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acropolis
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n 1: the citadel in ancient Greek towns
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airless
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adj 1: lacking fresh air; "a dusty airless attic"; "the
dreadfully close atmosphere"; "hot and stuffy and the air
was blue with smoke" [syn: airless, close, stuffy,
unaired]
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bodiless
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adj 1: not having a material body; "bodiless ghosts" [syn:
discorporate, unembodied, bodiless, unbodied,
disembodied]
2: having no trunk or main part; "a bodiless head" [syn:
bodiless, bodyless]
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callous
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adj 1: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to
suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
[syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous]
2: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through
wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
[syn: calloused, callous, thickened]
v 1: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
[syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise]
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callus
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n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual
pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn:
callosity, callus]
2: bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
3: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff
protuberance on the lip of an orchid
v 1: cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his
feet"
2: form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
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careless
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adj 1: marked by lack of attention or consideration or
forethought or thoroughness; not careful; "careless about
her clothes"; "forgotten by some careless person"; "a
careless housekeeper"; "careless proofreading"; "it was a
careless mistake"; "hurt by a careless remark" [ant:
careful]
2: effortless and unstudied; "an impression of careless
elegance"; "danced with careless grace"
3: (usually followed by `of') without due thought or
consideration; "careless of the consequences"; "crushing the
blooms with regardless tread" [syn: careless(p),
regardless]
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chalice
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n 1: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic
cup [syn: chalice, goblet]
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challis
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n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
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cheerless
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adj 1: causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the
economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless
about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an
uncheerful place" [syn: depressing, cheerless,
uncheerful] [ant: cheerful]
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chrysalis
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n 1: pupa of a moth or butterfly enclosed in a cocoon
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digitalis
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n 1: a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn:
digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin]
2: any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn:
foxglove, digitalis]
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flawless
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adj 1: without a flaw; "a flawless gemstone" [syn: flawless,
unflawed]
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lawless
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adj 1: without law or control; "the system is economically
inefficient and politically anarchic" [syn: anarchic,
anarchical, lawless]
2: lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town" [syn: wide-open,
lawless]
3: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
plains" [syn: lawless, outlaw(a)]
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megalopolis
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n 1: a very large urban complex (usually involving several
cities and towns)
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metropolis
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n 1: a large and densely populated urban area; may include
several independent administrative districts; "Ancient Troy
was a great city" [syn: city, metropolis, urban
center]
2: people living in a large densely populated municipality; "the
city voted for Republicans in 1994" [syn: city,
metropolis]
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necropolis
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n 1: a tract of land used for burials [syn: cemetery,
graveyard, burial site, burial ground, burying
ground, memorial park, necropolis]
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oxalis
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n 1: any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis [syn: oxalis,
sorrel, wood sorrel]
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solace
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n 1: the comfort you feel when consoled in times of
disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
[syn: consolation, solace, solacement]
2: comfort in disappointment or misery [syn: solace,
solacement]
3: the act of consoling; giving relief in affliction; "his
presence was a consolation to her" [syn: consolation,
comfort, solace]
v 1: give moral or emotional strength to [syn: comfort,
soothe, console, solace]
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syphilis
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n 1: a common venereal disease caused by the treponema pallidum
spirochete; symptoms change through progressive stages; can
be congenital (transmitted through the placenta) [syn:
syphilis, syph, pox, lues venerea, lues]
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trellis
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n 1: latticework used to support climbing plants [syn:
trellis, treillage]
v 1: train on a trellis, as of a vine
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aweless
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adj 1: devoid of any feeling of awe or reverence [syn:
aweless, awless]
2: neither feeling nor showing respect [syn: aweless,
awless, disrespectful]
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braless
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adj 1: having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity;
"topless waitresses"; "a topless cabaret" [syn: bare-
breasted, braless, topless]
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dallas
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n 1: a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern
Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
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shoeless
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adj 1: without shoes; "the barefoot boy"; "shoeless Joe Jackson"
[syn: barefoot, barefooted, shoeless]
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thallus
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n 1: a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or
vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
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callas
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n 1: Greek coloratura soprano (born in the United States) known
for her dramatic intensity in operatic roles (1923-1977)
[syn: Callas, Maria Callas, Maria Meneghini Callas]
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pallas
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n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and
prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman
Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas
Athena, Pallas Athene]
2: a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered
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wallace
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n 1: Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in
1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward
invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and
subsequently executed him (1270-1305) [syn: Wallace, Sir
William Wallace]
2: English writer noted for his crime novels (1875-1932) [syn:
Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace]
3: English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that
resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) [syn: Wallace,
Alfred Russel Wallace]
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torticollis
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n 1: an unnatural condition in which the head leans to one side
because the neck muscles on that side are contracted [syn:
torticollis, wryneck]
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cornwallis
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n 1: commander of the British forces in the American War of
Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at
Yorktown (1738-1805) [syn: Cornwallis, Charles
Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis]
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villus
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n 1: a minute hairlike projection on mucous membrane
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amaryllis
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n 1: bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
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annapolis
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n 1: state capital of Maryland; site of the United States Naval
Academy [syn: Annapolis, capital of Maryland]
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physalis
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n 1: ground cherries [syn: Physalis, genus Physalis]
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hemerocallis
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n 1: east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having
flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in
cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily
Hemerocallidaceae [syn: Hemerocallis, genus
Hemerocallis]
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tallith
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n 1: (Judaism) a shawl with a ritually knotted fringe at each
corner; worn by Jews at morning prayer [syn: prayer
shawl, tallith, tallis]
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willis
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n 1: English physician who was a pioneer in the study of the
brain (1621-1675) [syn: Willis, Thomas Willis]
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indianapolis
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commercial
center in the country's heartland; site of an annual
500-mile automobile race [syn: Indianapolis, capital of
Indiana]
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minneapolis
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n 1: largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern
Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills;
one of the Twin Cities
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persepolis
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n 1: an ancient city that was the capital of the ancient Persian
Empire; now in ruins
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cilice
0
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polis
0
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alice
0
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phyllis
0
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ruleless
0
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scarless
0
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shoreless
0
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heliopolis
0
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sallis
0
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borealis
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bialas
0
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gonzales
0
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gunsalus
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savalas
0
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collis
0
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hollis
0
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paulus
0
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perlis
0
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propolis
0
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cosmopolis
0
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ellice
0
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ellis
0
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baylis
0
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colis
0
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inglis
0
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tristylous
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