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apoplexy
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n 1: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture
or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the
brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular
accident, CVA]
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boxy
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adj 1: resembling a box in rectangularity [syn: boxlike,
boxy, box-shaped]
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doxy
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n 1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn:
concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour]
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epoxy
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n 1: a thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and
coatings and laminates [syn: epoxy, epoxy resin, epoxy
glue]
v 1: glue with epoxy; "epoxy the shards"
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folksy
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adj 1: characteristic of country life; "cracker-barrel
philosophy"; "folksy humor"; "the air of homespun country
boys" [syn: cracker-barrel, folksy, homespun]
2: very informal and familiar; "a folksy radio commentator"; "a
folksy style"
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foxy
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adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily]
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galaxy
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n 1: a splendid assemblage (especially of famous people)
2: tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white
flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that
become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall [syn: galax,
galaxy, wandflower, beetleweed, coltsfoot, Galax
urceolata]
3: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions
of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust;
"`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" [syn:
galaxy, extragalactic nebula]
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heterodoxy
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n 1: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or
orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy,
heresy] [ant: orthodoxy]
2: the quality of being unorthodox [syn: unorthodoxy,
heterodoxy] [ant: orthodoxy]
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maxi
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adj 1: used of women's clothing having a hemline at the ankle;
"wanted a maxi-length coat"; "a maxidress" [ant: midi,
mini]
n 1: a long skirt ending below the calf
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moxie
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n 1: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to
try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand,
gumption]
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orthodoxy
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n 1: the quality of being orthodox (especially in religion)
[ant: heterodoxy, unorthodoxy]
2: a belief or orientation agreeing with conventional standards
[ant: heresy, heterodoxy, unorthodoxy]
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pixie
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n 1: (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous [syn:
elf, hob, gremlin, pixie, pixy, brownie, imp]
2: creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and
early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New
Jersey and the Carolinas [syn: pyxie, pixie, pixy,
Pyxidanthera barbulata]
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proxy
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n 1: a person authorized to act for another [syn: proxy,
placeholder, procurator]
2: a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a
corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a
corporate meeting
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sexy
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adj 1: marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest;
"feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy
book"; "sexy jokes" [ant: unsexy]
2: exciting sexual desire [syn: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal,
sexy] [ant: anaphrodisiac]
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taxi
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n 1: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers
where they want to go in exchange for money [syn: cab,
hack, taxi, taxicab]
v 1: travel slowly; "The plane taxied down the runway"
2: ride in a taxicab [syn: taxi, cab]
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unorthodoxy
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n 1: any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or
orthodox position [syn: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy,
heresy] [ant: orthodoxy]
2: a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion [syn:
heresy, unorthodoxy]
3: the quality of being unorthodox [syn: unorthodoxy,
heterodoxy] [ant: orthodoxy]
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waxy
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adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: waxen, waxy]
2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable
youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn:
impressionable, waxy, impressible] [ant:
unimpressionable]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: bendable,
pliable, pliant, waxy]
4: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: waxen, waxlike, waxy]
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dixie
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n 1: the southern states that seceded from the United States in
1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States,
Confederate States of America, South, Dixie,
Dixieland]
2: a large metal pot (12 gallon camp kettle) for cooking; used
in military camps
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prexy
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n 1: the head administrative officer of a college or university
[syn: president, prexy]
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tricksy
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adj 1: marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for
wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a
slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a
wily old attorney" [syn: crafty, cunning, dodgy,
foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy,
tricky, wily]
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c
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adj 1: being ten more than ninety [syn: hundred, one
hundred, 100, c]
n 1: a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature [syn:
degree centigrade, degree Celsius, C]
2: the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy
and universality of the speed of light is recognized by
defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second [syn:
speed of light, light speed, c]
3: a vitamin found in fresh fruits (especially citrus fruits)
and vegetables; prevents scurvy [syn: vitamin C, C,
ascorbic acid]
4: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four
nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar
(ribose) [syn: deoxycytidine monophosphate, C]
5: a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine;
pairs with guanine [syn: cytosine, C]
6: an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in
three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and
diamond; occurs in all organic compounds [syn: carbon, C,
atomic number 6]
7: ten 10s [syn: hundred, 100, C, century, one C]
8: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn:
coulomb, C, ampere-second]
9: a general-purpose programing language closely associated with
the UNIX operating system
10: (music) the keynote of the scale of C major
11: the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: C, c]
12: street names for cocaine [syn: coke, blow, nose candy,
snow, C]
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hydroxy
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adj 1: being or containing a hydroxyl group
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biloxi
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n 1: a member of the Siouan people of southeastern Mississippi
2: an old town in southern Mississippi on the Gulf of Mexico
3: the Siouan language spoken by the Biloxi
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ataxy
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n 1: inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements;
unsteady movements and staggering gait [syn: ataxia,
ataxy, dyssynergia, motor ataxia]
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cotopaxi
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n 1: the world's largest active volcano; located in the Andes in
north central Ecuador
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epitaxy
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n 1: growing a crystal layer of one mineral on the crystal base
of another mineral in such a manner that its crystalline
orientation is the same as that of the substrate
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heterotaxy
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n 1: any abnormal position of the organs of the body [syn:
transposition, heterotaxy]
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braxy
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cataplexy
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cie
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trixie
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electroplexy
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roxy
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craxi
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ataraxy
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booksy
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