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actuary
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n 1: someone versed in the collection and interpretation of
numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to
calculate insurance premiums) [syn: statistician,
actuary]
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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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blurry
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adj 1: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred
outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn:
bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy,
muzzy]
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burry
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adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or
spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short
bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits";
"setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate,
briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred,
burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny,
thorny]
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contemporary
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adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in
design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"
[syn: contemporary, modern-day]
2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn:
contemporary, present-day(a)]
3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: contemporaneous, contemporary]
n 1: a person of nearly the same age as another [syn:
contemporary, coeval]
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curie
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n 1: a unit of radioactivity equal to the amount of a
radioactive isotope that decays at the rate of
37,000,000,000 disintegrations per second [syn: curie,
Ci]
2: French physicist; husband of Marie Curie (1859-1906) [syn:
Curie, Pierre Curie]
3: French chemist (born in Poland) who won two Nobel prizes; one
(with her husband and Henri Becquerel) for research on
radioactivity and another for her discovery of radium and
polonium (1867-1934) [syn: Curie, Marie Curie, Madame
Curie, Marya Sklodowska]
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curry
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n 1: (East Indian cookery) a pungent dish of vegetables or meats
flavored with curry powder and usually eaten with rice
v 1: season with a mixture of spices; typical of Indian cooking
2: treat by incorporating fat; "curry tanned leather"
3: give a neat appearance to; "groom the dogs"; "dress the
horses" [syn: dress, groom, curry]
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diary
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n 1: a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences
and observations [syn: diary, journal]
2: a personal journal (as a physical object)
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dilatory
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adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey]
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discriminatory
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adj 1: being biased or having a belief or attitude formed
beforehand; "a prejudiced judge" [syn: prejudiced,
discriminatory] [ant: impartial, unprejudiced]
2: containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice;
"discriminatory attitudes and practices"; "invidious
comparisons" [syn: discriminatory, invidious]
3: capable of making fine distinctions [syn: discriminative,
discriminatory]
4: manifesting partiality; "a discriminatory tax"; "preferential
tariff rates"; "preferential treatment"; "a preferential shop
gives priority or advantage to union members in hiring or
promoting" [syn: discriminatory, preferential]
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dormitory
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n 1: a college or university building containing living quarters
for students [syn: dormitory, dorm, residence hall,
hall, student residence]
2: a large sleeping room containing several beds [syn:
dormitory, dormitory room, dorm room]
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dowry
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n 1: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at
marriage [syn: dowry, dowery, dower, portion]
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drapery
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n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: curtain, drape, drapery, mantle, pall]
2: cloth gracefully draped and arranged in loose folds
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fury
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n 1: a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" [syn: fury,
rage, madness]
2: state of violent mental agitation [syn: craze, delirium,
frenzy, fury, hysteria]
3: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness,
fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
4: (classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters
(usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals
[syn: Fury, Eumenides, Erinyes]
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jury
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n 1: a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according
to the evidence presented in a court of law
2: a committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: jury,
panel]
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venturi
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n 1: United States architect (born in 1925) [syn: Venturi,
Robert Venturi, Robert Charles Venturi]
2: a tube with a constriction; used to control fluid flow (as in
the air inlet of a carburetor)
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cowrie
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n 1: any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus
Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked
shells [syn: cowrie, cowry]
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urey
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n 1: United States chemist who discovered deuterium (1893-1981)
[syn: Urey, Harold Urey, Harold Clayton Urey]
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articulatory
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adj 1: of or relating to articulation; "articulatory features";
"articulatory phonetics" [syn: articulatory,
articulative]
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missouri
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n 1: a midwestern state in central United States; a border state
during the American Civil War, Missouri was admitted to the
Confederacy without actually seceding from the Union [syn:
Missouri, Show Me State, MO]
2: the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and
flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi
at Saint Louis; "The Missouri and Mississippi Rivers together
form the third longest river in the world" [syn: Missouri,
Missouri River]
3: a member of the Siouan people formerly inhabiting the valley
of the Missouri river in Missouri
4: a dialect of the Chiwere language spoken by the Missouri
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consultatory
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adj 1: giving advice; "an advisory memorandum", "his function
was purely consultative" [syn: advisory,
consultative, consultatory, consultive]
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criminatory
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adj 1: charging or suggestive of guilt or blame; "incriminatory
testimony" [syn: criminative, criminatory,
incriminating, incriminatory]
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towery
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arcuri
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buri
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burri
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fleury
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puri
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centuri
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idrocarburi
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disclamatory
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