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aurochs
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n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the
North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison
bonasus]
2: large recently extinct long-horned European wild ox;
considered one of the ancestors of domestic cattle [syn:
aurochs, urus, Bos primigenius]
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snuffbox
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n 1: a small ornamental box for carrying snuff in your pocket
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soapbox
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n 1: a crate for packing soap
2: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
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strongbox
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n 1: a strongly made box for holding money or valuables; can be
locked [syn: strongbox, deedbox]
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sweatbox
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n 1: small or narrow cell
2: a device that causes tobacco leaves or fruit or hides to
sweat
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tinderbox
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n 1: a dangerous state of affairs; a situation that is a
potential source of violence; "the Balkans are the
tinderbox of Europe"
2: a box for holding tinder
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toolbox
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n 1: a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools [syn:
toolbox, tool chest, tool cabinet, tool case]
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unorthodox
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adj 1: independent in behavior or thought; "she led a somewhat
irregular private life"; "maverick politicians" [syn:
irregular, maverick, unorthodox]
2: breaking with convention or tradition; "an unorthodox
lifestyle" [ant: orthodox]
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workbox
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n 1: container for holding implements and materials for work
(especially for sewing) [syn: workbasket, workbox,
workbag]
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knox
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n 1: Scottish theologian who founded Presbyterianism in Scotland
and wrote a history of the Reformation in Scotland
(1514-1572) [syn: Knox, John Knox]
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breadbox
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n 1: a container used to keep bread or cake in [syn: bread-
bin, breadbox]
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detox
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n 1: the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are
detoxified
v 1: treat for alcohol or drug dependence; "He was detoxified in
the clinic" [syn: detox, detoxify]
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postbox
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n 1: public box for deposit of mail [syn: postbox, mailbox,
letter box]
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aix
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n 1: wood duck and mandarin duck [syn: Aix, genus Aix]
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vaux
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n 1: United States landscape architect (born in England) who
designed Central Park (1824-1895) [syn: Vaux, Calvert
Vaux]
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storax
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n 1: a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus
Styrax
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xerox
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n 1: a copy made by a xerographic printer [syn: xerox, xerox
copy]
2: a duplicator (trade mark Xerox) that copies graphic matter by
the action of light on an electrically charged
photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image
is developed with a resinous powder [syn: Xerox,
xerographic copier, Xerox machine]
v 1: reproduce by xerography [syn: photocopy, run off,
xerox]
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clorox
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n 1: a commercial bleaching agent
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paintbox
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n 1: a box containing a collection of cubes or tubes of artists'
paint
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shoebox
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n 1: a structure resembling a shoebox (as a rectangular building
or a cramped room or compartment)
2: an oblong rectangular (usually cardboard) box designed to
hold a pair of shoes
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soundbox
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n 1: a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body
of a violin) [syn: soundbox, body]
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volvox
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n 1: type genus of the Volvocaceae; minute pale green
flagellates occurring in tiny spherical colonies; minute
flagella rotate the colony about an axis [syn: Volvox,
genus Volvox]
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redox
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n 1: a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an
oxidation and the reverse is a reduction [syn: oxidation-
reduction, oxidoreduction, redox]
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sox
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coxe
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foxe
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silcox
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hancox
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haybox
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saucebox
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wilcox
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dreadlocks
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