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acumen
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n 1: a tapering point
2: shrewdness shown by keen insight [syn: insightfulness,
acumen]
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agnomen
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n 1: an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in
`Ferdinand the Great')
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airman
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n 1: someone who operates an aircraft [syn: aviator,
aeronaut, airman, flier, flyer]
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albumen
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n 1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues
and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen]
2: the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective
gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly
of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from
the yolks of several eggs" [syn: egg white, white,
albumen, ovalbumin]
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albumin
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n 1: a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues
and liquids [syn: albumin, albumen]
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amen
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n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath;
worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon,
Amun]
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bitumen
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n 1: any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of
hydrocarbons
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businessmen
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n 1: the body of individuals who manage businesses [syn:
businessmen, business community]
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catechumen
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n 1: a new convert being taught the principles of Christianity
by a catechist [syn: catechumen, neophyte]
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chairman
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n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an
organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair,
chairperson]
v 1: act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a
university; "She chaired the department for many years"
[syn: chair, chairman]
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chairwoman
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n 1: the officer who presides at the meetings of an
organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
[syn: president, chairman, chairwoman, chair,
chairperson]
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clergyman
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n 1: a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the
Christian Church [syn: clergyman, reverend, man of the
cloth] [ant: layman, layperson, secular]
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cognomen
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n 1: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of
a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his
nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname
was Slim" [syn: nickname, moniker, cognomen,
sobriquet, soubriquet, byname]
2: the name used to identify the members of a family (as
distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname,
family name, cognomen, last name]
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committeewoman
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n 1: a woman who is a member of a committee
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congresswoman
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n 1: a member of the United States House of Representatives
[syn: congressman, congresswoman, representative]
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councilwoman
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n 1: a woman who is a council member
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countryman
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n 1: a man from your own country
2: a man who lives in the country and has country ways [syn:
countryman, ruralist]
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countrywoman
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n 1: a woman who lives in the country and has country ways
2: a woman from your own country
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cowman
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n 1: a hired hand who tends cattle and performs other duties on
horseback [syn: cowboy, cowpuncher, puncher,
cowman, cattleman, cowpoke, cowhand, cowherd]
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crewman
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n 1: any member of a ship's crew [syn: sailor, crewman]
2: a member of a flight crew [syn: crewman, crew member]
3: a member of a work crew
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dairyman
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n 1: the owner or manager of a dairy [syn: dairyman, dairy
farmer]
2: a man who works in a dairy
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demon
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n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon,
daemon, daimon]
2: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend,
devil, demon, ogre]
3: someone extremely diligent or skillful; "he worked like a
demon to finish the job on time"; "she's a demon at math"
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doorman
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n 1: someone who guards an entrance [syn: doorkeeper,
doorman, door guard, hall porter, porter,
gatekeeper, ostiary]
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foramen
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n 1: a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a
membranous structure [syn: foramen, hiatus]
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human
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adj 1: characteristic of humanity; "human nature"
2: relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6
monkeys and 2 human subjects"
3: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of
animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body";
"human kindness"; "human frailty" [ant: nonhuman]
n 1: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae
characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech,
and erect carriage [syn: homo, man, human being,
human]
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hymen
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the god of marriage
2: a fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the
vagina of a virgin [syn: hymen, maidenhead, virginal
membrane]
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inhuman
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adj 1: without compunction or human feeling; "in cold blood";
"cold-blooded killing"; "insensate destruction" [syn:
cold, cold-blooded, inhuman, insensate]
2: belonging to or resembling something nonhuman; "something
dark and inhuman in form"; "a babel of inhuman noises"
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lumen
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n 1: a unit of luminous flux equal to the amount of light given
out through a solid angle of 1 steradian by a point source
of 1 candela intensity radiating uniformly in all
directions [syn: lumen, lm]
2: a cavity or passage in a tubular organ; "the lumen of the
intestine"
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regimen
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n 1: (medicine) a systematic plan for therapy (often including
diet) [syn: regimen, regime]
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stamen
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n 1: the male reproductive organ of a flower
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subhuman
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adj 1: less than human or not worthy of a human being; "treated
natives as subhuman"; "a subhuman spectacle"; "the
subhuman primates" [ant: superhuman]
2: unfit for human beings; "subhuman conditions of life"
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superhuman
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adj 1: above or beyond the human or demanding more than human
power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman
strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"
[ant: subhuman]
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limen
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n 1: the smallest detectable sensation [syn: threshold,
limen]
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truman
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n 1: elected vice president in Roosevelt's 4th term; became 33rd
President of the United States on Roosevelt's death in 1945
and was elected President in 1948; authorized the use of
atomic bombs against Japan (1884-1972) [syn: Truman,
Harry Truman, Harry S Truman, President Truman]
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numen
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n 1: a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a
place (especially in ancient Roman religion)
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flamen
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n 1: a priest who served a particular deity in ancient Rome
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praenomen
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n 1: the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
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cerumen
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n 1: a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal [syn:
cerumen, earwax]
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examen
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n 1: a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by
Jesuits) [syn: examen, examination]
2: a critical study (as of a writer's work)
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bogeymen
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cameramen
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cavemen
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chessmen
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churchwoman
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committeemen
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dairymen
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deliverymen
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earthmen
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firemen
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freedmen
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gagmen
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gunmen
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handymen
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hangmen
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headmen
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jazzmen
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lawmen
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mailmen
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mermen
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middlemen
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milkmen
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minutemen
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motormen
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newsmen
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newspapermen
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oilmen
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patrolmen
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pressmen
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repairmen
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selectmen
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sidemen
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snowmen
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stablemen
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trainmen
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wingmen
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wiremen
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nomen
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bumann
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heuman
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heumann
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humann
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anchormen
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gravamen
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admen
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ragmen
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weathermen
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carmen
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bagmen
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icemen
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nightmen
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norsemen
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spacemen
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strongmen
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topmen
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trackmen
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yardmen
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