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aeon
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n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon]
3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
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antemeridian
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adj 1: before noon [ant: postmeridian]
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comedian
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n 1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs
comical acts [syn: comedian, comic]
2: an actor in a comedy
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enchiridion
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n 1: a concise reference book providing specific information
about a subject or location [syn: handbook,
enchiridion, vade mecum]
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guardian
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n 1: a person who cares for persons or property [syn:
defender, guardian, protector, shielder]
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meridian
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adj 1: of or happening at noon; "meridian hour"
2: being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime
vigor"- Robert Browning [syn: prime, meridian]
n 1: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage
of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of
beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the
height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer
was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle
of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest
superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his
profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak,
pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop,
top]
2: a town in eastern Mississippi
3: an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing
through the north and south poles at right angles to the
equator; "all points on the same meridian have the same
longitude" [syn: meridian, line of longitude]
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obsidian
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n 1: acid or granitic glass formed by the rapid cooling of lava
without crystallization; usually dark, but transparent in
thin pieces
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didion
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n 1: United States writer (born in 1934) [syn: Didion, Joan
Didion]
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floridian
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n 1: a native or resident of Florida
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canadian
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adj 1: of or relating to Canada or its people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Canada
2: a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing
eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of
the Arkansas River in Oklahoma [syn: Canadian, Canadian
River]
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grenadian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Grenada or its
inhabitants; "the Grenadian capital"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Grenada
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palladian
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adj 1: referring to or relating to or having the style of
architecture created by Andrea Palladio; "the much
imitated arch and column compositions known as the
Palladian motif"
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hadean
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Hades or Tartarus
[syn: Hadean, Plutonian, Tartarean]
n 1: the earliest eon in the history of the Earth from the first
accretion of planetary material (around 4,600 million years
ago) until the date of the oldest known rocks (about 3,800
million years ago); no evidence of life [syn: Hadean,
Hadean time, Hadean eon, Hadean aeon, Priscoan,
Priscoan eon, Priscoan aeon]
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antipodean
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adj 1: relating to the antipodes or situated at opposite sides
of the earth; "antipodean latitudes"; "antipodal regions
of the earth"; "antipodal points on a sphere" [syn:
antipodal, antipodean]
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lydian
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n 1: an Anatolian language
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ascidian
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n 1: minute sedentary marine invertebrate having a saclike body
with siphons through which water enters and leaves
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dravidian
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n 1: a member of one of the aboriginal races of India (pushed
south by Caucasians and now mixed with them)
2: a large family of languages spoken in south and central India
and Sri Lanka [syn: Dravidian, Dravidic, Dravidian
language]
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euclidean
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adj 1: relating to geometry as developed by Euclid; "Euclidian
geometry" [syn: euclidian, euclidean]
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proboscidean
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n 1: massive herbivorous mammals having tusks and a long trunk
[syn: proboscidean, proboscidian]
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gammadion
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gideon
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ceridian
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davidian
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orcadian
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judaean
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midian
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pisidian
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archimedean
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nullifidian
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solifidian
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