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ancestral
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adj 1: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually
legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral
lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate";
"transmissible tradition" [syn: ancestral,
hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible]
2: of or belonging to or inherited from an ancestor
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arbitral
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adj 1: relating to or resulting from arbitration; "the arbitral
adjustment of the controversy"; "an arbitrational
settlement" [syn: arbitral, arbitrational]
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austral
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adj 1: of the south or coming from the south; "sailed the
austral seas"
n 1: the basic unit of money in Argentina; equal to 100 centavos
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behavioural
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adj 1: of or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences" [syn:
behavioral, behavioural]
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cadastral
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adj 1: of or relating to the records of a cadastre
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cathedral
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adj 1: relating to or containing or issuing from a bishop's
office or throne; "a cathedral church"
n 1: any large and important church
2: the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese
[syn: cathedral, duomo]
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central
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adj 1: serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule";
"the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was
fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental
to modern industrial structure" [syn: cardinal,
central, fundamental, key, primal]
2: in or near a center or constituting a center; the inner area;
"a central position" [ant: peripheral]
n 1: a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility
where lines from telephones can be connected together to
permit communication [syn: central, telephone exchange,
exchange]
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cerebral
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adj 1: involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct;
"a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
[syn: cerebral, intellectual] [ant: emotional]
2: of or relating to the cerebrum or brain; "cerebral
hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"
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cholesterol
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n 1: an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver;
the most abundant steroid in animal tissues [syn:
cholesterol, cholesterin]
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cloistral
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adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
conventual, monastic, monastical]
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conferral
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n 1: the act of conferring an honor or presenting a gift [syn:
bestowal, bestowment, conferral, conferment]
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deferral
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n 1: a state of abeyance or suspended business [syn: deferral,
recess]
2: act of putting off to a future time [syn: postponement,
deferment, deferral]
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dextral
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adj 1: of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the
apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the
observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye
uppermost" [ant: sinistral]
2: preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral
individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"
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fibril
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n 1: a very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril,
filament, strand]
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gambrel
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n 1: a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower
slope being steeper [syn: gambrel, gambrel roof]
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hypaethral
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adj 1: partly or entirely open to the sky [syn: hypaethral,
hypethral]
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inaugural
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adj 1: occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or
induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an
inaugural ball" [ant: exaugural]
2: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue";
"the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory
step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in
Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural,
initiative, initiatory, first, maiden]
n 1: an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially
by a United States president) [syn: inaugural address,
inaugural]
2: the ceremonial induction into a position; "the new president
obviously enjoyed his inauguration" [syn: inauguration,
inaugural]
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integral
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adj 1: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;
"the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of
periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the
truth" [syn: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt,
inherent, integral]
2: constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing
essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth
bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection
entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union
intact" [syn: integral, entire, intact]
3: of or denoted by an integer
n 1: the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the
integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)
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kestrel
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n 1: small North American falcon [syn: sparrow hawk, American
kestrel, kestrel, Falco sparverius]
2: small Old World falcon that hovers in the air against a wind
[syn: kestrel, Falco tinnunculus]
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mandrel
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n 1: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for
larger rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel,
mandril, arbor]
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mandrill
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n 1: baboon of west Africa with a bright red and blue muzzle and
blue hindquarters [syn: mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx]
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menstrual
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adj 1: of or relating to menstruation or the menses; "menstrual
period" [syn: menstrual, catamenial]
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minstrel
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n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur,
minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour]
2: a performer in a minstrel show
v 1: celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
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mistral
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n 1: a strong north wind that blows in France during the winter
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mongrel
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n 1: derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine;
something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the
architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but
not true Gothic" [syn: bastard, mongrel]
2: an inferior dog or one of mixed breed [syn: cur, mongrel,
mutt]
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neutral
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adj 1: having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a
neutral observer" [syn: impersonal, neutral]
2: having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically
inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a
reaction" [syn: inert, indifferent, neutral]
3: not supporting or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or
contest
4: possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics [ant:
negative, positive]
5: having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white" [syn:
achromatic, neutral] [ant: chromatic]
6: lacking distinguishing quality or characteristics; "a neutral
personality that made no impression whatever"
7: having no net electric charge [syn: neutral,
electroneutral]
n 1: one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
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nostril
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n 1: either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity
in the nose [syn: nostril, anterior naris]
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orchestral
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adj 1: relating to or composed for an orchestra; "orchestral
score"
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penumbral
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adj 1: of or pertaining to the region of partial shadow around
an umbra
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petrel
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n 1: relatively small long-winged tube-nosed bird that flies far
from land
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petrol
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n 1: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and
heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used
mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn:
gasoline, gasolene, gas, petrol]
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polyhedral
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a polyhedron
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premenstrual
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adj 1: of or relating to or occurring during the period just
before menstruation
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referral
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n 1: a person whose case has been referred to a specialist or
professional group; "the patient is a referral from Dr.
Bones"
2: a recommendation to consult the (professional) person or
group to whom one has been referred; "the insurance company
says that you need a written referral from your physician
before seeing a specialist"
3: the act of referring (as forwarding an applicant for
employment or referring a matter to an appropriate agency)
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sacral
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adj 1: of or relating to or near the sacrum
2: of or relating to sacred rites; "sacral laws"
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scoundrel
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n 1: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately
[syn: villain, scoundrel]
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sepulchral
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adj 1: of or relating to a sepulchre; "sepulchral inscriptions";
"sepulchral monuments in churches"
2: gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell
came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly
shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs" [syn:
charnel, ghastly, sepulchral]
3: suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial; "funereal
gloom"; "hollow sepulchral tones" [syn: funereal,
sepulchral]
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spandrel
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n 1: an approximately triangular surface area between two
adjacent arches and the horizontal plane above them [syn:
spandrel, spandril]
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spectral
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adj 1: of or relating to a spectrum; "spectral colors";
"spectral analysis"
2: resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at
the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral
emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" [syn:
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal,
spectral, spiritual]
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tendril
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n 1: slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants
attach themselves to an object for support
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transferral
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n 1: the act of moving something from one location to another
[syn: transportation, transport, transfer,
transferral, conveyance]
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tumbril
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n 1: a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were
used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French
Revolution [syn: tumbrel, tumbril]
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urethral
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adj 1: of or relating to the urethra
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ventral
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adj 1: toward or on or near the belly (front of a primate or
lower surface of a lower animal); "the ventral aspect of
the human body"; "the liver is somewhat ventral in
position"; "ventral (or pelvic) fins correspond to the
hind limbs of a quadruped" [ant: dorsal]
2: nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism;
"the upper side of a leaf is known as the adaxial surface"
[syn: adaxial, ventral] [ant: abaxial, dorsal]
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vertebral
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adj 1: of or relating to or constituting vertebrae
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wastrel
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n 1: someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn:
wastrel, waster]
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april
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n 1: the month following March and preceding May [syn: April,
Apr]
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mandril
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n 1: any of various rotating shafts that serve as axes for
larger rotating parts [syn: spindle, mandrel,
mandril, arbor]
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mitral
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adj 1: of or relating to or located in or near the mitral valve;
"mitral insufficiency"
2: relating to or resembling the miter worn by some clerics
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nombril
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n 1: the center point on a shield
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timbrel
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n 1: small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried
by itinerant jugglers
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retral
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adj 1: moving or directed or tending in a backward direction or
contrary to a previous direction [syn: retral,
retrograde]
2: at or near or toward the posterior
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dihedral
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dodecahedral
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octahedral
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tetrahedral
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trihedral
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whimbrel
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umbral
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claustral
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avril
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subastral
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palpebral
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anhedral
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decahedral
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holohedral
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rostral
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curvirostral
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