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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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ban
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n 1: a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition,
ban, proscription]
2: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3: 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
4: an official prohibition or edict against something [syn:
ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding]
5: a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in
Nursing, BAN]
v 1: forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
[syn: ban, censor]
2: prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure;
"Smoking is banned in this building"
3: ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn:
banish, ban]
4: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban,
ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
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guan
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n 1: any of several large turkey-like game birds of the family
Cracidae; native to jungles of tropical America; resembling
the curassows and valued as food
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man
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n 1: an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there
were two women and six men on the bus" [syn: man, adult
male] [ant: adult female, woman]
2: someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a
military force; "two men stood sentry duty" [syn:
serviceman, military man, man, military personnel]
[ant: civilian]
3: the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it
was every man for himself"
4: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being,
human]
5: a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the
building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"
6: an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and
courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"
7: a manservant who acts as a personal attendant to his
employer; "Jeeves was Bertie Wooster's man" [syn: valet,
valet de chambre, gentleman, gentleman's gentleman,
man]
8: a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover
or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes
good care of her man" [ant: woman]
9: one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea [syn: Man, Isle
of Man]
10: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing
certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the
chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic
advantage" [syn: man, piece]
11: all of the living human inhabitants of the earth; "all the
world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because
`mankind' seemed to slight the women" [syn: world, human
race, humanity, humankind, human beings, humans,
mankind, man]
v 1: take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place;
"Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"
2: provide with workers; "We cannot man all the desks";
"Students were manning the booths"
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rayon
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n 1: a synthetic silklike fabric
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van
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n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially
in the arts) [syn: avant-garde, vanguard, van, new
wave]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [syn:
vanguard, van]
3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or
freight
4: a camper equipped with living quarters [syn: van,
caravan]
5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space
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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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yuan
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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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asean
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n 1: an association of nations dedicated to economic and
political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined
with the United States to fight against global terrorism
[syn: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, ASEAN]
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hahn
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n 1: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of
nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: Hahn, Otto Hahn]
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han
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n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from
206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed
its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of
Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
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xian
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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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mann
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n 1: United States educator who introduced reforms that
significantly altered the system of public education
(1796-1859) [syn: Mann, Horace Mann]
2: German writer concerned about the role of the artist in
bourgeois society (1875-1955) [syn: Mann, Thomas Mann]
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dayan
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n 1: Israeli general and statesman (1915-1981) [syn: Dayan,
Moshe Dayan]
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malayan
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia;
"Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers";
"Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the people or language
of Malaysia and the northern Malay Peninsula and parts of the
western Malay Archipelago; "Malay peoples"; "Malayan syllable
structure" [syn: Malay, Malayan]
n 1: a member of a people inhabiting the northern Malay
Peninsula and Malaysia and parts of the western Malay
Archipelago [syn: Malay, Malayan]
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oken
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n 1: German naturalist whose speculations that plants and
animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the
cell theory (1779-1851) [syn: Oken, Lorenz Oken,
Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss]
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eritrean
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea or its
people; "Eritrean civil war"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Eritrea
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himalayan
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adj 1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"
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uruguayan
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its
people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Uruguay
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anne
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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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schwann
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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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sian
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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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vientiane
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Laos [syn: Vientiane,
Laotian capital, capital of Laos]
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ran
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aven
0
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caen
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juan
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ilan
0
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san
0
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liane
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mahen
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hayen
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mahon
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douane
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