in a hydrate) [syn: hydrous,
hydrated] [ant: anhydrous]
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idolatrous
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adj 1: relating to or practicing idolatry; "idolatrous worship"
2: blindly or excessively devoted or adoring
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indecorous
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adj 1: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
"indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate]
[ant: decorous]
2: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste";
"indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady";
"unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward
ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming,
uncomely, unseemly, untoward]
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inheritress
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n 1: a female heir [syn: heiress, inheritress, inheritrix]
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inodorous
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adj 1: having no odor; "odorless gas"; "odorless flowers" [syn:
odorless, odourless, inodorous] [ant: odorous]
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insectivorous
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adj 1: (of animals and plants) feeding on insects [ant:
carnivorous, herbivorous, omnivorous]
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instructress
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n 1: a woman instructor
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languorous
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adj 1: lacking spirit or liveliness; "a lackadaisical attempt";
"a languid mood"; "a languid wave of the hand"; "a hot
languorous afternoon" [syn: dreamy, lackadaisical,
languid, languorous]
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laundress
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n 1: a working woman who takes in washing [syn: washwoman,
washerwoman, laundrywoman, laundress]
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lecherous
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adj 1: given to excessive indulgence in sexual activity; "a
lecherous gleam in his eye"; "a lecherous good-for-
nothing"
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leprous
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adj 1: relating to or resembling or having leprosy
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ludicrous
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adj 1: broadly or extravagantly humorous; resembling farce; "the
wild farcical exuberance of a clown"; "ludicrous green
hair" [syn: farcical, ludicrous, ridiculous]
2: incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the
dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a
nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a
contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous
to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn
back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of
universal interest in her rather dull children was
ridiculous" [syn: absurd, cockeyed, derisory,
idiotic, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical,
preposterous, ridiculous]
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lustrous
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adj 1: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting
a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a
burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it
fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining
glasses"; "shiny black patents" [syn: bright,
burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny]
2: brilliant; "set a lustrous example for others to follow";
"lustrous actors of the time"
3: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon
like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining
white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous,
sheeny, shiny, shining]
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malodorous
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adj 1: having an unpleasant smell [syn: malodorous,
malodourous, unpleasant-smelling, ill-smelling,
stinky] [ant: fragrant]
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mattress
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n 1: a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often
incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a
bed
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mayoress
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n 1: the wife of a mayor
2: a woman mayor
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millionairess
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n 1: a woman millionaire
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mistress
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n 1: an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing
extramarital sexual relationship with a man [syn:
mistress, kept woman, fancy woman]
2: a woman schoolteacher (especially one regarded as strict)
[syn: schoolmarm, schoolma'am, schoolmistress,
mistress]
3: a woman master who directs the work of others
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monstrous
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adj 1: abnormally large
2: shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime";
"a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime";
"no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [syn:
atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous]
3: distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and
hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that
churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" [syn:
grotesque, monstrous]
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murderess
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n 1: a woman murderer
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murderous
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adj 1: characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency
toward killing another human being ; "a homicidal rage";
"murderous thugs" [syn: homicidal, murderous]
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nitrous
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adj 1: of or containing nitrogen; "nitric acid" [syn: azotic,
nitric, nitrous]
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numerous
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adj 1: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times";
"the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
[syn: numerous, legion(p)]
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obstreperous
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adj 1: noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"
2: boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous
clamor"
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odoriferous
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adj 1: morally offensive; "odoriferous legislation"
2: emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
[syn: odoriferous, odorous]
3: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
"scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed,
scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]
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odorous
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adj 1: having odor or a characteristic odor; "odorous jasmine
flowers"; "odorous garbage"; "fresh odorous bread" [ant:
inodorous, odorless, odourless]
2: emitting an odor; "odorous salt pork and weevily hardtack"
[syn: odoriferous, odorous]
3: having a natural fragrance; "odoriferous spices"; "the
odorous air of the orchard"; "the perfumed air of June";
"scented flowers" [syn: odoriferous, odorous, perfumed,
scented, sweet, sweet-scented, sweet-smelling]
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oestrus
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n 1: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of
heightened sexual arousal and activity [syn: estrus,
oestrus, heat, rut] [ant: anestrum, anestrus,
anoestrum, anoestrus]
2: type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies [syn: Oestrus,
genus Oestrus]
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ogress
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n 1: (folklore) a female ogre
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omnivorous
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adj 1: feeding on both plants and animals [ant: carnivorous,
herbivorous, insectivorous]
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onerous
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adj 1: not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of
preparing the income tax return"; "my duties weren't
onerous; I only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing
schedule" [syn: burdensome, onerous, taxing]
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overgenerous
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adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand";
"the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother
a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal
praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted
devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn:
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous,
unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
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oviparous
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adj 1: egg-laying [ant: live-bearing, ovoviviparous,
viviparous]
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ovoviviparous
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adj 1: producing living young from eggs that hatch within the
body [ant: live-bearing, oviparous, viviparous]