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airless
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adj 1: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the
dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air
was blue with smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy,
unaired]
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alveolus
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n 1: a tiny sac for holding air in the lungs; formed by the
terminal dilation of tiny air passageways [syn: alveolus,
air sac, air cell]
2: a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth [syn:
tooth socket, alveolus]
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bacillus
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n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often
occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
[syn: bacillus, B]
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bodiless
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adj 1: not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts" [syn:
discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied,
disembodied]
2: having no trunk or main part; "a bodiless head" [syn:
bodiless, bodyless]
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callous
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adj 1: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to
suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
[syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous]
2: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through
wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
[syn: calloused, callous, thickened]
v 1: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
[syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise]
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callus
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n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual
pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn:
callosity, callus]
2: bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
3: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff
protuberance on the lip of an orchid
v 1: cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his
feet"
2: form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
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careless
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adj 1: marked by lack of attention or consideration or
forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about
her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a
careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a
careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark" [ant:
careful]
2: effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless
elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
3: (usually followed by `of') without due thought or
consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the
blooms with regardless tread" [syn: careless(p),
regardless]
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chalice
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n 1: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic
cup [syn: chalice, goblet]
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cheerless
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adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the
economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless
about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an
uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless,
uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]
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clueless
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adj 1: totally uninformed about what is going on; not having
even a clue from which to infer what is occurring
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earless
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adj 1: lacking external ears; "earless seals" [ant: eared]
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eyeless
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adj 1: lacking eyes or eyelike features; "eyeless fish that
evolved in dark caves"; "an eyeless needle" [ant: eyed]
2: lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar" [syn: eyeless,
sightless, unseeing]
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fearless
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adj 1: oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in
facing them [syn: unafraid(p), fearless] [ant:
afraid(p)]
2: invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers";
"fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"
[syn: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy,
intrepid, unfearing]
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flawless
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adj 1: without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone" [syn: flawless,
unflawed]
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hairless
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adj 1: having no hair or fur; "a Mexican Hairless is about the
size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on
the head and tail" [ant: haired, hairy, hirsute]
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jealous
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adj 1: showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's
advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her";
"jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions";
"envious of their art collection" [syn: covetous,
envious, jealous]
2: suspicious or unduly suspicious or fearful of being displaced
by a rival; "a jealous lover" [syn: jealous, green-eyed,
overjealous]
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joyless
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adj 1: not experiencing or inspiring joy; "a joyless man"; "a
joyless occasion"; "joyless evenings" [ant: joyous]
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keyless
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adj 1: lacking or not requiring a key; "a keyless lock operated
by a series of pushbuttons" [ant: keyed]
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lawless
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adj 1: without law or control; "the system is economically
inefficient and politically anarchic" [syn: anarchic,
anarchical, lawless]
2: lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town" [syn: wide-open,
lawless]
3: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
plains" [syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]
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merciless
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adj 1: having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a
merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" [syn:
merciless, unmerciful] [ant: merciful]
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moneyless
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adj 1: not based on the possession of money; "a moneyless
economy" [ant: moneyed, monied]
2: having no money; "virtually moneyless rural regions"
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nucleolus
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n 1: a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such
organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein
synthesis [syn: nucleolus, nucleole]
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overzealous
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adj 1: marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion
to a cause or idea; "rabid isolationist" [syn: fanatic,
fanatical, overzealous, rabid]
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palace
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n 1: a large and stately mansion [syn: palace, castle]
2: the governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order
binding on all subjects"
3: a large ornate exhibition hall
4: official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
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parlous
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adj 1: fraught with danger; "dangerous waters"; "a parlous
journey on stormy seas"; "a perilous voyage across the
Atlantic in a small boat"; "the precarious life of an
undersea diver"; "dangerous surgery followed by a touch-
and-go recovery" [syn: parlous, perilous,
precarious, touch-and-go]
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peerless
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adj 1: eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty";
"the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in
a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless
scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote
with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art"
[syn: matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one and
only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable,
unrivaled, unrivalled]
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phallus
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n 1: genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around
the stem [syn: Phallus, genus Phallus]
2: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn:
penis, phallus, member]
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pitiless
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adj 1: without mercy or pity; "an act of ruthless ferocity"; "a
monster of remorseless cruelty" [syn: pitiless,
remorseless, ruthless, unpitying]
2: deficient in humane and kindly feelings [syn: pitiless,
unkind]
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portcullis
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n 1: gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in
the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to
prevent passage
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recoilless
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adj 1: of or being a weapon that is designed to minimize recoil
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scoreless
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adj 1: having no points scores; "a scoreless inning" [syn:
scoreless, goalless, hitless]
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solace
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n 1: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of
disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
[syn: consolation, solace, solacement]
2: comfort in disappointment or misery [syn: solace,
solacement]
3: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his
presence was a consolation to her" [syn: consolation,
comfort, solace]
v 1: give moral or emotional strength to [syn: comfort,
soothe, console, solace]
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starless
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adj 1: not starry; having no stars or starlike objects; "dark
starless nights" [ant: starry]
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talus
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n 1: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff [syn:
talus, scree]
2: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to
form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal,
astragalus, talus]
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tearless
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adj 1: free from tears [syn: tearless, dry-eyed] [ant:
tearful]
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treeless
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adj 1: not wooded [syn: unwooded, treeless] [ant: wooded]
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viewless
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adj 1: not having or expressing opinions or views
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zealous
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adj 1: marked by active interest and enthusiasm; "an avid sports
fan" [syn: avid, zealous]
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aweless
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adj 1: devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence [syn:
aweless, awless]
2: neither feeling nor showing respect [syn: aweless,
awless, disrespectful]
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braless
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adj 1: having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;
"topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" [syn: bare-
breasted, braless, topless]
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dallas
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n 1: a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern
Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
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shoeless
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adj 1: without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson"
[syn: barefoot, barefooted, shoeless]
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thallus
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n 1: a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or
vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
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callas
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n 1: Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known
for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
[syn: Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas]
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pallas
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n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and
prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman
Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas
Athena, Pallas Athene]
2: a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered
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ocellus
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n 1: an eye having a single lens [syn: simple eye, stemma,
ocellus]
2: an eyelike marking (as on the wings of some butterflies);
usually a spot of color inside a ring of another color [syn:
eyespot, ocellus]
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vitellus
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n 1: nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of
an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile
egg) [syn: yolk, vitellus]
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dulles
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n 1: United States diplomat who (as Secretary of State) pursued
a policy of opposition to the USSR by providing aid to
American allies (1888-1959) [syn: Dulles, John Foster
Dulles]
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catullus
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n 1: Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an
aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC) [syn: Catullus,
Gaius Valerius Catullus]
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wallace
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n 1: Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in
1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward
invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and
subsequently executed him (1270-1305) [syn: Wallace, Sir
William Wallace]
2: English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) [syn:
Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace]
3: English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that
resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) [syn: Wallace,
Alfred Russel Wallace]
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villus
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n 1: a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
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aphyllous
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adj 1: having no leaves
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rayless
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adj 1: having no parts resembling rays; not having ray flowers
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chylous
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adj 1: consisting of chyle or having the properties of chyle
[syn: chylaceous, chylous]
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pilous
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adj 1: covered with hairs especially fine soft ones [syn:
pilous, pilose, pilary]
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heirless
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issueless
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remediless
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villous
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ruleless
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scarless
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shoreless
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marcellus
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agulhas
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symphyllous
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triphyllous
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silas
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tristylous
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