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archdeacon
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n 1: (Anglican Church) an ecclesiastical dignitary usually
ranking just below a bishop
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beacon
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n 1: a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a
distance [syn: beacon, beacon fire]
2: a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for
navigational purposes [syn: radio beacon, beacon]
3: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing
ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos]
v 1: shine like a beacon
2: guide with a beacon
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beaten
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adj 1: formed or made thin by hammering; "beaten gold"
2: much trodden and worn smooth or bare; "did not stray from the
beaten path"
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can
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n 1: airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint
etc. [syn: can, tin, tin can]
2: the quantity contained in a can [syn: can, canful]
3: a buoy with a round bottom and conical top [syn: can, can
buoy]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on
your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can,
fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister,
posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern,
seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
5: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn:
toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty,
stool, throne]
6: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn:
toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy,
bathroom]
v 1: preserve in a can or tin; "tinned foods are not very tasty"
[syn: can, tin, put up]
2: terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or
position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company
terminated 25% of its workers" [syn: displace, fire,
give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away,
sack, force out, give the sack, terminate] [ant:
employ, engage, hire]
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cheapen
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v 1: lower the grade of something; reduce its worth [syn:
degrade, cheapen]
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deacon
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n 1: a Protestant layman who assists the minister [syn:
deacon, Protestant deacon]
2: a cleric ranking just below a priest in Christian churches;
one of the Holy Orders
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pecan
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n 1: wood of a pecan tree
2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its
nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya
illinoinsis]
3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
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weaken
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v 1: lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body" [ant:
beef up, fortify, strengthen]
2: become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after
seven days" [ant: strengthen]
3: destroy property or hinder normal operations; "The Resistance
sabotaged railroad operations during the war" [syn:
sabotage, undermine, countermine, counteract,
subvert, weaken]
4: reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of; "de-
escalate a crisis" [syn: de-escalate, weaken, step
down] [ant: escalate, intensify, step up]
5: lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
[syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break]
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mohican
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n 1: a member of the Algonquian people formerly living in the
Hudson valley and eastward to the Housatonic [syn:
Mohican, Mahican]
2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Mohican [syn:
Mohican, Mahican]
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pekan
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n 1: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
[syn: fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes
pennanti]
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subdeacon
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n 1: a clergyman an order below deacon; one of the Holy Orders
in the unreformed western Christian church and the eastern
Catholic Churches but now suppressed in the Roman Catholic
Church
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dominican
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Dominican
Republic or its people; "the Dominican population"
2: of or relating to Saint Dominic or the Dominican order;
"Dominican monks"
n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the black mantle of the
Dominican order [syn: Dominican, Black Friar,
Blackfriar, friar preacher]
2: a native or inhabitant of the Dominican Republic
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mozambican
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adj 1: of or relating to or located in Mozambique; "Mozambican
towns"
2: of or relating to the people of Mozambique; "Mozambican
troops are at the border"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Mozambique
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topekan
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pekin
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rican
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