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pharynx
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n 1: the passage to the stomach and lungs; in the front part of
the neck below the chin and above the collarbone [syn:
throat, pharynx]
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chains
0
n 1: metal shackles; for hands or legs [syn: irons, chains]
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hijinks
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n 1: noisy and mischievous merrymaking [syn: jinks, high
jinks, hijinks, high jinx]
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jinks
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n 1: noisy and mischievous merrymaking [syn: jinks, high
jinks, hijinks, high jinx]
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larynx
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n 1: a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea;
contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the
vocal tone in speech [syn: larynx, voice box]
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lynx
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n 1: a text browser
2: short-tailed wildcats with usually tufted ears; valued for
their fur [syn: lynx, catamount]
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manes
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n 1: a Persian prophet who founded Manichaeism (216-276)
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minx
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n 1: a seductive woman who uses her sex appeal to exploit men
[syn: coquette, flirt, vamp, vamper, minx,
tease, prickteaser]
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pains
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n 1: an effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving,
nisus, pains, strain]
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phalanx
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n 1: any of the bones of the fingers or toes
2: any closely ranked crowd of people
3: a body of troops in close array
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remains
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n 1: any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw
out the remains of my dinner"
2: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended for
dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery
of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff
in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps
their clay" [syn: cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay,
remains]
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sphinx
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n 1: an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions
secret
2: (Greek mythology) a riddling winged monster with a woman's
head and breast on a lion's body; daughter of Typhon
3: one of a number of large stone statues with the body of a
lion and the head of a man that were built by the ancient
Egyptians
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keynes
0
n 1: English economist who advocated the use of government
monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment
without inflation (1883-1946) [syn: Keynes, John Maynard
Keynes]
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hanks
0
n 1: United States film actor (born in 1956) [syn: Hanks, Tom
Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks]
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manx
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adj 1: of or relating to the Isle of Man or its inhabitants or
their language; "the Manx fishing industry"; "there are
few Manx speakers alive today"
n 1: the ancient Gaelic formerly spoken on the Isle of Man; the
language is sometimes used on ceremonial occasions
2: a short-haired tailless breed of cat believed to originate on
the Isle of Man [syn: Manx, Manx cat]
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bronx
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n 1: a borough of New York City
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syrinx
0
n 1: a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel
pipes bound together [syn: panpipe, pandean pipe,
syrinx]
2: the vocal organ of a bird
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fairbanks
0
n 1: United States film actor; son of Douglas Elton Fairbanks,
(1909-2000) [syn: Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]
2: United States film actor noted for his swashbuckling roles
(1883-1939) [syn: Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas
Elton Fairbanks, Julius Ullman]
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attains
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brains
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campaigns
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canes
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complains
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conches
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constrains
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contains
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cranes
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crane's
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deigns
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disdains
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domains
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drains
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entertains
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explains
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franks
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gains
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grains
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mains
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maintains
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methinks
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pertains
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plains
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planes
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quincunx
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rains
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reigns
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reins
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retains
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stains
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strains
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trains
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veins
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aynes
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baines
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bains
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banes
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baynes
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caines
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daines
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dains
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danes
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hanes
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haynes
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mainz
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cabranes
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champagnes
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shanks
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spinks
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tonks
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pilliwinks
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