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autarchy
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n 1: economic independence as a national policy [syn: autarky,
autarchy]
2: a political system governed by a single individual [syn:
autocracy, autarchy]
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autarky
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n 1: economic independence as a national policy [syn: autarky,
autarchy]
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balky
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adj 1: stopping short and refusing to go on; "a balking"; "a
balky mule"; "a balky customer" [syn: balking, balky]
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chalky
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adj 1: composed of or containing or resembling calcium carbonate
or calcite or chalk [syn: calcareous, chalky]
2: of something having the color of chalk; "she turned chalky
white"
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cocky
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adj 1: overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky
young man"
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diarchy
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n 1: a form of government having two joint rulers [syn:
diarchy, dyarchy]
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eparchy
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n 1: a province in ancient Greece
2: a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: eparchy,
exarchate]
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gawky
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adj 1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with
long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly
creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out
of his chair" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky,
ungainly, unwieldy]
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hierarchy
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n 1: a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a
system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
2: the organization of people at different ranks in an
administrative body [syn: hierarchy, power structure,
pecking order]
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hockey
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n 1: a game resembling ice hockey that is played on an open
field; two opposing teams use curved sticks try to drive a
ball into the opponents' net [syn: field hockey,
hockey]
2: a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six
skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the
opponents' goal with angled sticks [syn: ice hockey,
hockey, hockey game]
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jockey
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n 1: someone employed to ride horses in horse races
2: an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a
truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey"
v 1: defeat someone through trickery or deceit [syn: cheat,
chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey]
2: compete (for an advantage or a position)
3: ride a racehorse as a professional jockey
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khaki
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adj 1: of a yellowish brown color
n 1: a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used
especially for military uniforms
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lackey
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n 1: a male servant (especially a footman) [syn: lackey,
flunky, flunkey]
2: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a
personal advantage [syn: sycophant, toady, crawler,
lackey, ass-kisser]
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malarkey
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n 1: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn:
wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz,
nothingness]
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matriarchy
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n 1: a form of social organization in which a female is the
family head and title is traced through the female line
[syn: matriarchy, matriarchate]
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menarche
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n 1: the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman
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patriarchy
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n 1: a form of social organization in which a male is the family
head and title is traced through the male line [syn:
patriarchy, patriarchate]
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rocky
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adj 1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony
ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: rocky, bouldery,
bouldered, stony]
2: causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements; "a
rough ride" [syn: rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty,
jolting, jumpy] [ant: smooth]
3: liable to rock; "on high rocky heels"
4: full of hardship or trials; "the rocky road to success";
"they were having a rough time" [syn: rocky, rough]
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sake
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n 1: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died
for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety";
"in the common interest" [syn: sake, interest]
2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually
served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer]
3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of
argument"
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stocky
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adj 1: having a short and solid form or stature; "a wrestler of
compact build"; "he was tall and heavyset"; "stocky
legs"; "a thickset young man" [syn: compact,
heavyset, stocky, thick, thickset]
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sukiyaki
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n 1: thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the
table with onions and greens and soy sauce
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tacky
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adj 1: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely
dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
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talkie
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n 1: a movie with synchronized speech and singing [syn: talking
picture, talkie]
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talky
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adj 1: full of trivial conversation; "kept from her housework by
gabby neighbors" [syn: chatty, gabby, garrulous,
loquacious, talkative, talky]
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teriyaki
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n 1: beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and
grilled or broiled
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wacky
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adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie,
cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
whacky, zany]
2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats,
batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft,
dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco,
loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around
the bend, wacky, whacky]
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saki
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n 1: British writer of short stories (1870-1916) [syn: Munro,
H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Saki]
2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually
served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer]
3: small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long
hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
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akee
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n 1: widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for
its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in
Jamaica by William Bligh [syn: akee, akee tree,
Blighia sapida]
2: red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is
poisonous when unripe or overripe [syn: ackee, akee]
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starkey
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n 1: rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) [syn:
Starr, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Richard Starkey]
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baccy
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n 1: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking
or ingestion [syn: tobacco, baccy]
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iraqi
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adj 1: of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture; "Iraqi
oil"; "Iraqi refugees" [syn: Iraqi, Iraki]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Iraq; "the majority of Iraqi are
Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the
government" [syn: Iraqi, Iraki]
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milwaukee
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n 1: largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern
Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a
flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
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nagasaki
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n 1: a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and
shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the
second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
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darkie
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n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people [syn:
darky, darkie, darkey]
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dyarchy
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n 1: a form of government having two joint rulers [syn:
diarchy, dyarchy]
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squirearchy
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n 1: the gentry who own land (considered as a class) [syn:
landed gentry, squirearchy]
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parky
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adj 1: appreciably or disagreeably cold [syn: chilly, parky]
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jackie
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raki
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cracky
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mackey
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mackie
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paki
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condracky
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adachi
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blackie
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aki
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brockie
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cockey
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docie
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maki
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araki
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cichocki
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inaki
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iwaki
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pataki
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arakaki
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busalacchi
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hamasaki
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hideaki
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hiroaki
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ibaraki
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iwasaki
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iwosaki
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sparky
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sarky
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haughey
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coxsackie
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ethnarchy
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heptarchy
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octarchy
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squirarchy
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thearchy
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trierarchy
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