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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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apiary
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n 1: a shed containing a number of beehives [syn: apiary, bee
house]
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auxiliary
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adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
2: furnishing added support; "an ancillary pump"; "an adjuvant
discipline to forms of mysticism"; "The mind and emotions are
auxiliary to each other" [syn: accessory, adjunct,
ancillary, adjuvant, appurtenant, auxiliary]
n 1: someone who acts as assistant [syn: aide, auxiliary]
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aviary
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n 1: a building where birds are kept [syn: aviary, bird
sanctuary, volary]
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beery
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adj 1: smelling of beer
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beneficiary
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adj 1: having or arising from a benefice; "a beneficiary baron"
n 1: the recipient of funds or other benefits [syn:
beneficiary, donee]
2: the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from
the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn:
benefactive role, beneficiary]
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bestiary
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n 1: a medieval book (usually illustrated) with allegorical and
amusing descriptions of real and fabled animals
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bleary
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adj 1: tired to the point of exhaustion [syn: bleary, blear,
bleary-eyed, blear-eyed]
2: 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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breviary
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a book of prayers to be recited
daily certain priests and members of religious orders
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cheery
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adj 1: bright and pleasant; promoting a feeling of cheer; "a
cheery hello"; "a gay sunny room"; "a sunny smile" [syn:
cheery, gay, sunny]
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domiciliary
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adj 1: of or relating to or provided in a domicile; "domiciliary
medical care"; "domiciliary caves"
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dreary
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adj 1: lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise; "her drab
personality"; "life was drab compared with the more
exciting life style overseas"; "a series of dreary dinner
parties" [syn: drab, dreary]
2: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war";
"a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter
landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November";
"a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" [syn: blue,
dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim,
sorry, drab, drear, dreary]
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eerie
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adj 1: suggestive of the supernatural; mysterious; "an eerie
feeling of deja vu"
2: inspiring a feeling of fear; strange and frightening; "an
uncomfortable and eerie stillness in the woods"; "an eerie
midnight howl" [syn: eerie, eery]
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eyrie
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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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fiduciary
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adj 1: relating to or of the nature of a legal trust (i.e. the
holding of something in trust for another); "a fiduciary
contract"; "in a fiduciary capacity"; "fiducial power"
[syn: fiduciary, fiducial]
n 1: a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary; "it
is illegal for a fiduciary to misappropriate money for
personal gain"
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hosiery
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n 1: socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British
include underwear) [syn: hosiery, hose]
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incendiary
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adj 1: involving deliberate burning of property; "an incendiary
fire"
2: arousing to action or rebellion [syn: incendiary,
incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing,
seditious]
3: capable of catching fire spontaneously or causing fires or
burning readily; "an incendiary agent"; "incendiary bombs"
n 1: a criminal who illegally sets fire to property [syn:
arsonist, incendiary, firebug]
2: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective
against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary
bomb, incendiary, firebomb]
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intermediary
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n 1: a negotiator who acts as a link between parties [syn:
mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary,
intercessor]
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laniary
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adj 1: of or relating to a pointed conical tooth [syn: canine,
laniary]
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leery
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adj 1: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn:
leery, mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting,
wary]
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query
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n 1: an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my
training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were
present" [syn: question, inquiry, enquiry, query,
interrogation] [ant: answer]
v 1: pose a question [syn: question, query]
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subsidiary
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adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
n 1: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
[syn: subordinate, subsidiary, underling, foot
soldier]
2: a company that is completely controlled by another company
[syn: subsidiary company, subsidiary]
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teary
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adj 1: with eyes full of tears [syn: teary, teary-eyed,
watery-eyed]
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theory
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n 1: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the
natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge
that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a
specific set of phenomena; "theories can incorporate facts
and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory"
2: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is
not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts
or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives
experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he
proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in
chemical practices" [syn: hypothesis, possibility,
theory]
3: a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory
that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead
men tell no tales"
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topiary
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n 1: a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative
shapes especially of animals
2: making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees
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weary
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adj 1: physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic"
[syn: aweary, weary]
v 1: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire,
wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear
out, outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue]
[ant: freshen, refresh, refreshen]
2: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my
food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]
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dearie
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n 1: a special loved one [syn: darling, favorite,
favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky]
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erie
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n 1: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living on the
south shore of Lake Erie in northern Ohio and northwest
Pennsylvania and western New York
2: the 4th largest of the Great Lakes; it is linked to the
Hudson River by the New York State Barge Canal [syn: Lake
Erie, Erie]
3: a port city on Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania
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vestiary
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adj 1: relating to clothing (especially vestments)
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biliary
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adj 1: relating to or containing bile [syn: bilious,
biliary]
2: relating to the bile ducts or the gallbladder
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ciliary
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adj 1: relating to the ciliary body and associated structures of
the eye
2: of or relating to cilia projecting from the surface of a cell
[syn: ciliary, ciliate, cilial]
3: of or relating to the human eyelash [syn: ciliary,
ciliate]
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justiciary
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n 1: formerly a high judicial officer [syn: justiciar,
justiciary]
2: the jurisdiction of a justiciar
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peri
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n 1: a beautiful and graceful girl
2: (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen
angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done
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peary
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n 1: United States Arctic explorer and United States naval
officer who has been regarded as the first man to reach the
North Pole (1856-1920) [syn: Peary, Robert Peary,
Robert E. Peary, Robert Edwin Peary]
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kashmiri
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Kashmir or its
people or culture; "the Kashmiri mountains"; "Kashmiri
love poems"
n 1: a member of the people of Kashmir
2: the official state language of Kashmir
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aweary
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adj 1: physically and mentally fatigued; "`aweary' is archaic"
[syn: aweary, weary]
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unweary
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adj 1: with unreduced energy [syn: untired, unwearied,
unweary]
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farriery
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smeary
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quaere
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cleary
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geary
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miliary
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miserere
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retiary
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vespiary
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presidiary
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nobiliary
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