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caucus
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n 1: a closed political meeting
v 1: meet to select a candidate or promote a policy
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cuss
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n 1: a persistently annoying person [syn: pest, blighter,
cuss, pesterer, gadfly]
2: a boy or man; "that chap is your host"; "there's a fellow at
the door"; "he's a likable cuss"; "he's a good bloke" [syn:
chap, fellow, feller, fella, lad, gent,
blighter, cuss, bloke]
3: profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger;
"expletives were deleted" [syn: curse, curse word,
expletive, oath, swearing, swearword, cuss]
v 1: utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were
cursing loudly in the street" [syn: curse, cuss,
blaspheme, swear, imprecate]
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gonococcus
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n 1: the pus-producing bacterium that causes gonorrhea [syn:
gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae]
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raucous
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adj 1: unpleasantly loud and harsh [syn: raucous, strident]
2: disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous
party"; "rowdy teenagers" [syn: raucous, rowdy]
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streptococcus
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n 1: spherical Gram-positive bacteria occurring in pairs or
chains; cause e.g. scarlet fever and tonsillitis [syn:
streptococcus, streptococci, strep]
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glaucous
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adj 1: having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on
plants; "glaucous stems"; "glaucous plums"; "glaucous
grapes"
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caracas
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Venezuela [syn: Caracas,
capital of Venezuela]
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coccus
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n 1: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus,
cocci]
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diplococcus
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n 1: Gram-positive bacteria usually occurring in pairs
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micrococcus
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n 1: type genus of the family Micrococcaceae [syn:
Micrococcus, genus Micrococcus]
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pneumococcus
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n 1: bacterium causing pneumonia in mice and humans [syn:
pneumococcus, Diplococcus pneumoniae]
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ascus
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n 1: saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through
sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
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damascus
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n 1: an ancient city (widely regarded as the world's oldest) and
present capital and largest city of Syria; according to the
New Testament, the Apostle Paul (then known as Saul)
underwent a dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus
[syn: Dimash, Damascus, capital of Syria]
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orcus
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n 1: god of the underworld; counterpart of Greek Pluto [syn:
Dis, Orcus]
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autofocus
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n 1: an optical device for focussing a camera or other
instrument automatically
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lucas
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n 1: United States screenwriter and filmmaker (born in 1944)
[syn: Lucas, George Lucas]
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floccus
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cus
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baucus
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secaucus
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digalakis
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enterococcus
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bockus
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roccas
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tetracoccus
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pediococcus
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marcus
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cercus
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dorcas
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trochus
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ulotrichous
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