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an
0
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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argon
0
n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert
gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
[syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18]
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balbriggan
0
n 1: a cotton knit fabric used for underwear
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bandwagon
0
n 1: a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they
saw how things were going everybody jumped on the
bandwagon"
2: a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy
bandwagon led the circus parade"
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bargain
0
n 1: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of
shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal]
2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction";
"the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain,
buy, steal]
v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
2: come to terms; arrive at an agreement
-
brogan
0
n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue,
clodhopper, work shoe]
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cardigan
0
n 1: knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons
or a zipper
2: slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a
long tail [syn: Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi]
-
chiffon
0
n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
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chon
0
n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea
2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
-
decagon
0
n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles
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denouement
0
n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
or dramatic work
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don
0
n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
to Irish Danu
5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
of Azov [syn: Don, Don River]
6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?";
"He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess
donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately
robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on,
get into, don, assume]
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dragon
0
n 1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as
breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes
wings [syn: dragon, firedrake]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial
pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: Draco,
Dragon]
4: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of
gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the
body [syn: dragon, flying dragon, flying lizard]
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estragon
0
n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus]
2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as
seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]
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flagon
0
n 1: a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout;
used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
-
gorgon
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and
the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at
Medusa turned the beholder to stone
-
heptagon
0
n 1: a seven-sided polygon
-
hexagon
0
n 1: a six-sided polygon
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hooligan
0
n 1: a cruel and brutal fellow [syn: bully, tough,
hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, rowdy, yob, yobo,
yobbo]
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jargon
0
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: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn:
jargoon, jargon]
3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
particular subject
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john
0
n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216;
succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard
I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by
the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John,
King John, John Lackland]
3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be
the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book
of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint
John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the
Evangelist, John the Divine]
4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn:
John, Gospel According to John]
-
khan
0
n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian
countries
2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that
provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary,
caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
-
lagan
0
n 1: goods (or wreckage) on the sea bed that is attached to a
buoy so that it can be recovered [syn: lagan, lagend,
ligan]
-
mulligan
0
n 1: Irish version of burgoo [syn: mulligan stew, mulligan,
Irish burgoo]
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non
0
adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not
many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
-
nonagon
0
n 1: a nine-sided polygon
-
octagon
0
n 1: an eight-sided polygon
-
on
0
adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the
view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the
circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along";
"march on" [syn: along, on]
2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his
spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"
3: in a state required for something to function or be
effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"
adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the
switch is in the on position" [ant: off]
2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or
shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant:
cancelled, off]
-
organ
0
n 1: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an
animal that is specialized for some particular function
2: a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance
of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of
the Commerce Department"
3: (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn:
electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ,
organ]
4: a periodical that is published by a special interest group;
"the organ of the communist party"
5: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes
arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and
controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn:
organ, pipe organ]
6: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the
reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]
-
pagan
0
adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and
Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]
n 1: a person who does not acknowledge your god [syn: heathen,
pagan, gentile, infidel]
2: a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
(not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
3: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn:
hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker]
-
paragon
0
n 1: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn:
paragon, idol, perfection, beau ideal]
2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
-
pentagon
0
n 1: a government building with five sides that serves as the
headquarters of the United States Department of Defense
2: the United States military establishment
3: a five-sided polygon
-
polygon
0
n 1: a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides [syn:
polygon, polygonal shape]
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ptarmigan
0
n 1: large Arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and
usually white winter plumage
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salon
0
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
-
shenanigan
0
n 1: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or
annoyance in others [syn: mischief, mischief-making,
mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment,
rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan]
2: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]
-
shogun
0
n 1: a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled
Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
-
slogan
0
n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn:
motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]
-
snapdragon
0
n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
dragon
-
suffragan
0
n 1: an assistant or subordinate bishop of a diocese [syn:
suffragan, suffragan bishop]
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swan
0
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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tarragon
0
n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon,
estragon, Artemisia dracunculus]
2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as
seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon]
-
toboggan
0
n 1: a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in
front
v 1: move along on a luge or toboggan [syn: toboggan, luge]
-
vegan
0
n 1: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy
products at all
-
wagon
0
n 1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal
or a tractor [syn: wagon, waggon]
2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van,
police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon,
black Maria]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
[syn: wagon, coaster wagon]
5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind
rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon,
estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]
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wan
0
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
0
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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yataghan
0
n 1: a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single
edge
-
yon
0
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]
-
logan
0
n 1: a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern
Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) [syn: Logan,
Mount Logan]
-
nippon
0
n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon,
Nihon]
-
reagan
0
n 1: 40th President of the United States (1911-2004) [syn:
Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan,
President Reagan]
-
yuan
0
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]
-
mon
0
n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
Monday, Mon]
2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent
parts of Thailand
3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
-
conn
0
v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
-
kahn
0
n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn:
Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]
-
ron
0
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron,
Bokkos, Daffo]
-
xian
0
n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
-
ceylon
0
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
-
gabon
0
n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon,
Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
-
iran
0
n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western
Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was
known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
-
kazakhstan
0
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]
-
hogan
0
n 1: United States golfer who won many major golf tournaments
(1912-1997) [syn: Hogan, Ben Hogan, William Benjamin
Hogan]
2: a Navajo lodge covered with earth; traditionally built with
the entrance facing east
-
aragon
0
n 1: French writer who generalized surrealism to literature
(1897-1982) [syn: Aragon, Louis Aragon]
2: a region of northeastern Spain; a former kingdom that united
with Castile in 1479 to form Spain (after the marriage of
Ferdinand V and Isabella I)
-
oregon
0
n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Oregon, Beaver State, OR]
-
tetragon
0
n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle,
tetragon]
-
undecagon
0
n 1: an eleven-sided polygon
-
tigon
0
n 1: offspring of a male tiger and a female lion [syn: tiglon,
tigon]
-
morgan
0
n 1: United States anthropologist who studied the Seneca
(1818-1881) [syn: Morgan, Lewis Henry Morgan]
2: United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory
of heredity (1866-1945) [syn: Morgan, Thomas Hunt Morgan]
3: a Welsh buccaneer who raided Spanish colonies in the West
Indies for the English (1635-1688) [syn: Morgan, Henry
Morgan, Sir Henry Morgan]
4: soldier in the American Revolution who defeated the British
in the battle of Cowpens, South Carolina (1736-1802) [syn:
Morgan, Daniel Morgan]
5: United States financier and philanthropist (1837-1913) [syn:
Morgan, J. P. Morgan, John Pierpont Morgan]
6: an American breed of small compact saddle horses
-
morgen
0
n 1: a South African unit of measure equal to about 2 acres
-
pendragon
0
n 1: the supreme war chief of the ancient Britons
-
copenhagen
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the
island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the
Paris of the North" [syn: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn,
Danish capital]
-
trigon
0
n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon,
trilateral]
2: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group
consists of three signs separated from each other by 120
degrees [syn: triplicity, trigon]
3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome
-
rattigan
0
n 1: British playwright (1911-1977) [syn: Rattigan, Terence
Rattigan, Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan]
-
bergen
0
n 1: a port city in southwestern Norway
-
michigan
0
n 1: a midwestern state in north central United States in the
Great Lakes region [syn: Michigan, Wolverine State,
Great Lakes State, MI]
2: the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater
lake entirely within the United States borders [syn: Lake
Michigan, Michigan]
3: a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and
king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a
separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in
his hand and successively higher cards are played until the
sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in
the layout wins all the chips on that card [syn: Michigan,
Chicago, Newmarket, boodle, stops]
-
martagon
0
n 1: lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe
and northwestern Asia [syn: Turk's-cap, martagon,
Lilium martagon]
-
tongan
0
adj 1: of or relating to the island monarchy of Tonga or its
people; "Tongan beaches"
n 1: a Polynesian native or inhabitant of Tonga
2: the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people
-
hendecagon
0
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thereupon
0
-
upon
0
-
whereupon
0
-
jon
0
-
juan
0
-
hassan
0
-
cadogan
0
-
egan
0
-
mcguigan
0
-
horgan
0
-
fagan
0
-
hagan
0
-
megan
0
-
cogan
0
-
wogan
0
-
grogan
0
-
kagan
0
-
keegan
0
-
regan
0
-
wigan
0
-
branigan
0