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bonsai
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n 1: a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or
shallow pot
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buckeye
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n 1: the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut [syn:
buckeye, horse chestnut, conker]
2: tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red
flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds [syn: horse
chestnut, buckeye, Aesculus hippocastanum]
3: a native or resident of Ohio [syn: Ohioan, Buckeye]
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chi
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n 1: the circulating life energy that in Chinese philosophy is
thought to be inherent in all things; in traditional
Chinese medicine the balance of negative and positive forms
in the body is believed to be essential for good health
[syn: qi, chi, ch'i, ki]
2: the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet [syn: chi, khi]
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choky
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adj 1: so tight as to tend to choke; "a choky collar"
n 1: British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: chokey, choky]
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croaky
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adj 1: like the sounds of frogs and crows; "a guttural voice";
"acres of guttural frogs" [syn: croaky, guttural]
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ex
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adj 1: out of fashion; "a suit of rather antique appearance";
"demode (or outmoded) attire"; "outmoded ideas" [syn:
antique, demode, ex, old-fashioned, old-hat(p),
outmoded, passe, passee]
n 1: a man who was formerly a certain woman's husband [syn: ex-
husband, ex]
2: a woman who was formerly a particular man's wife; "all his
exes live in Texas" [syn: ex-wife, ex]
3: the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: X, x, ex]
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latchkey
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n 1: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an
outside door
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marquee
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n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee]
2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn:
marquee, marquise]
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marquis
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n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert
Perry Marquis]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn:
marquis, marquess]
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passkey
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n 1: key that secures entrance everywhere [syn: passkey,
passe-partout, master key, master]
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pinkeye
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n 1: inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye [syn:
conjunctivitis, pinkeye]
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pokey
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adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey]
2: small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky]
n 1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are
in the lawful custody of the government (either accused
persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a
sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink,
slammer, poky, pokey]
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poky
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adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky,
pokey]
2: small and remote and insignificant; "a jerkwater college";
"passed a series of poky little one-horse towns" [syn:
jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky]
n 1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are
in the lawful custody of the government (either accused
persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a
sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink,
slammer, poky, pokey]
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prophesy
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v 1: predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine
inspiration [syn: prophesy, vaticinate]
2: deliver a sermon; "The minister is not preaching this Sunday"
[syn: preach, prophesy]
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smoky
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adj 1: marked by or emitting or filled with smoke; "smoky
rafters"; "smoky chimneys"; "a smoky fireplace"; "a smoky
corridor" [ant: smokeless]
2: tasting of smoke; "smoky sausages"
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sockeye
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n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn:
red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon]
2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries
of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after
spawning [syn: sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon,
blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka]
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trochee
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n 1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
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turnkey
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n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard,
jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]
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hokey
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adj 1: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness";
"a schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy
poetry" [syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin,
mawkish, kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy,
sentimental, soppy, soupy, slushy]
2: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her
husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of
acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech
they develop a stilted pronunciation" [syn: artificial,
contrived, hokey, stilted]
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okey
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n 1: an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" [syn:
O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh]
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waikiki
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n 1: a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the
southeast of Honolulu
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versailles
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n 1: a city in north central France near Paris; site of the
Palace of Versailles that was built by Louis XIV in the
17th century
2: a palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of
Paris near the city of Versailles [syn: Versailles, Palace
of Versailles]
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ai
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n 1: an agency of the United States Army responsible for
providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized
intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic
level commanders [syn: Army Intelligence, AI]
2: the branch of computer science that deal with writing
computer programs that can solve problems creatively;
"workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in
computers and robots" [syn: artificial intelligence, AI]
3: a sloth that has three long claws on each forefoot and each
hindfoot [syn: three-toed sloth, ai, Bradypus
tridactylus]
4: the introduction of semen into the oviduct or uterus by some
means other than sexual intercourse [syn: artificial
insemination, AI]
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maquis
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n 1: a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War
II [syn: Maquis, Maquisard]
2: the French underground that fought against the German
occupation in World War II
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cherokee
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n 1: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
2: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the
Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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manichee
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adj 1: of or relating to Manichaeism [syn: Manichaean,
Manichean, Manichee]
n 1: an adherent of Manichaeism [syn: Manichaean, Manichean,
Manichee]
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coquille
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n 1: seafood served in a scallop shell
2: a dish in the form of a scallop shell
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masai
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n 1: a Nilotic language
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nisi
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adj 1: not final or absolute; "the decree is nisi and not
absolute"
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chokey
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n 1: British slang (dated) for a prison [syn: chokey, choky]
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karaoke
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n 1: singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an
orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
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cocci
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n 1: any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria [syn: coccus,
cocci]
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assai
0
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aye
0
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bronchi
0
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colossi
0
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foci
0
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narcissi
0
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tarsi
0
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thecae
0
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tunicae
0
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okie
0
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smokey
0
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mckee
0
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mckie
0
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ay
0
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cai
0
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cy
0
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ciskei
0
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mackay
0
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akai
0
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gokey
0
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raki
0
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torquay
0
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transkei
0
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bacchae
0
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desai
0
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sakai
0
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rocaille
0
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abaci
0
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mordecai
0
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diadochi
0
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aoki
0
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cocchi
0
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cokie
0
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dokey
0
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joki
0
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koeki
0
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koki
0
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lokey
0
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oakey
0
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oki
0
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rocchi
0
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begnoche
0
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mazzocchi
0
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meloche
0
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naoki
0
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quattrocchi
0
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quattrochi
0
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hirosakamoki
0
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oaky
0
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asci
0
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cerci
0
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flocci
0