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aphasia
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n 1: inability to use or understand language (spoken or written)
because of a brain lesion
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brazier
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n 1: large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned;
warms people who must stay outside for long times [syn:
brazier, brasier]
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dysphasia
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n 1: an impairment of language (especially speech production)
that is usually due to brain damage
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embrasure
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n 1: an opening (in a wall or ship or armored vehicle) for
firing through [syn: port, embrasure, porthole]
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euthanasia
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n 1: the act of killing someone painlessly (especially someone
suffering from an incurable illness) [syn: euthanasia,
mercy killing]
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fantasia
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n 1: a musical composition of a free form usually incorporating
several familiar themes
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glazer
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n 1: someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: glass cutter,
glass-cutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer]
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glazier
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n 1: someone who cuts flat glass to size [syn: glass cutter,
glass-cutter, glassworker, glazier, glazer]
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grazier
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n 1: a rancher who grazes cattle or sheep for market
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measure
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n 1: any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the
situation called for strong measures"; "the police took
steps to reduce crime" [syn: measure, step]
2: how much there is or how many there are of something that you
can quantify [syn: measure, quantity, amount]
3: a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public
hearing on the bill" [syn: bill, measure]
4: the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena
according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done";
"his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" [syn:
measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration]
5: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other
things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal
standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work"
[syn: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone]
6: (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn:
meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence]
7: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;
"the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song"
[syn: measure, bar]
8: measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular
intervals; used as a reference in making measurements [syn:
measuring stick, measure, measuring rod]
9: a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain
fixed amounts of a substance
v 1: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take
measurements of; "Measure the length of the wall" [syn:
measure, mensurate, measure out]
2: express as a number or measure or quantity; "Can you quantify
your results?" [syn: quantify, measure]
3: have certain dimensions; "This table surfaces measures
20inches by 36 inches"
4: evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or
significance of; "I will have the family jewels appraised by
a professional"; "access all the factors when taking a risk"
[syn: measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise,
value]
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paronomasia
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n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his
constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning,
wordplay, paronomasia]
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rapier
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n 1: a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges [syn:
rapier, tuck]
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dysplasia
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n 1: abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal
structure resulting from such growth
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malaysia
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n 1: a constitutional monarchy in southeastern Asia on Borneo
and the Malay Peninsula; achieved independence from the
United Kingdom in 1957 [syn: Malaysia, Malaya]
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hyperplasia
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n 1: abnormal increase in number of cells
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aplasia
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n 1: failure of some tissue or organ to develop
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dyscrasia
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n 1: an abnormal or physiologically unbalanced state of the body
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brasier
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n 1: large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned;
warms people who must stay outside for long times [syn:
brazier, brasier]
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antonomasia
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crazier
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nastier
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anastasia
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blasier
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frazier
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cazier
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blazier
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gymnasia
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