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angina
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n 1: any disease of the throat or fauces marked by spasmodic
attacks of intense suffocative pain
2: a heart condition marked by paroxysms of chest pain due to
reduced oxygen to the heart [syn: angina pectoris,
angina]
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carina
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n 1: a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere;
contains the start Canopus
2: any of various keel-shaped structures or ridges such as that
on the breastbone of a bird or that formed by the fused
petals of a pea blossom
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china
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n 1: a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern
Asia; the most populous country in the world [syn: China,
People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist
China, Red China, PRC, Cathay]
2: high quality porcelain originally made only in China
3: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the
Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China,
Nationalist China, Republic of China]
4: dishware made of high quality porcelain [syn: chinaware,
china]
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refiner
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n 1: one whose work is to refine a specific thing; "he was a
sugar refiner"
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vagina
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n 1: the lower part of the female reproductive tract; a moist
canal in female mammals extending from the labia minora to
the uterus; "the vagina receives the penis during coitus";
"the vagina is elastic enough to allow the passage of a
fetus"
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myna
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n 1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina,
minah, myna bird, mynah bird]
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medina
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n 1: a city in western Saudi Arabia; site of the tomb of
Muhammad; the second most holy city of Islam [syn:
Medina, Al Madinah]
2: the ancient quarter of many cities in northern Africa
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carolina
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n 1: the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
[syn: Carolina, Carolinas]
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indochina
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n 1: a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and
Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam
[syn: Indochina, Indochinese peninsula]
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mina
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n 1: tropical Asian starlings [syn: myna, mynah, mina,
minah, myna bird, mynah bird]
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casuarina
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n 1: any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina
having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some
yield heavy hardwood
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steiner
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n 1: Austrian philosopher who founded anthroposophy (1861-1925)
[syn: Steiner, Rudolf Steiner]
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recliner
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n 1: an armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be
raised to allow the sitter to recline in it [syn:
recliner, reclining chair, lounger]
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globigerina
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n 1: marine protozoan having a rounded shell with spiny
processes
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hardliner
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n 1: a conservative who is uncompromising
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landsteiner
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n 1: United States pathologist (born in Austria) who discovered
human blood groups (1868-1943) [syn: Landsteiner, Karl
Landsteiner]
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dinah
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krajina
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lynna
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alvina
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erwina
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jasmina
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kalina
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jacobina
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josephina
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karolina
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rukavina
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shekinah
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viner
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weiner
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