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accidental
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adj 1: happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ;
"with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the
table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"
[syn: accidental, inadvertent]
n 1: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or
natural although that is not part of the key signature
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coincidental
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adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of
coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental,
coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent,
cooccurring, simultaneous]
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compartmental
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adj 1: divided up into compartments or categories; "most
sciences have become woefully compartmentalized" [syn:
compartmental, compartmentalized,
compartmentalised]
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continental
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental
breakfast"
2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during
and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the
Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the
continental divide"; "continental drift"
4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the
continents of North America or Europe; "the continental
United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
[ant: intercontinental]
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dental
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adj 1: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss"
2: of or relating to dentistry; "dental student"
n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the
gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant,
alveolar, dental]
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departmental
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adj 1: of or relating to a department; "departmental policy"
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detrimental
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury;
"damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's
coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the
defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental,
prejudicial, prejudicious]
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elemental
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adj 1: relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"
2: relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against
hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"-
J.K.Howard
3: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need
for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental,
primary]
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environmental
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adj 1: of or relating to the external conditions or
surroundings; "environmental factors"
2: concerned with the ecological effects of altering the
environment; "environmental pollution"
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experimental
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adj 1: relating to or based on experiment; "experimental
physics"
2: relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results
that supported the hypothesis" [syn: experimental, data-
based, observational]
3: of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an
experimental drug"
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fundamental
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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: being or involving basic facts or principles; "the
fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental
incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths";
"underlying principles" [syn: fundamental, rudimentary,
underlying]
3: far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the
nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human
values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental
changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing
spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes" [syn:
fundamental, profound]
n 1: any factor that could be considered important to the
understanding of a particular business; "fundamentals
include a company's growth, revenues, earnings, management,
and capital structure"
2: the lowest tone of a harmonic series [syn: fundamental,
fundamental frequency, first harmonic]
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gentle
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adj 1: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe; "a gentle
reprimand"; "a vein of gentle irony"; "poked gentle fun
at him" [syn: gentle, soft]
2: having or showing a kindly or tender nature; "the gentle
touch of her hand"; "her gentle manner was comforting"; "a
gentle sensitive nature"; "gentle blue eyes"
3: quiet and soothing; "a gentle voice"; "a gentle nocturne"
4: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
"blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
"aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician
tastes" [syn: aristocratic, aristocratical, blue,
blue-blooded, gentle, patrician]
5: easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and
obedient" [syn: docile, gentle]
6: having little impact; "an easy pat on the shoulder"; "gentle
rain"; "a gentle breeze"; "a soft (or light) tapping at the
window" [syn: easy, gentle, soft]
7: marked by moderate steepness; "an easy climb"; "a gentle
slope" [syn: easy, gentle]
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the
nobility [syn: ennoble, gentle, entitle]
3: stroke soothingly
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governmental
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adj 1: relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of
government or politics or the state; "governmental
policy"; "public confidence and governmental morale"
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incidental
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or
subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a
chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses";
"the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra
duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental
to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick
change" [syn: incidental, incident] [ant: basic]
2: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: incidental,
nonessential]
3: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive
growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags
incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant
circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need
for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his
appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn:
attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant,
incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]
n 1: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not
specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental
expenses" [syn: incidental expense, incidental, minor
expense]
2: an item that is incidental
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incremental
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adj 1: increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions;
"lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary"
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instrumental
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adj 1: relating to or designed for or performed on musical
instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an
instrumental ensemble" [ant: vocal]
2: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving
the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental,
subservient]
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intercontinental
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adj 1: extending or taking place between or among continents;
"intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental
flights" [ant: continental]
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lentil
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n 1: round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
2: the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
3: widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible
flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground
into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
[syn: lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris]
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mental
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adj 1: involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental
images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a
terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from
mental defects" [ant: physical]
2: of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental
development"; "mental hygiene"
3: of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects
and certain mollusks
4: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
[syn: genial, mental]
5: affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient";
"mental illness"
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monumental
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adj 1: relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the
use of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental
sculptures"
2: of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental
contributions to physics"
3: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";
"Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of
Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn:
massive, monolithic, monumental]
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occidental
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adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the
western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian
culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian]
n 1: a native inhabitant of the Occident
2: an artificial language
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oriental
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adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia;
"oriental civilization"
n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as
offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn:
Oriental, oriental person]
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ornamental
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adj 1: serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose;
"cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were
utilitarian rather than decorative" [syn: cosmetic,
decorative, ornamental]
n 1: any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
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parental
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adj 1: designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid
offspring are produced [ant: filial]
2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
"parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal]
[ant: filial]
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regimental
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adj 1: belonging to or concerning a regiment; "regimental units"
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rental
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adj 1: available to rent or lease; "a rental car"
2: of or relating to rent; "rental agreement"; "rental charges"
n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease,
rental, letting]
2: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment
or house or car) [syn: rental, renting]
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sentimental
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adj 1: given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
2: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a
schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
[syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish,
kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental,
soppy, soupy, slushy]
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supplemental
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adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced
supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]
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temperamental
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adj 1: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental
indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
2: subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera
singer" [syn: moody, temperamental]
3: likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane
of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would
start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but
temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster [syn:
erratic, temperamental]
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cental
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n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
[syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight,
centner, cental, quintal]
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trental
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n 1: a drug (trade name Trental) used to treat claudication;
believed to increase the flexibility of red blood cells so
they can flow through the blood vessels to the legs and
feet [syn: pentoxifylline, Trental]