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capybara
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n 1: pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with
partly webbed feet; largest living rodent [syn: capybara,
capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris]
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caracara
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n 1: any of various long-legged carrion-eating hawks of South
America and Central America
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cascara
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n 1: dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used as a laxative
[syn: cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark,
chittem bark]
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chimera
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n 1: (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a
lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail;
daughter of Typhon [syn: Chimera, Chimaera]
2: a grotesque product of the imagination [syn: chimera,
chimaera]
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mascara
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n 1: makeup that is used to darken and thicken the eye lashes
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samara
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n 1: a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or
elm or maple [syn: samara, key fruit, key]
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sierra
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n 1: a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and
irregular outline)
2: a Spanish mackerel of western North America [syn: sierra,
Scomberomorus sierra]
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tiara
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n 1: a jeweled headdress worn by women on formal occasions
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tuatara
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n 1: only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large
spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off
New Zealand [syn: tuatara, Sphenodon punctatum]
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samaria
0
n 1: an ancient city in central Palestine founded in the 9th
century BC as the capital of the northern Hebrew kingdom of
Israel; the site is in present-day northwestern Jordan
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kera
0
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in Chad
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tara
0
n 1: a village in eastern Ireland (northwest of Dublin); seat of
Irish kings until 6th century
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provera
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n 1: a progestin compound (trade name Provera) used to treat
menstrual disorders [syn: medroxyprogesterone, Provera]
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rivera
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n 1: socialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957) [syn:
Rivera, Diego Rivera]
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sahara
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n 1: the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in
northern Africa [syn: Sahara, Sahara Desert]
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svizzera
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n 1: a landlocked federal republic in central Europe [syn:
Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Suisse, Schweiz,
Svizzera]
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riviera
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n 1: a coastal area between La Spezia in Italy and Cannes in
France; "the Riviera contains some of Europe's most popular
resorts"
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nara
0
n 1: the independent agency that oversees management of federal
government records including presidential libraries and
historic collections [syn: National Archives and Records
Administration, NARA]
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asmara
0
n 1: the capital of Eritrea [syn: Asmara, Asmera]
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ferrara
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n 1: a city in northern Italy; "in the 13th century Ferrara was
a center of Renaissance learning and the arts"
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guevara
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n 1: an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's
chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other
Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the
Bolivian army (1928-1967) [syn: Guevara, Ernesto
Guevara, Che Guevara]
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samsara
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n 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the endless cycle of birth and
suffering and death and rebirth
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carbonara
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n 1: sauce for pasta; contains eggs and bacon or ham and grated
cheese
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guadalajara
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n 1: a city in southwestern Mexico; a popular health resort and
site of architecture from the Spanish colonial era
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ara
0
n 1: a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium
and Norma
2: macaws [syn: Ara, genus Ara]
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honiara
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n 1: national capital of Solomon Islands
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gemara
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n 1: the second part of the Talmud consisting primarily of
commentary on the Mishna
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marinara
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n 1: sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs
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cara
0
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kara
0
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sara
0
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fichera
0
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kuchera
0
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kundera
0
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kyocera
0
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madera
0
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moreira
0
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patera
0
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pereira
0
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perera
0
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pereyra
0
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portera
0
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primavera
0
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clara
0
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lara
0
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carrara
0
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tamara
0
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timisoara
0
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zara
0
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bukhara
0
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vihara
0
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solfatara
0
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terramara
0