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basin
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n 1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or
liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin"
2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water"
[syn: basin, basinful]
3: a natural depression in the surface of the land often with a
lake at the bottom of it; "the basin of the Great Salt Lake"
4: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its
tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being
conveyed to the same outlet; "flood control in the Missouri
basin" [syn: river basin, basin, watershed, drainage
basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area]
5: a bathroom sink that is permanently installed and connected
to a water supply and drainpipe; where you can wash your
hands and face; "he ran some water in the basin and splashed
it on his face" [syn: washbasin, basin, washbowl,
washstand, lavatory]
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baton
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n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra
or choir [syn: baton, wand]
2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an
office or an authority
4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major
or drum majorette
5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay
race
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caisson
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n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn:
coffer, caisson, lacuna]
2: a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition
3: a chest to hold ammunition [syn: caisson, ammunition
chest]
4: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam]
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chasten
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v 1: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive
remarks" [syn: chastise, castigate, objurgate,
chasten, correct]
2: restrain [syn: chasten, moderate, temper]
3: correct by punishment or discipline [syn: tame, chasten,
subdue]
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chiffon
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n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
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chon
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n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea
2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
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con
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adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was
written pro and con" [ant: pro]
n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person
to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game,
bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con,
learn]
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hasten
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v 1: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's
late!" [syn: rush, hasten, hurry, look sharp,
festinate]
2: move fast; "He rushed down the hall to receive his guests";
"The cars raced down the street" [syn: rush, hotfoot,
hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along,
cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on
it] [ant: dawdle, linger]
3: speed up the progress of; facilitate; "This should expedite
the process" [syn: expedite, hasten]
4: cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high
fever and allergic reactions" [syn: induce, stimulate,
rush, hasten]
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john
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n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216;
succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard
I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by
the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John,
King John, John Lackland]
3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be
the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book
of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint
John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the
Evangelist, John the Divine]
4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn:
John, Gospel According to John]
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khan
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n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian
countries
2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that
provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary,
caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
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lawn
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n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
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mason
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n 1: American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose
objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights
(1725-1792) [syn: Mason, George Mason]
2: English film actor (1909-1984) [syn: Mason, James Mason,
James Neville Mason]
3: English writer (1865-1948) [syn: Mason, A. E. W. Mason,
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason]
4: a craftsman who works with stone or brick [syn: mason,
stonemason]
5: a member of a widespread secret fraternal order pledged to
mutual assistance and brotherly love [syn: Freemason,
Mason]
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non
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adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not
many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
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on
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adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the
view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the
circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along";
"march on" [syn: along, on]
2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his
spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"
3: in a state required for something to function or be
effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"
adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the
switch is in the on position" [ant: off]
2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or
shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant:
cancelled, off]
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pawn
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n 1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument,
pawn, cat's-paw]
3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and
captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more
powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of
the loan
v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your
grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
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pecan
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n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya
illinoinsis]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
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prawn
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n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
most are edible
v 1: fish for prawns
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salon
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n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed
2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon,
beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty
shop]
3: elegant sitting room where guests are received
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spawn
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n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or
molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
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swan
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n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and
usually white plumage as adult
v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the
mountains"
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thereon
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adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon,
on it, on that]
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wan
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adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
pale, pallid, wan, sick]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
"a wan smile"
n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]
v 1: become pale and sickly
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withdrawn
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adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an
unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive,
withdrawn]
2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
[syn: indrawn, withdrawn]
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won
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adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game"
[ant: lost]
n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean
won, won]
2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean
won, won]
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yawn
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n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;
usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not
suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it
was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy]
v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired;
"The child yawned during the long performance"
2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn,
yaw]
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yon
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adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon]
adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
yonder, yon]
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jason
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the
Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece
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nippon
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n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon,
Nihon]
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yuan
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n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan,
Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
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mon
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n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
Monday, Mon]
2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent
parts of Thailand
3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
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amman
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman,
capital of Jordan]
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bonn
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n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the
capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
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conn
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v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
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kahn
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n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn:
Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]
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ron
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n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron,
Bokkos, Daffo]
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shawn
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n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated
with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted
Shawn]
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xian
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n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
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amon
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n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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aton
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n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a
monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten,
Aton]
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bataan
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n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese
forces besieged American forces in World War II; United
States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area
in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]
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bhutan
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n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast
of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
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ceylon
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n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
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dhahran
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n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the
Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment
complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and
wounding more than 300 people
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gabon
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n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon,
Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
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iran
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n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western
Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was
known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
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koran
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n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet
Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran,
Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
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milan
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n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an
international center of trade and industry since the Middle
Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]
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oman
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n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and
eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is
dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat
and Oman]
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oran
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n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd
largest city
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saigon
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n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the
capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City,
Saigon]
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sichuan
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n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn:
Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]
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taiwan
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n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the
Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China,
Nationalist China, Republic of China]
2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of
mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan,
Formosa]
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abidjan
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n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the
Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
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kazakhstan
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n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the
northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking
inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an
Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan,
Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]
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teheran
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern
Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian
capital]
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azerbaijan
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n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an
Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic,
Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic]
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anne
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n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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bon
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thereupon
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upon
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von
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whereupon
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abron
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cayson
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chaisson
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chasen
0
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clasen
0
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bonne
0
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bronn
0
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caan
0
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caen
0
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cron
0
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daane
0
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dahn
0
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jon
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juan
0
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pon
0
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pran
0
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quon
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rohn
0
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sean
0
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tonn
0
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tron
0
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wann
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xuan
0
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yohn
0
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zhan
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alcon
0
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alon
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antoine
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baran
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buisson
0
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cardon
0
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chuan
0
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dejohn
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dhaharan
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eldon
0
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elston
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evonne
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gaitan
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