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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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calibre
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n 1: a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of
students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" [syn:
quality, caliber, calibre]
2: diameter of a tube or gun barrel [syn: bore, gauge,
caliber, calibre]
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carnauba
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n 1: hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba
palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes [syn:
carnauba wax, carnauba]
2: Brazilian fan palm having an edible root; source of a useful
leaf fiber and a brittle yellowish wax [syn: carnauba,
carnauba palm, wax palm, Copernicia prunifera,
Copernicia cerifera]
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cinnabar
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adj 1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion,
vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red]
n 1: a heavy reddish mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide; the
chief source of mercury
2: large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of
ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort
[syn: cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae]
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indaba
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n 1: a council at which indigenous peoples of southern Africa
meet to discuss some important question
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isobar
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n 1: (meteorology)an isogram connecting points having equal
barometric pressure at a given time
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baba
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n 1: a small cake leavened with yeast
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ba
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n 1: a soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group;
found in barite [syn: barium, Ba, atomic number 56]
2: a bachelor's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Bachelor of
Arts, BA, Artium Baccalaurens, AB]
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akaba
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n 1: Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf
of Aqaba [syn: Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba]
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bathsheba
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n 1: (Old Testament) the wife of Uriah and later the wife of
king David; Solomon was her son by David (circa 10th
century BC)
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saba
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n 1: a island in the Netherlands Antilles that is the top of an
extinct volcano
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aqaba
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n 1: Jordan's port; located in southwestern Jordan on the Gulf
of Aqaba [syn: Al Aqabah, Aqaba, Akaba]
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catawba
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n 1: a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the
Carolinas
2: slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape
3: the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba
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excalibur
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n 1: the legendary sword of King Arthur
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gaba
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n 1: an amino acid that is found in the central nervous system;
acts as an inhibitory neurotransmitter [syn: gamma
aminobutyric acid, GABA]
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sabah
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n 1: a region of Malaysia in northeastern Borneo [syn: Sabah,
North Borneo]
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yoruba
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n 1: a member of a West African people living chiefly in
southwestern Nigeria
2: a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
[syn: Yoruba, Aku]
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cordoba
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n 1: the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos
2: Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526) [syn:
Cordoba, Francisco Fernandez Cordoba, Cordova,
Francisco Fernandez de Cordova]
3: a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture [syn:
Cordoba, Cordova]
4: a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in
1613 [syn: Cordoba, Cordova]
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ah
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bah
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ababa
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ahh
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helaba
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komaba
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mesaba
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escanaba
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rubalcaba
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ruvalcaba
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caba
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djellaba
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