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allergen
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n 1: any substance that can cause an allergy
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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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androgen
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n 1: male sex hormone that is produced in the testes and
responsible for typical male sexual characteristics [syn:
androgen, androgenic hormone]
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antigen
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n 1: any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an
immune response in the body (especially the production of
antibodies)
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bandwagon
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n 1: a popular trend that attracts growing support; "when they
saw how things were going everybody jumped on the
bandwagon"
2: a large ornate wagon for carrying a musical band; "the gaudy
bandwagon led the circus parade"
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bargain
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n 1: an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after
discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain
with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of
shady deals" [syn: bargain, deal]
2: an advantageous purchase; "she got a bargain at the auction";
"the stock was a real buy at that price" [syn: bargain,
buy, steal]
v 1: negotiate the terms of an exchange; "We bargained for a
beautiful rug in the bazaar" [syn: dicker, bargain]
2: come to terms; arrive at an agreement
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bludgeon
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n 1: a club used as a weapon
v 1: overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The
teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math
formulas"
2: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club, bludgeon]
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brogan
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n 1: a thick and heavy shoe [syn: brogan, brogue,
clodhopper, work shoe]
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burgeon
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v 1: grow and flourish; "The burgeoning administration"; "The
burgeoning population"
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carcinogen
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n 1: any substance that produces cancer
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cardigan
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n 1: knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons
or a zipper
2: slightly bowlegged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a
long tail [syn: Cardigan, Cardigan Welsh corgi]
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collagen
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n 1: a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon
and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling
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contagion
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n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: contagious
disease, contagion]
2: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
[syn: infection, contagion, transmission]
3: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a
number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of
his enthusiasm for poetry" [syn: contagion, infection]
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cryogen
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n 1: a liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a
refrigerant
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curmudgeon
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n 1: a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn
ideas
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donjon
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n 1: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or
fortress [syn: keep, donjon, dungeon]
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dragon
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n 1: a creature of Teutonic mythology; usually represented as
breathing fire and having a reptilian body and sometimes
wings [syn: dragon, firedrake]
2: a fiercely vigilant and unpleasant woman [syn: dragon,
tartar]
3: a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial
pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus [syn: Draco,
Dragon]
4: any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of
gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the
body [syn: dragon, flying dragon, flying lizard]
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dudgeon
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n 1: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the
phrase `in high dudgeon') [syn: dudgeon, high dudgeon]
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dungeon
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n 1: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or
fortress [syn: keep, donjon, dungeon]
2: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be
confined
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endogen
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n 1: a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by
deposits on its inside [syn: monocot, monocotyledon,
liliopsid, endogen]
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engine
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n 1: motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
2: something used to achieve a purpose; "an engine of change"
3: a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that
is used to draw trains along railway tracks [syn:
locomotive, engine, locomotive engine, railway
locomotive]
4: an instrument or machine that is used in warfare, such as a
battering ram, catapult, artillery piece, etc.; "medieval
engines of war"
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fibrinogen
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n 1: a protein present in blood plasma; converts to fibrin when
blood clots [syn: fibrinogen, factor I]
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flagon
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n 1: a large metal or pottery vessel with a handle and spout;
used to hold alcoholic beverages (usually wine)
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glycogen
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n 1: one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in
the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the
body [syn: glycogen, animal starch]
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gorgon
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n 1: (Greek mythology) any of three winged sister monsters and
the mortal Medusa who had live snakes for hair; a glance at
Medusa turned the beholder to stone
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gudgeon
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n 1: small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters
having a large head and elongated tapering body having the
ventral fins modified as a sucker [syn: goby, gudgeon]
2: small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by
anglers [syn: gudgeon, Gobio gobio]
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hallucinogen
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n 1: a psychoactive drug that induces hallucinations or altered
sensory experiences [syn: hallucinogen, hallucinogenic
drug, psychedelic drug, psychodelic drug]
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halogen
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n 1: any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or
chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all
monovalent and readily form negative ions
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hydrogen
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n 1: a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a
colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the
simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the
universe [syn: hydrogen, H, atomic number 1]
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imagine
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v 1: form a mental image of something that is not present or
that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the
president?" [syn: imagine, conceive of, ideate,
envisage]
2: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn: think,
opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
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irreligion
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n 1: the quality of not being devout [syn: irreligiousness,
irreligion]
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jargon
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n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
2: a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon [syn:
jargoon, jargon]
3: specialized technical terminology characteristic of a
particular subject
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legion
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adj 1: amounting to a large indefinite number; "numerous times";
"the family was numerous"; "Palomar's fans are legion"
[syn: numerous, legion(p)]
n 1: archaic terms for army [syn: host, legion]
2: association of ex-servicemen; "the American Legion"
3: a large military unit; "the French Foreign Legion"
4: a vast multitude [syn: horde, host, legion]
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nitrogen
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n 1: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless
odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78
percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all
living tissues [syn: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7]
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oestrogen
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n 1: a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are
secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female
sexual characteristics [syn: estrogen, oestrogen]
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organ
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n 1: a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an
animal that is specialized for some particular function
2: a government agency or instrument devoted to the performance
of some specific function; "The Census Bureau is an organ of
the Commerce Department"
3: (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ [syn:
electric organ, electronic organ, Hammond organ,
organ]
4: a periodical that is published by a special interest group;
"the organ of the communist party"
5: wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes
arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and
controlled from a large complex musical keyboard [syn:
organ, pipe organ]
6: a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the
reeds by bellows [syn: harmonium, organ, reed organ]
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origin
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n 1: the place where something begins, where it springs into
being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter
was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source
of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" [syn:
beginning, origin, root, rootage, source]
2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good
origins" [syn: origin, descent, extraction]
3: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of
subsequent events [syn: origin, origination, inception]
4: the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the
values of the coordinates are all zero
5: the source of something's existence or from which it derives
or is derived; "the rumor had its origin in idle gossip";
"vegetable origins"; "mineral origin"; "origin in sensation"
6: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: lineage, line, line of descent,
descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree,
ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock]
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oxygen
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n 1: a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless
odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes
21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant
element in the earth's crust [syn: oxygen, O, atomic
number 8]
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pagan
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adj 1: not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and
Islam [syn: heathen, heathenish, pagan, ethnic]
n 1: a person who does not acknowledge your god [syn: heathen,
pagan, gentile, infidel]
2: a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion
(not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)
3: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures [syn:
hedonist, pagan, pleasure seeker]
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pathogen
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n 1: any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or
bacterium or other microorganism)
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pigeon
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n 1: wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short
legs
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region
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n 1: the extended spatial location of something; "the farming
regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world";
"regions of outer space" [syn: region, part]
2: a part of an animal that has a special function or is
supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal
region" [syn: area, region]
3: a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth;
"penguins inhabit the polar regions"
4: the approximate amount of something (usually used
prepositionally as in `in the region of'); "it was going to
take in the region of two or three months to finish the job";
"the price is in the neighborhood of $100" [syn: region,
neighborhood]
5: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are
communicating about; "it was a limited realm of discourse";
"here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the
occult" [syn: region, realm]
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religion
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n 1: a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that
control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his
morality" [syn: religion, faith, religious belief]
2: an institution to express belief in a divine power; "he was
raised in the Baptist religion"; "a member of his own faith
contradicted him" [syn: religion, faith, organized
religion]
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shogun
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n 1: a hereditary military dictator of Japan; the shoguns ruled
Japan until the revolution of 1867-68
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slogan
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n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn:
motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]
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smidgen
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n 1: a tiny or scarcely detectable amount [syn: shred,
scintilla, whit, iota, tittle, smidgen,
smidgeon, smidgin, smidge]
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sojourn
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n 1: a temporary stay (e.g., as a guest) [syn: sojourn,
visit]
v 1: spend a certain length of time; reside temporarily
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sturgeon
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n 1: large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe;
widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
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surgeon
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n 1: a physician who specializes in surgery [syn: surgeon,
operating surgeon, sawbones]
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theologian
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n 1: someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about
theology [syn: theologian, theologist, theologizer,
theologiser]
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vegan
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n 1: a strict vegetarian; someone who eats no animal or dairy
products at all
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wagon
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n 1: any of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal
or a tractor [syn: wagon, waggon]
2: van used by police to transport prisoners [syn: police van,
police wagon, paddy wagon, patrol wagon, wagon,
black Maria]
3: a group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major
[syn: Big Dipper, Dipper, Plough, Charles's Wain,
Wain, Wagon]
4: a child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting
[syn: wagon, coaster wagon]
5: a car that has a long body and rear door with space behind
rear seat [syn: beach wagon, station wagon, wagon,
estate car, beach waggon, station waggon, waggon]
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belgian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Belgium or the
Belgian people; "the Belgian Queen"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Belgium
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logan
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n 1: a mountain peak in the St. Elias Range in the southwestern
Yukon Territory in Canada (19,850 feet high) [syn: Logan,
Mount Logan]
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pidgin
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n 1: an artificial language used for trade between speakers of
different languages
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reagan
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n 1: 40th President of the United States (1911-2004) [syn:
Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Ronald Wilson Reagan,
President Reagan]
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trojan
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adj 1: of or relating to the ancient city of Troy or its
inhabitants; "Trojan cities"
n 1: a native of ancient Troy [syn: Trojan, Dardan,
Dardanian]
2: a program that appears desirable but actually contains
something harmful; "the contents of a trojan can be a virus
or a worm"; "when he downloaded the free game it turned out
to be a trojan horse" [syn: trojan, trojan horse]
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harijan
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n 1: belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India [syn:
untouchable, Harijan]
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barbadian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Barbados or its
inhabitants; "a Barbadian vacation"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Barbados
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trajan
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n 1: Roman Emperor and adoptive son of Nerva; extended the Roman
Empire to the east and conducted an extensive program of
building (53-117) [syn: Trajan, Marcus Ulpius Traianus]
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copenhagen
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Denmark; located on the
island of Zealand; "Copenhagen is sometimes called the
Paris of the North" [syn: Copenhagen, Kobenhavn,
Danish capital]
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norwegian
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adj 1: of or relating to Norway or its people or culture or
language; "Norwegian herring" [syn: Norwegian, Norse]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Norway [syn: Norwegian,
Norseman, Norse]
2: a Scandinavian language that is spoken in Norway
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carlovingian
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n 1: a member of the Carolingian dynasty [syn: Carolingian,
Carlovingian]
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glaswegian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Glasgow or its
inhabitants
n 1: an inhabitant of Glasgow
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georgian
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adj 1: of or relating to the former British colony of Georgia;
"the Georgian colony"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the Asian republic of
Georgia or its people or language; "the Georgian capital is
Tbilisi"; "Georgian farmers"; "Georgian vowels"
3: of or relating to or characteristic of the American state of
Georgia or its inhabitants; "the Georgian state capital is
Atlanta"; "Georgian peach farmers"
4: of or relating to the Hanoverian kings of England; "the first
Georgian monarch"
n 1: a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
2: a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
3: a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a
long literary tradition
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cyanogen
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n 1: a colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been
used in chemical warfare
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wigeon
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n 1: freshwater duck of Eurasia and northern Africa related to
mallards and teals [syn: widgeon, wigeon, Anas
penelope]
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injun
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n 1: (slang) offensive term for Native Americans [syn:
Redskin, Injun, red man]
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estrogen
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n 1: a general term for female steroid sex hormones that are
secreted by the ovary and responsible for typical female
sexual characteristics [syn: estrogen, oestrogen]
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mutagen
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n 1: any agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a
genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
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habergeon
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n 1: (Middle Ages) a light sleeveless coat of chain mail worn
under the hauberk
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trypsinogen
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n 1: inactive precursor of trypsin; a substance secreted by the
pancreas and converted to active trypsin by enterokinase in
the small intestine
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energen
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imogen
0
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spurgeon
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vonbargen
0
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fagan
0
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hagan
0
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megan
0
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cogan
0
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wogan
0
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grogan
0
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regan
0
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pelagian
0
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neologian
0
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dargan
0
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gargan
0
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hargan
0
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sargen
0
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trudgen
0
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subregion
0
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woodpigeon
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