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assemblyman
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n 1: someone who is a member of a legislative assembly
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backgammon
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n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to
throws of the dice
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businesswoman
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n 1: a female businessperson
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caiman
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n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that
resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
[syn: caiman, cayman]
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clergyman
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n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the
Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the
cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
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committeewoman
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n 1: a woman who is a member of a committee
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common
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adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a
whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are
set aside for use by all members of a community" [ant:
individual, single]
2: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "the
common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common
nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common
knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a
common brand of soap" [ant: uncommon]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn:
common, mutual]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: common, usual]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular
speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical
and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: common,
vernacular, vulgar]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common
people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that
branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar
and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses" [syn:
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye
are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used
by the poorer population" [syn: coarse, common]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as
common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth
soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste
for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich" [syn:
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"
n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
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councilwoman
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n 1: a woman who is a council member
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countryman
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n 1: a man from your own country
2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn:
countryman, ruralist]
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countrywoman
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n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
2: a woman from your own country
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cowman
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n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher,
cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
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crewman
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n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman]
2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member]
3: a member of a work crew
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daemon
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n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: daemon,
demigod]
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dairyman
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n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy
farmer]
2: a man who works in a dairy
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demon
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n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
devil, demon, ogre]
3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a
demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
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doorman
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n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper,
doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter,
gatekeeper, ostiary]
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foramen
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n 1: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a
membranous structure [syn: foramen, hiatus]
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shaman
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n 1: in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium
between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery
for healing or divination [syn: shaman, priest-doctor]
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stamen
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n 1: the male reproductive organ of a flower
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brahman
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n 1: a member of a social and cultural elite (especially a
descendant of an old New England family); "a Boston
brahman" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
2: a member of the highest of the four Hindu varnas; "originally
all brahmans were priests" [syn: brahman, brahmin]
3: the highest of the four varnas: the priestly or sacerdotal
category [syn: brahman, brahmin]
4: any of several breeds of Indian cattle; especially a large
American heat and tick resistant greyish humped breed evolved
in the Gulf States by interbreeding Indian cattle and now
used chiefly for crossbreeding [syn: Brahman, Brahma,
Brahmin, Bos indicus]
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cayman
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n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that
resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly
[syn: caiman, cayman]
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damon
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n 1: the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias
would return (4th century BC)
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zaman
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n 1: large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate
leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens
and seed pods that are eaten by cattle [syn: rain tree,
saman, monkeypod, monkey pod, zaman, zamang,
Albizia saman]
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alabaman
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n 1: a native or resident of Alabama [syn: Alabaman,
Alabamian]
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philemon
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a simple countryman who offered
hospitality to Zeus and Hermes when they came to earth
without revealing their identities in order to test
people's piety
2: (New Testament) a Christian (probably living in Colossae)
whose slave escaped and went to see Saint Paul
3: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul to
Philemon asking Philemon to forgive the slave for escaping
[syn: Epistle of Paul the Apostle to Philemon, Epistle to
Philemon, Philemon]
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ammon
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aman
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bayman
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braman
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brayman
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caman
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clamen
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clayman
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daman
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freyman
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klamon
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