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area
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n 1: a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary
(usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by
its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous
area"; "Bible country" [syn: area, country]
2: a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization";
"areas of interest include..."
3: a part of an animal that has a special function or is
supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal
region" [syn: area, region]
4: a particular environment or walk of life; "his social sphere
is limited"; "it was a closed area of employment"; "he's out
of my orbit" [syn: sphere, domain, area, orbit,
field, arena]
5: a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or
function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room
for servants"
6: the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a
boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square
feet in area" [syn: area, expanse, surface area]
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hysteria
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n 1: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze,
delirium, frenzy, fury, hysteria]
2: excessive or uncontrollable fear
3: neurotic disorder characterized by violent emotional
outbreaks and disturbances of sensory and motor functions
[syn: hysteria, hysterical neurosis]
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malaria
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n 1: an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are
transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles
mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever
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samaria
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n 1: an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th
century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of
Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan
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bavaria
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n 1: a state in southern Germany famous for its beer; site of an
automobile factory
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bulgaria
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n 1: a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in
southeastern Europe [syn: Bulgaria, Republic of
Bulgaria]
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sharia
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n 1: the code of law derived from the Koran and from the
teachings and example of Mohammed; "sharia is only
applicable to Muslims"; "under Islamic law there is no
separation of church and state" [syn: shariah, shariah
law, sharia, sharia law, Islamic law]
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beria
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n 1: Soviet chief of secret police under Joseph Stalin; was
executed by his associates in the power struggle following
Stalin's death (1899-1953) [syn: Beria, Lavrenti
Pavlovich Beria]
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feria
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n 1: a weekday on which no festival or holiday is celebrated;
"in the middle ages feria was used with a prefixed ordinal
number to designate the day of the week, so `secunda feria'
meant Monday, but Sunday and Saturday were always called by
their names, Dominicus and Sabbatum, and so feria came to
mean an ordinary weekday"
2: (in Spanish speaking regions) a local festival or fair,
usually in honor of some patron saint
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cercaria
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n 1: tadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail
disappears in adult stage
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filaria
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n 1: European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and
Mexico having reddish decumbent stems with small fernlike
leaves and small deep reddish-lavender flowers followed by
slender fruits that stick straight up; often grown for
forage [syn: redstem storksbill, alfilaria,
alfileria, filaree, filaria, clocks, pin grass,
pin clover, Erodium cicutarium]
2: slender threadlike roundworms living in the blood and tissues
of vertebrates; transmitted as larvae by biting insects
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talaria
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n 1: a winged sandal (as worn by Hermes in Graeco-Roman art)
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araucaria
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n 1: any of several tall South American or Australian trees with
large cones and edible seeds
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cineraria
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n 1: herb of Canary Islands widely cultivated for its blue or
purple or red or variegated daisylike flowers [syn:
cineraria, Pericallis cruenta, Senecio cruentus]
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urticaria
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n 1: an itchy skin eruption characterized by weals with pale
interiors and well-defined red margins; usually the result
of an allergic response to insect bites or food or drugs
[syn: urtication, urticaria, hives, nettle rash]
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calceolaria
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n 1: any garden plant of the genus Calceolaria having flowers
with large inflated slipper-shaped lower lip [syn:
calceolaria, slipperwort]
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carpenteria
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n 1: California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves
and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers [syn:
carpenteria, Carpenteria californica]
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aquaria
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honoraria
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renteria
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santeria
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silveria
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echeverria
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fondiaria
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inmobiliaria
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erria
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peria
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caria
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tornaria
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bipinnaria
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