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disunite
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v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
herself from the organization when she found out the
identity of the president" [syn: disassociate,
dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint]
2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate,
disunite, divide, part]
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aconite
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n 1: any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus
Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves
and blue or white flowers
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affright
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic,
terror, affright]
v 1: cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building
frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" [syn:
frighten, fright, scare, affright]
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alight
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adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on
fire(p)]
v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
[syn: alight, light, perch]
2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down]
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alright
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adv 1: without doubt (used to reinforce an assertion); "it's
expensive all right" [syn: all right, alright]
2: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the
beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine, alright,
all right, OK]
3: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her
own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a
nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K.,
all right, alright]
adj 1: nonstandard usage
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ammonite
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n 1: one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct
mollusks [syn: ammonite, ammonoid]
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aright
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adv 1: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly
depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn:
correctly, right, aright] [ant: incorrectly,
wrong, wrongly]
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belemnite
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n 1: a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end
and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when
unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of
any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family
Belemnitidae
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bight
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n 1: a loop in a rope
2: a bend or curve (especially in a coastline)
3: a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the
Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"
4: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its
ends)
v 1: fasten with a bight
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bite
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n 1: a wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
2: a small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left
was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite]
3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger
into skin [syn: sting, bite, insect bite]
4: a light informal meal [syn: bite, collation, snack]
5: (angling) an instance of a fish taking the bait; "after
fishing for an hour he still had not had a bite"
6: wit having a sharp and caustic quality; "he commented with
typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" [syn: pungency,
bite]
7: a strong odor or taste property; "the pungency of mustard";
"the sulfurous bite of garlic"; "the sharpness of strange
spices"; "the raciness of the wine" [syn: pungency, bite,
sharpness, raciness]
8: the act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws
[syn: bite, chomp]
9: a portion removed from the whole; "the government's weekly
bite from my paycheck"
v 1: to grip, cut off, or tear with or as if with the teeth or
jaws; "Gunny invariably tried to bite her" [syn: bite,
seize with teeth]
2: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned
his face" [syn: bite, sting, burn]
3: penetrate or cut, as with a knife; "The fork bit into the
surface"
4: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn:
sting, bite, prick]
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blight
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n 1: a state or condition being blighted
2: any plant disease resulting in withering without rotting
v 1: cause to suffer a blight; "Too much rain may blight the
garden with mold" [syn: blight, plague]
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bright
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adv 1: with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the
windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly,
brightly, bright]
adj 1: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts;
"the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
[ant: dull]
2: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant
tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright,
brilliant, vivid]
3: characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some
children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart
children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright,
smart]
4: having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room
was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
5: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a
sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished
brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in
lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny
black patents" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous,
shining, shiny]
6: splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright
moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
7: not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights";
"surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the
houselights were still undimmed" [syn: undimmed, bright]
[ant: dim, dimmed]
8: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet
section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" [syn:
bright, brilliant]
9: characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all
the world seems bright and gay"
10: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the
scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political
career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright,
hopeful, promising]
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byte
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n 1: a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of
alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of
information
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cite
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n 1: a short note recognizing a source of information or of a
quoted passage; "the student's essay failed to list several
important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually
printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes
mention of similar clinical cases" [syn: citation,
cite, acknowledgment, credit, reference, mention,
quotation]
v 1: make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection
with the invention" [syn: mention, advert, bring up,
cite, name, refer]
2: commend; "he was cited for his outstanding achievements"
[syn: mention, cite]
3: refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work" [syn:
reference, cite]
4: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her" [syn:
quote, cite]
5: refer to for illustration or proof; "He said he could quote
several instances of this behavior" [syn: quote, cite]
6: advance evidence for [syn: adduce, abduce, cite]
7: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn:
summon, summons, cite]
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contrite
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adj 1: feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
[syn: contrite, remorseful, rueful, ruthful]
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ebonite
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n 1: a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural
rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite]
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finite
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adj 1: bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal
extent [ant: infinite]
2: of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in
time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and
person [ant: infinite, non-finite]
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fortnight
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n 1: a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis
tournaments last a fortnight" [syn: fortnight, two
weeks]
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gadolinite
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n 1: a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of
silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and
erbium [syn: gadolinite, ytterbite]
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ignite
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v 1: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat;
"Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a
cigarette" [syn: ignite, light] [ant: blow out,
extinguish, quench, snuff out]
2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust,
conflagrate]
3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way
of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The
refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake
old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up]
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lignite
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n 1: intermediate between peat and bituminous coal [syn:
lignite, brown coal, wood coal]
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midnight
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n 1: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young
children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
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overnight
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adv 1: during or for the length of one night; "the fish
marinates overnight"
2: happening in a short time or with great speed; "these
solutions cannot be found overnight!"
adj 1: lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a
nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight
trip" [syn: nightlong, all-night, overnight]
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reunite
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v 1: have a reunion; unite again
2: unify again, as of a country; "Will Korea reunify?" [syn:
reunify, reunite]
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right
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adv 1: precisely, exactly; "stand right here!"
2: immediately; "she called right after dinner"
3: exactly; "he fell flop on his face" [syn: right, flop]
4: toward or on the right; also used figuratively; "he looked
right and left"; "the party has moved right" [ant: left]
5: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent,
in good order, right, the right way] [ant:
improperly]
6: an interjection expressing agreement [syn: right, right
on]
7: completely; "she felt right at home"; "he fell right into the
trap"
8: (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the
baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful
humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right
nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" [syn: mighty,
mightily, powerful, right]
9: in accordance with moral or social standards; "that serves
him right"; "do right by him" [syn: justly, right]
10: in an accurate manner; "the flower had been correctly
depicted by his son"; "he guessed right" [syn: correctly,
right, aright] [ant: incorrectly, wrong, wrongly]
adj 1: being or located on or directed toward the side of the
body to the east when facing north; "my right hand";
"right center field"; "a right-hand turn"; "the right
bank of a river is the bank on your right side when you
are facing downstream" [ant: left]
2: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the
correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer";
"took the right road"; "the right decision" [syn: correct,
right] [ant: incorrect, wrong]
3: socially right or correct; "it isn't right to leave the party
without saying goodbye"; "correct behavior" [syn: correct,
right]
4: in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right
thing and confess" [ant: wrong]
5: correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right" [syn:
right, correct] [ant: wrong]
6: appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a
person's character, needs; "everything in its proper place";
"the right man for the job"; "she is not suitable for the
position" [syn: proper, right]
7: of or belonging to the political or intellectual right [ant:
center, left]
8: in or into a satisfactory condition; "things are right again
now"; "put things right"
9: intended for the right hand; "a right-hand glove" [syn:
right(a), right-hand(a)]
10: in accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;
"what's the right word for this?"; "the right way to open
oysters" [syn: correct, right]
11: having the axis perpendicular to the base; "a right angle"
12: (of the side of cloth or clothing) facing or intended to
face outward; "the right side of the cloth showed the
pattern"; "be sure your shirt is right side out"
13: most suitable or right for a particular purpose; "a good
time to plant tomatoes"; "the right time to act"; "the time
is ripe for great sociological changes" [syn: good,
right, ripe]
14: precisely accurate; "a veracious account" [syn: veracious,
right]
n 1: an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or
governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights";
"Certain rights can never be granted to the government but
must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor
Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives
you; it is something that nobody can take away"
2: location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the
side to the south when a person or object faces east; "he
stood on the right" [ant: left]
3: the piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right
[syn: right field, rightfield, right]
4: those who support political or social or economic
conservatism; those who believe that things are better left
unchanged [syn: right, right wing]
5: the hand that is on the right side of the body; "he writes
with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with
quick rights to the body" [syn: right, right hand]
6: a turn toward the side of the body that is on the south when
the person is facing east; "take a right at the corner"
7: anything in accord with principles of justice; "he feels he
is in the right"; "the rightfulness of his claim" [syn:
right, rightfulness] [ant: wrong, wrongfulness]
8: (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom
in some intangible thing; "mineral rights"; "film rights"
v 1: make reparations or amends for; "right a wrongs done to the
victims of the Holocaust" [syn: right, compensate,
redress, correct] [ant: wrong]
2: put in or restore to an upright position; "They righted the
sailboat that had capsized"
3: regain an upright or proper position; "The capsized boat
righted again"
4: make right or correct; "Correct the mistakes"; "rectify the
calculation" [syn: correct, rectify, right] [ant:
falsify]
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suburbanite
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n 1: a resident of a suburb
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taconite
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n 1: a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined
as a low-grade iron ore
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tonight
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adv 1: during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"
[syn: tonight, this evening, this night]
n 1: the present or immediately coming night
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unite
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v 1: act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief [syn:
unite, unify] [ant: carve up, dissever, divide,
separate, split, split up]
2: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells
merge" [syn: unify, unite, merge] [ant: break apart,
disunify]
3: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good
business sense" [syn: unite, combine]
4: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect,
link, link up, join, unite]
5: bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or
in a shared situation; "the Democratic Patry platform united
several splinter groups" [syn: unite, unify]
6: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: unite,
unify, merge]
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weeknight
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n 1: any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday
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reignite
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v 1: ignite anew, as of something burning; "The strong winds
reignited the cooling embers"
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bentonite
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n 1: an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic
ash
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canaanite
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n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan
before it was conquered by the Israelites
2: the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied
Canaan before the Israelite conquest
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gelignite
0
n 1: a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed
in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
[syn: gelignite, gelly]
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ilmenite
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n 1: a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and
plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form;
a source of titanium
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kyanite
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n 1: a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum
silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock,
used as a refractory [syn: kyanite, cyanite]
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manganite
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n 1: a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a
source of manganese
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mennonite
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n 1: a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its
simplicity of life
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vulcanite
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n 1: a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural
rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite]
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kaolinite
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n 1: a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of
kaolin
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molybdenite
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n 1: a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief
source of molybdenum and its compounds
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sunnite
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n 1: a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four
caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad [syn: Sunnite,
Sunni, Sunni Muslim]
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stannite
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n 1: a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source
of tin [syn: stannite, tin pyrites]
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kainite
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n 1: a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and
potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a
fertilizer
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dithionite
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exurbanite
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mylonite
0
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transfinite
0
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urbanite
0
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mcknight
0
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allanite
0
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encrinite
0
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maronite
0
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selenite
0
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xylonite
0
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yesternight
0
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gibeonite
0
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midianite
0
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sillimanite
0
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sennight
0