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an
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n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in
Nursing, AN]
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anon
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adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon"
2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
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baton
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n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra
or choir [syn: baton, wand]
2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn:
truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick,
billy club]
3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an
office or an authority
4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major
or drum majorette
5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay
race
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brawn
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n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness,
muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]
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chateaubriand
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n 1: French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the
romantic movement in France (1768-1848) [syn:
Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de
Chateaubriand]
2: a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin
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chiffon
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n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
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chon
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n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea
2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
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con
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adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was
written pro and con" [ant: pro]
n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro]
2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn:
convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird]
3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person
to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game,
bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence
game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam]
v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my
inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted
her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little
change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick,
nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct,
gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con]
2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your
lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con,
learn]
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dawn
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n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they
talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning,
aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break
of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow]
[ant: sundown, sunset]
2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning
of the world" [syn: dawn, morning]
3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was
penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through,
dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate,
fall into place]
2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned"
3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
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denouement
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n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events
2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary
or dramatic work
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don
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n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman
2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge
or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don]
3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father]
4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds
to Irish Danu
5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea
of Azov [syn: Don, Don River]
6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is
prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto"
v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?";
"He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess
donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately
robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on,
get into, don, assume]
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drawn
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adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or
suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her
mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from
sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face";
"shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young
face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn,
haggard, raddled, worn]
2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the
drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
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fawn
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n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color;
"she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish
brown, fawn]
2: a young deer
v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep,
cringe, cower, grovel]
2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle,
bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up]
3: have fawns; "deer fawn"
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foregone
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adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of
foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers";
"relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast,
departed, foregone, gone]
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gone
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adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done
for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)]
2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn:
asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased,
departed, gone]
3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone
times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a
departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed,
foregone, gone]
4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
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john
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n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216;
succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard
I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by
the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John,
King John, John Lackland]
3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be
the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book
of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint
John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the
Evangelist, John the Divine]
4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn:
John, Gospel According to John]
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lawn
0
n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
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non
0
adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak
French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not
many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
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on
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adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the
view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the
circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along";
"march on" [syn: along, on]
2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his
spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?"
3: in a state required for something to function or be
effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on"
adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the
switch is in the on position" [ant: off]
2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or
shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant:
cancelled, off]
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pawn
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n 1: an article deposited as security
2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument,
pawn, cat's-paw]
3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and
captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more
powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank
4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of
the loan
v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your
grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
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pecan
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n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya
illinoinsis]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
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prawn
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n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn,
shrimp]
2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers;
most are edible
v 1: fish for prawns
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rapprochement
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n 1: the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn:
reconciliation, rapprochement]
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salon
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n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed
2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon,
beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty
shop]
3: elegant sitting room where guests are received
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scone
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n 1: small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds
or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally)
on a griddle
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spawn
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n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or
molluscs
v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn]
2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
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swan
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n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and
usually white plumage as adult
v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before
God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify,
assert, avow, aver, swan, swear]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods";
"roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam
across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the
next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll,
wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble,
rove, range, drift, vagabond]
3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the
mountains"
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thereon
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adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon,
on it, on that]
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wan
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adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or
feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun";
"the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks
fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the
pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn:
pale, pallid, wan, sick]
2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan]
3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness;
"a wan smile"
n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]
v 1: become pale and sickly
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withdrawn
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adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an
unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive,
withdrawn]
2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man"
[syn: indrawn, withdrawn]
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won
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adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game"
[ant: lost]
n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean
won, won]
2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean
won, won]
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yawn
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n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;
usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not
suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it
was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn:
yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy]
v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired;
"The child yawned during the long performance"
2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn,
yaw]
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yon
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adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is
archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered
here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon]
adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder
valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn:
yonder, yon]
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nippon
0
n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese
Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile
manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon,
Nihon]
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yuan
0
n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai]
2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan,
Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
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n
0
n 1: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless
odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78
percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all
living tissues [syn: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7]
2: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
north, due north, northward, N]
3: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an
acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to
100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N]
4: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents
of solute per liter [syn: normality, N]
5: the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: N, n]
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mon
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n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn:
Monday, Mon]
2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent
parts of Thailand
3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
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bayonne
0
n 1: a city in northeastern New Jersey
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amman
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman,
capital of Jordan]
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bonn
0
n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the
capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
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braun
0
n 1: the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) [syn:
Braun, Eva Braun]
2: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he
designed a missile used against England); he led the United
States Army team that put the first American satellite into
space (1912-1977) [syn: Braun, von Braun, Wernher von
Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun]
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conn
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v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
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ron
0
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron,
Bokkos, Daffo]
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shawn
0
n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated
with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted
Shawn]
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xian
0
n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire
221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan,
Hsian]
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amon
0
n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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aton
0
n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a
monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten,
Aton]
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bataan
0
n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese
forces besieged American forces in World War II; United
States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area
in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]
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bhutan
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n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast
of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
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ceylon
0
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of
India
2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the
United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic
Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]
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dhahran
0
n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the
Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment
complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and
wounding more than 300 people
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exon
0
n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein
structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn:
exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]
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gabon
0
n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon,
Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
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gibran
0
n 1: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) [syn:
Gibran, Kahlil Gibran]
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golan
0
n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and
southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can
dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights,
Golan]
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iran
0
n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western
Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was
known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran,
Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
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javan
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its
inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples";
"Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]
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koran
0
n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet
Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran,
Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
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milan
0
n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an
international center of trade and industry since the Middle
Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]
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oman
0
n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and
eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is
dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat
and Oman]
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oran
0
n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd
largest city
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saigon
0
n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the
capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City,
Saigon]
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sichuan
0
n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn:
Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]
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sorbonne
0
n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn:
Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne]
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taiwan
0
n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by
Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the
Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China,
Nationalist China, Republic of China]
2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of
mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan,
Formosa]
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tehran
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern
Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian
capital]
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abidjan
0
n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the
Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
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kazakhstan
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n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the
northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking
inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an
Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan,
Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]
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teheran
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern
Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian
capital]
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azerbaijan
0
n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an
Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic,
Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic]
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anne
0
n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if
James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she
was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over
parliament (1665-1714)
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phon
0
n 1: a unit of subjective loudness
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schwann
0
n 1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839
identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and
animal tissue (1810-1882) [syn: Schwann, Theodor
Schwann]
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leon
0
n 1: a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
2: a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian
Mountains
3: a city in central Mexico
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bon
0
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forgone
0
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shone
0
-
thereupon
0
-
upon
0
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von
0
-
whereon
0
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whereupon
0
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fernand
0
-
chandon
0
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abron
0
-
grandmaison
0
-
aune
0
-
baughn
0
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baun
0
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bonne
0
-
braune
0
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bronn
0
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caan
0
-
caen
0
-
craun
0
-
cron
0
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daane
0
-
dahn
0
-
daun
0
-
draughn
0