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category
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n 1: a collection of things sharing a common attribute; "there
are two classes of detergents" [syn: class, category,
family]
2: a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a
conceptual scheme
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dory
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n 1: a small boat of shallow draft with cross thwarts for seats
and rowlocks for oars with which it is propelled [syn:
dinghy, dory, rowboat]
2: pike-like freshwater perches [syn: walleye, walleyed
pike, jack salmon, dory, Stizostedion vitreum]
3: marine fishes widely distributed in mid-waters and deep slope
waters
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glory
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n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"
[syn: glory, glorification]
2: brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" [syn:
glory, resplendence, resplendency]
3: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a
saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory,
gloriole]
v 1: rejoice proudly
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gory
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adj 1: covered with blood; "a bloodstained shirt"; "a gory
dagger" [syn: bloodstained, gory]
2: accompanied by bloodshed; "this bitter and sanguinary war"
[syn: gory, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous,
butcherly]
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hoary
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adj 1: showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or
white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge;
"nodded his hoary head" [syn: grey, gray, grey-
haired, gray-haired, grey-headed, gray-headed,
grizzly, hoar, hoary, white-haired]
2: ancient; "hoary jokes" [syn: hoary, rusty]
3: covered with fine whitish hairs or down [syn: canescent,
hoary]
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inventory
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n 1: a detailed list of all the items in stock [syn:
inventory, stock list]
2: the merchandise that a shop has on hand; "they carried a vast
inventory of hardware"; "they stopped selling in exact sizes
in order to reduce inventory" [syn: stock, inventory]
3: (accounting) the value of a firm's current assets including
raw materials and work in progress and finished goods
4: a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual
armory to find an answer" [syn: armory, armoury,
inventory]
5: making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand;
"an inventory may be necessary to see if anything is
missing"; "they held an inventory every month" [syn:
inventory, inventorying, stocktaking, stock-taking]
v 1: make or include in an itemized record or report; "Inventory
all books before the end of the year" [syn: inventory,
take stock, stock-take]
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kauri
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n 1: resin of the kauri trees of New Zealand; found usually as a
fossil; also collected for making varnishes and linoleum
[syn: kauri, kauri copal, kauri resin, kauri gum]
2: tall timber tree of New Zealand having white straight-grained
wood [syn: kauri, kaury, Agathis australis]
3: white close-grained wood of a tree of the genus Agathis
especially Agathis australis
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mandatory
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adj 1: required by rule; "in most schools physical education is
compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required
reading" [syn: compulsory, mandatory, required]
n 1: the recipient of a mandate [syn: mandatary, mandatory]
2: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War
I and put under the tutelage of some other European power
until they are able to stand by themselves [syn: mandate,
mandatory]
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quarry
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n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim
of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or
influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair
game"; "the target of a manhunt" [syn: prey, quarry,
target, fair game]
2: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate; "a
British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'" [syn: pit,
quarry, stone pit]
3: animal hunted or caught for food [syn: prey, quarry]
v 1: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a
quarry; "quarry marble"
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storey
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n 1: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a
single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the
office on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]
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story
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n 1: a message that tells the particulars of an act or
occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or
drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his
narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain
adults as well as children" [syn: narrative, narration,
story, tale]
2: a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events;
"he writes stories for the magazines"
3: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single
position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office
on?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]
4: a record or narrative description of past events; "a history
of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to
kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" [syn:
history, account, chronicle, story]
5: a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the
story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech
that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
[syn: report, news report, story, account, write
up]
6: a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how
can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: fib,
story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle]
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territory
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n 1: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
[syn: district, territory, territorial dominion,
dominion]
2: an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a
lot of territory"
3: the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign
state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
[syn: territory, soil]
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corrie
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n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may
contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]
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tory
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n 1: an American who favored the British side during the
American Revolution
2: a member of political party in Great Britain that has been
known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the
opposition party to the Whigs
3: a supporter of traditional political and social institutions
against the forces of reform; a political conservative
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saury
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n 1: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus]
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florey
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n 1: British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin,
which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming
(1898-1968) [syn: Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard
Walter Florey]
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flory
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n 1: United States chemist who developed methods for studying
long-chain molecules (1910-1985) [syn: Flory, Paul John
Flory]
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lory
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n 1: small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-
tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits
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montessori
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n 1: Italian educator who developed a method of teaching
mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-
centered approach (1870-1952) [syn: Montessori, Maria
Montesorri]
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cacciatore
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pylori
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aurae
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tori
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montefiore
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corey
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corry
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cory
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coury
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korry
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maury
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mori
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ory
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rory
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torie
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basore
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gregori
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hattori
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kgori
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latorre
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alatorre
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belfiore
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bonsignore
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buonocore
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unexplanetory
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