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absent
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adj 1: not being in a specified place [ant: present]
2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
3: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare";
"an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of
a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" [syn: absent,
absentminded, abstracted, scatty]
v 1: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent,
remove]
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accent
0
n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't
suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear
speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern]
2: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the
central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated
in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn:
emphasis, accent]
3: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific
group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of
English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said
that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn:
dialect, idiom, accent]
4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
(especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the
stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis,
accent]
5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a
vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent,
accent mark]
v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes
exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress,
emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,
accentuate]
2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent,
accentuate]
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ancient
0
adj 1: belonging to times long past especially of the historical
period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;
"ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those
of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
2: very old; "an ancient mariner"
n 1: a very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian]
2: a person who lived in ancient times
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anticonvulsant
0
n 1: a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in
epilepsy) [syn: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug,
antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug]
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beneficent
0
adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in
history" [ant: maleficent]
2: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
eleemosynary, philanthropic]
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bipartisan
0
adj 1: supported by both sides; "a two-way treaty" [syn:
bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way]
-
blazon
0
n 1: the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: coat
of arms, arms, blazon, blazonry]
v 1: decorate with heraldic arms [syn: emblazon, blazon]
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brazen
0
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious
trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most
bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los
Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance";
"the modern world with its quick material successes and
insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of
progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn: audacious,
barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced, brassy,
brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
2: made of or resembling brass (as in color or hardness)
v 1: face with defiance or impudence; "brazen it out"
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chosen
0
n 1: one who is the object of choice; who is given preference;
"she was Mama's chosen"
2: the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945)
3: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have
power inside the government" [syn: chosen, elect]
-
citizen
0
n 1: a native or naturalized member of a state or other
political community [ant: alien, foreigner,
noncitizen, outlander]
-
coefficient
0
n 1: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property
or characteristic
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complaisant
0
adj 1: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others;
"to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose
wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no
hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging]
-
concupiscent
0
adj 1: vigorously passionate [syn: lustful, lusty,
concupiscent]
-
consentient
0
adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn:
consentaneous, consentient, unanimous]
-
conversant
0
adj 1: (usually followed by `with') well informed about or
knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends";
"familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar
with those roads" [syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]
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corposant
0
n 1: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of
surrounding atmosphere [syn: corona discharge, corona,
corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint
Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light,
electric glow]
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couchant
0
adj 1: lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed
forward
-
cousin
0
n 1: the child of your aunt or uncle [syn: cousin, first
cousin, cousin-german, full cousin]
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crimson
0
adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
2: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's
crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson
Strode [syn: crimson, red, violent]
3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if
with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury";
"turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-
faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"
[syn: crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed]
n 1: a deep and vivid red color [syn: crimson, ruby, deep
red]
v 1: turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame; "The girl
blushed when a young man whistled as she walked by" [syn:
blush, crimson, flush, redden]
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deficient
0
adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina";
"tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient,
lacking(p), wanting(p)]
2: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
"insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant:
sufficient]
3: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]
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demulcent
0
adj 1: having a softening or soothing effect especially to the
skin [syn: demulcent, emollient, salving,
softening]
n 1: a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that
soothes inflamed or injured skin
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denizen
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n 1: a person who inhabits a particular place [syn:
inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen,
indweller]
2: a plant or animal naturalized in a region; "denizens of field
and forest"; "denizens of the deep"
-
dissentient
0
adj 1: (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church
of England [syn: dissentient, recusant]
2: disagreeing, especially with a majority [syn: dissentient,
dissenting(a), dissident]
-
docent
0
n 1: a teacher at some universities
-
dozen
0
adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn:
twelve, 12, xii, dozen]
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn:
twelve, 12, XII, dozen]
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efficient
0
adj 1: being effective without wasting time or effort or
expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient
engines save gas" [ant: inefficient]
2: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively;
"people who will do nothing unless they get something out of
it for themselves are often highly effective
persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient
secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution" [syn:
effective, efficient]
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impatient
0
adj 1: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition;
"impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of
criticism" [ant: patient]
2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to
begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)]
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imprison
0
v 1: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail; "The suspects were
imprisoned without trial"; "the murderer was incarcerated
for the rest of his life" [syn: imprison, incarcerate,
lag, immure, put behind bars, jail, jug, gaol,
put away, remand]
2: confine as if in a prison; "His daughters are virtually
imprisoned in their own house; he does not let them go out
without a chaperone"
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inefficient
0
adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient
campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design
and methods" [ant: efficient]
2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;
inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient
workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient]
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innocent
0
adj 1: free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the
principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" [syn:
innocent, guiltless, clean-handed] [ant: guilty]
2: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
[syn: innocent, innocuous]
3: free from sin [syn: impeccant, innocent, sinless]
4: lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent
stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have
burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
[syn: innocent, ingenuous]
5: not knowledgeable about something specified; "American
tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted
with our customs" [syn: innocent(p), unacquainted(p)]
6: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
7: (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent
weather"
n 1: a person who lacks knowledge of evil [syn: innocent,
inexperienced person]
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insufficient
0
adj 1: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
"insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient]
[ant: sufficient]
-
lucent
0
adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent
moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p),
lambent, lucent, luminous]
-
magnificent
0
adj 1: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]
-
maleficent
0
adj 1: harmful or evil in intent or effect [ant: beneficent]
-
malfeasant
0
n 1: one guilty of malfeasance
-
mizzen
0
n 1: third mast from the bow in a vessel having three or more
masts; the after and shorter mast of a yawl, ketch, or
dandy [syn: mizzenmast, mizenmast, mizzen, mizen]
2: fore-and-aft sail set on the mizzenmast [syn: mizzen,
mizen]
-
munificent
0
adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand";
"the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother
a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal
praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted
devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn:
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous,
unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
-
omnipresent
0
adj 1: being present everywhere at once [syn: omnipresent,
ubiquitous]
-
outpatient
0
n 1: a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is
being treated [ant: inmate, inpatient]
-
partisan
0
adj 1: devoted to a cause or party [syn: partisan, partizan]
[ant: nonpartisan, nonpartizan]
n 1: a fervent and even militant proponent of something [syn:
partisan, zealot, drumbeater] [ant: nonpartisan,
nonpartizan]
2: an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or
activity [syn: enthusiast, partisan, partizan]
3: a pike with a long tapering double-edged blade with lateral
projections; 16th and 17th centuries [syn: partisan,
partizan]
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patient
0
adj 1: enduring trying circumstances with even temper or
characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was
patient with the children"; "an exact and patient
scientist"; "please be patient" [ant: impatient]
n 1: a person who requires medical care; "the number of
emergency patients has grown rapidly"
2: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is
directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by
the verb in the clause [syn: affected role, patient role,
patient]
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peasant
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n 1: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic]
2: one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
3: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
[syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth,
tyke, tike]
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pheasant
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n 1: large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World
but introduced elsewhere
2: flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
-
pleasant
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adj 1: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or
likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a
pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" [ant:
unpleasant]
2: (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't
enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
-
poison
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n 1: any substance that causes injury or illness or death of a
living organism [syn: poison, toxicant, poisonous
substance]
2: anything that harms or destroys; "the poison of fascism"
v 1: spoil as if by poison; "poison someone's mind"; "poison the
atmosphere in the office"
2: kill with poison; "She poisoned her husband"
3: add poison to; "Her husband poisoned her drink in order to
kill her" [syn: poison, envenom]
4: kill by its poison; "This mushrooms can poison"
5: administer poison to; "She poisoned her husband but he did
not die"
-
present
0
adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now
existing or happening or in consideration; "the present
leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic";
"the present system"; "present observations" [ant:
future, past]
2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is
present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at
the creation" [ant: absent]
n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous
stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is
enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no
thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays]
2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from
his wife"
3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of
speaking [syn: present, present tense]
v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows
her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in
Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present,
demonstrate]
2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the
arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our
formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out]
3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to
stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent]
4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit]
5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn:
present, pose]
6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and
prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present]
7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her
for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present]
8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement
speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
students" [syn: deliver, present]
9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you
with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
[syn: introduce, present, acquaint]
10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or
sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in
this painting" [syn: portray, present]
11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or
criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was
faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his
actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront,
face, present]
12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country,
etc.
13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military
regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers
show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute,
present]
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prison
0
n 1: a correctional institution where persons are confined while
on trial or for punishment [syn: prison, prison house]
2: a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement [syn:
prison, prison house]
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proficient
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adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
"adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert
job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a
proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less
skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful
retouching" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced,
proficient, skillful, skilful]
2: of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical
skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the
technical dazzle of her dancing" [syn: technical,
proficient]
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quotient
0
n 1: the ratio of two quantities to be divided
2: the number obtained by division
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raisin
0
n 1: dried grape
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reason
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n 1: a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that
war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"
[syn: reason, ground]
2: an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a
steady state was never reached was that the back pressure
built up too slowly"
3: the capacity for rational thought or inference or
discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason
and capable of distinguishing good from evil" [syn: reason,
understanding, intellect]
4: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his
rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on
reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: rationality,
reason, reasonableness]
5: a justification for something existing or happening; "he had
no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"
[syn: cause, reason, grounds]
6: a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion;
"there is reason to believe he is lying"
v 1: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We
reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
[syn: reason, reason out, conclude]
2: present reasons and arguments [syn: argue, reason]
3: think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
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recusant
0
adj 1: (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church
of England [syn: dissentient, recusant]
2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant
electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary
W.Williams
n 1: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant:
conformist]
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relaxant
0
adj 1: tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension;
"a relaxant drug"
n 1: a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
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reticent
0
adj 1: temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: reticent,
untalkative]
2: cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained, reticent,
unemotional]
3: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent,
self-effacing, retiring]
-
risen
0
adj 1: (of e.g. celestial bodies) above the horizon; "the risen
sun"
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sentient
0
adj 1: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant:
insensate, insentient]
2: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load";
"a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
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sufficient
0
adj 1: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but
without being abundant; "sufficient food" [ant:
deficient, insufficient]
-
translucent
0
adj 1: allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent
amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows" [syn:
translucent, semitransparent]
-
treason
0
n 1: a crime that undermines the offender's government [syn:
treason, high treason, lese majesty]
2: disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior [syn: treason,
subversiveness, traitorousness]
3: an act of deliberate betrayal [syn: treachery, betrayal,
treason, perfidy]
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unfrozen
0
adj 1: not frozen; "unfrozen ground" [ant: frozen]
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unison
0
n 1: corresponding exactly; "marching in unison"
2: occurring together or simultaneously; "the two spoke in
unison"
3: (music) two or more sounds or tones at the same pitch or in
octaves; "singing in unison"
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unpleasant
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adj 1: disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ;
"an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions";
"unpleasant odors" [ant: pleasant]
-
unreason
0
n 1: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of
understanding [syn: irrationality, unreason]
-
venison
0
n 1: meat from a deer used as food
-
versant
0
n 1: the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the
eastern versant" [syn: mountainside, versant]
-
wisent
0
n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the
North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison
bonasus]
-
damson
0
n 1: dark purple plum of the damson tree [syn: damson, damson
plum]
-
tarzan
0
n 1: (sometimes used ironically) a man of great strength and
agility (after the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice
Burroughs)
2: a man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels
by Edgar Rice Burroughs [syn: Tarzan, Tarzan of the Apes]
-
amazon
0
n 1: a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: amazon,
virago]
2: (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of
Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a
bow and arrow more effectively)
3: a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows
eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest
river (4000 miles) [syn: Amazon, Amazon River]
4: mainly green tropical American parrots
-
noctilucent
0
adj 1: shining or glowing by night; "the noctilucent eyes of a
cat"
-
assentient
0
adj 1: expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod"
-
bezant
0
n 1: a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in
Europe in the Middle Ages [syn: bezant, bezzant,
byzant, solidus]
-
cognizant
0
adj 1: (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge
or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware
of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her
surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed
limit" [syn: aware(p), cognizant, cognisant] [ant:
incognizant, unaware]
-
negotiant
0
n 1: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to
reach a settlement) [syn: negotiator, negotiant,
treater]
-
benison
0
n 1: a spoken blessing
-
pilsen
0
n 1: a town in Czech Republic where Pilsner beer originated
[syn: Pilsen, Plzen]
-
stuyvesant
0
n 1: the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in
1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England
(1592-1672) [syn: Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus
Stuyvesant]
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incognizant
0
adj 1: (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of
the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in";
"unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person
I've known" [syn: unaware, incognizant] [ant:
aware(p), cognisant, cognizant]
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arisen
0
-
dispersant
0
-
doesn't
0
-
hasn't
0
-
raison
0
-
wasn't
0
-
commision
0
-
liquefacient
0
-
tumefacient
0
-
relucent
0
-
convulsant
0
-
ushant
0
-
vincent
0
-
recognizant
0