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acoustic
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adj 1: of or relating to the science of acoustics; "acoustic
properties of a hall" [syn: acoustic, acoustical]
n 1: a remedy for hearing loss or deafness
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acrostic
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n 1: a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading
the same down as across [syn: word square, acrostic]
2: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line
form a word or message
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agnostic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to an agnostic or agnosticism
2: uncertain of all claims to knowledge [syn: agnostic,
agnostical] [ant: gnostic]
n 1: someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
[syn: agnostic, doubter]
2: a person who claims that they cannot have true knowledge
about the existence of God (but does not deny that God might
exist)
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basaltic
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adj 1: of or relating to or containing basalt; "basaltic magma
is fluid"
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bombastic
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adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large
talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic,
declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid]
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broomstick
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n 1: the handle of a broom [syn: broomstick, broom handle]
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candlestick
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n 1: a holder with sockets for candles [syn: candlestick,
candle holder]
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catachrestic
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adj 1: constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis
[syn: catachrestic, catachrestical]
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caustic
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adj 1: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments";
"her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter
words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about
political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical
ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic
critique" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid,
bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous,
sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic]
2: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of
destroying or eating away by chemical action [syn: caustic,
corrosive, erosive, vitriolic, mordant]
n 1: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
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chopstick
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n 1: one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware
to eat food with
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diagnostic
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adj 1: concerned with diagnosis; used for furthering diagnosis;
"a diagnostic reading test"
2: characteristic or indicative of a disease; "a diagnostic sign
of yellow fever"; "a rash symptomatic of scarlet fever";
"symptomatic of insanity"; "a rise in crime symptomatic of
social breakdown" [syn: diagnostic, symptomatic]
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dipstick
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n 1: a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the
fluid level
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drastic
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adj 1: forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"
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drumstick
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n 1: the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
2: a stick used for playing a drum
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dynastic
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of a dynasty
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ecclesiastic
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adj 1: of or associated with a church (especially a Christian
Church); "ecclesiastic history" [syn: ecclesiastical,
ecclesiastic]
n 1: a clergyman or other person in religious orders [syn:
cleric, churchman, divine, ecclesiastic]
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elastic
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adj 1: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or
compression; springy; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and
elastic walk" [ant: inelastic]
2: able to adjust readily to different conditions; "an adaptable
person"; "a flexible personality"; "an elastic clause in a
contract" [syn: elastic, flexible, pliable, pliant]
n 1: a narrow band of elastic rubber used to hold things (such
as papers) together [syn: rubber band, elastic band,
elastic]
2: a fabric made of yarns containing an elastic material
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encaustic
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n 1: a paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it
is fixed with heat after application
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enthusiastic
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adj 1: having or showing great excitement and interest;
"enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an
enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking
ballet lessons" [ant: unenthusiastic]
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fantastic
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adj 1: ludicrously odd; "Hamlet's assumed antic disposition";
"fantastic Halloween costumes"; "a grotesque reflection
in the mirror" [syn: antic, fantastic, fantastical,
grotesque]
2: extraordinarily good or great ; used especially as
intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was
fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of
rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a
tremendous achievement" [syn: fantastic, grand,
howling(a), marvelous, marvellous, rattling(a),
terrific, tremendous, wonderful, wondrous]
3: fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his
own importance" [syn: fantastic, wild]
4: existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads
the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne [syn:
fantastic, fantastical]
5: extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance;
"Gaudi's fantastic architecture"
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fiddlestick
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n 1: a bow used in playing the violin [syn: fiddlestick,
violin bow]
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gnostic
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adj 1: of or relating to Gnosticism; "Gnostic writings"
2: possessing intellectual or esoteric knowledge of spiritual
things [ant: agnostic, agnostical]
n 1: an advocate of Gnosticism
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gymnastic
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adj 1: vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic
child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises" [syn:
acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic]
2: of or relating to or used in exercises intended to develop
strength and agility; "gymnastic horse"
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iconoclastic
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adj 1: characterized by attack on established beliefs or
institutions
2: destructive of images used in religious worship; said of
religions, such as Islam, in which the representation of
living things is prohibited
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inelastic
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adj 1: not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price
structure" [ant: elastic]
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joystick
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n 1: a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and
elevators of an airplane [syn: stick, control stick,
joystick]
2: a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can
move freely in two directions; used as an input device to
computers or to devices controlled by computers
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lipstick
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n 1: makeup that is used to color the lips [syn: lipstick,
lip rouge]
v 1: form by tracing with lipstick; "The clown had lipsticked
circles on his cheeks"
2: apply lipstick to; "She lipsticked her mouth"
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majestic
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adj 1: majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane
matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment";
"olympian beauty and serene composure" [syn: majestic,
olympian]
2: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant
pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine
peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud]
3: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of
imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated
with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"
[syn: imperial, majestic, purple, regal, royal]
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mastic
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n 1: an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in
varnishes
2: a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler
3: an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is
cultivated for its resin [syn: mastic, mastic tree,
lentisk, Pistacia lentiscus]
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matchstick
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n 1: a short thin stick of wood used in making matches
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monastic
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adj 1: of communal life sequestered from the world under
religious vows [syn: cloistered, cloistral,
conventual, monastic, monastical]
n 1: a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself
to contemplation and prayer and work [syn: monk,
monastic]
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nightstick
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n 1: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
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orgiastic
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adj 1: used of frenzied sexual activity
2: used of riotously drunken merrymaking; "a night of
bacchanalian revelry"; "carousing bands of drunken soldiers";
"orgiastic festivity" [syn: bacchanalian, bacchanal,
bacchic, carousing, orgiastic]
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periphrastic
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adj 1: roundabout and unnecessarily wordy; "had a preference for
circumlocutious (or circumlocutory) rather than
forthright expression"; "A periphrastic study in a worn-
out poetical fashion,/ Leaving one still with the
intolerable wrestle/ With words and meanings."-T.S.Eliot;
(`ambagious' is archaic) [syn: circumlocutious,
circumlocutory, periphrastic, ambagious]
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plastic
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adj 1: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth
or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such
as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic]
2: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of
children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: plastic, pliant]
3: forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a
formative influence"; "a formative experience" [syn:
formative, shaping, plastic]
n 1: generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic
materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or
films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and
adhesives
2: a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the
person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the
issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for
the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?" [syn:
credit card, charge card, charge plate, plastic]
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prognostic
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adj 1: of or relating to prediction; having value for making
predictions [syn: predictive, prognostic,
prognosticative]
n 1: a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen
before going into battle" [syn: omen, portent,
presage, prognostic, prognostication, prodigy]
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rustic
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adj 1: characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes";
"rustic awkwardness" [syn: countrified, countryfied,
rustic]
2: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys";
"rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre
awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick,
rustic, unsophisticated]
3: characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic
simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" [syn: agrestic, rustic]
n 1: an unsophisticated country person
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sarcastic
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adj 1: expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds [ant:
unsarcastic]
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scholastic
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adj 1: of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"
2: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of
scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"
n 1: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book
learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm,
scholastic]
2: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian
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singlestick
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n 1: a stick used instead of a sword for fencing [syn:
singlestick, fencing stick, backsword]
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slapstick
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adj 1: characterized by horseplay and physical action;
"slapstick style of humor"
n 1: a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and
practical jokes
2: acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together;
used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting
injury when striking someone
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spastic
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adj 1: relating to or characterized by spasm; "a spastic colon";
"spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy"
2: suffering from spastic paralysis; "a spastic child"
3: affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions;
resembling a spasm; "convulsive motions"; "his body made a
spasmodic jerk"; "spastic movements" [syn: convulsive,
spasmodic, spastic]
n 1: a person suffering from spastic paralysis
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stochastic
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adj 1: being or having a random variable; "a stochastic
variable"; "stochastic processes"
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thermoplastic
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adj 1: having the property of softening or fusing when heated
and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled;
"thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time
after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical
change" [ant: thermoset, thermosetting]
n 1: a material that softens when heated and hardens again when
cooled [syn: thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin]
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unenthusiastic
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adj 1: not enthusiastic; lacking excitement or ardor; "an
unenthusiastic performance by the orchestra";
"unenthusiastic applause" [ant: enthusiastic]
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yardstick
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n 1: a measure or standard used for comparison; "on what kind of
yardstick is he basing his judgment?"
2: a ruler or tape that is three feet long [syn: yardstick,
yard measure]
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baltic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Baltic
States or their peoples or languages
2: of or near or on the Baltic Sea; "The Baltic republics"
n 1: a sea in northern Europe; stronghold of the Russian navy
[syn: Baltic, Baltic Sea]
2: a branch of the Indo-European family of languages related to
the Slavonic languages; Baltic languages have preserved many
archaic features that are believed to have existed in Proto-
Indo European [syn: Baltic, Baltic language]
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celtic
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the Celts [syn:
Celtic, Gaelic]
n 1: a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from
inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe
in the pre-Christian era [syn: Celtic, Celtic language]
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onomastic
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adj 1: of or related to onomastics; "he published a collection
of his onomastic essays"
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mahlstick
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n 1: a long stick that a painter uses to support the hand
holding the brush [syn: maulstick, mahlstick]
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clastic
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adj 1: of or belonging to or being a rock composed of fragments
of older rocks (e.g., conglomerates or sandstone)
2: capable of being taken apart; "the professor had a clastic
model of the human brain"
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dysplastic
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adj 1: relating to or evidencing dysplasia
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neoplastic
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adj 1: of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm;
"neoplastic cells"
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paraphrastic
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adj 1: altered by paraphrasing
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encomiastic
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adj 1: formally expressing praise [syn: encomiastic,
eulogistic, panegyric, panegyrical]
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ceroplastic
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chiastic
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cultic
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ectoblastic
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fustic
0
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greenstick
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swordstick
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apolaustic
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nastic
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aplastic
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homoplastic
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hudibrastic
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predynastic
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cobaltic
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systaltic
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peristaltic
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