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angstrom
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n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a
meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of
electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom
unit, A]
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aplomb
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n 1: great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool"
[syn: aplomb, assuredness, cool, poise, sang-
froid]
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bomb
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n 1: an explosive device fused to explode under specific
conditions
2: strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion [syn:
bomb calorimeter, bomb]
3: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the
first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud
as far as new business was concerned" [syn: turkey, bomb,
dud]
v 1: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed
Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb]
2: fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed
nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?" [syn: fail, flunk,
bomb, flush it] [ant: make it, pass]
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condom
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n 1: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber
or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
[syn: condom, rubber, safety, safe, prophylactic]
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coulomb
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n 1: a unit of electrical charge equal to the amount of charge
transferred by a current of 1 ampere in 1 second [syn:
coulomb, C, ampere-second]
2: French physicist famous for his discoveries in the field of
electricity and magnetism; formulated Coulomb's Law
(1736-1806) [syn: Coulomb, Charles Augustin de Coulomb]
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diatom
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n 1: microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga
having cell walls impregnated with silica
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firebomb
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n 1: a bomb that is designed to start fires; is most effective
against flammable targets (such as fuel) [syn: incendiary
bomb, incendiary, firebomb]
v 1: attack with incendiary bombs; "The rioters fire-bombed the
stores"
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glom
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v 1: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook,
snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom]
2: seize upon or latch onto something; "The Republicans glommed
onto Whitewater"
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maelstrom
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n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of
conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex,
maelstrom]
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mom
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n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
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pogrom
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n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
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prom
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n 1: a formal ball held for a school class toward the end of the
academic year [syn: promenade, prom]
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rhomb
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n 1: a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled
equilateral parallelogram [syn: rhombus, rhomb,
diamond]
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sitcom
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n 1: a humorous drama based on situations that might arise in
day-to-day life [syn: situation comedy, sitcom]
2: a humorous television program based on situations that could
arise in everyday life [syn: situation comedy, sitcom]
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torn
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adj 1: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn:
lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn]
2: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love
and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by
religious dissensions"
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rom
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n 1: (computer science) memory whose contents can be accessed
and read but cannot be changed [syn: read-only memory,
ROM, read-only storage, fixed storage]
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somme
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n 1: battle of World War II (1944) [syn: Somme, Somme River,
Battle of the Somme]
2: battle in World War I (1916) [syn: Somme, Somme River,
Battle of the Somme]
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therefrom
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adv 1: from that circumstance or source; "atomic formulas and
all compounds thence constructible"- W.V.Quine; "a
natural conclusion follows thence"; "public interest and
a policy deriving therefrom"; "typhus fever results
therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom, thereof]
2: from that place or from there; "proceeded thence directly to
college"; "flew to Helsinki and thence to Moscow"; "roads
that lead therefrom" [syn: thence, therefrom]
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abcoulomb
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n 1: a unit of electrical charge equal to 10 coulombs
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eprom
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n 1: (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be
erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new
data [syn: erasable programmable read-only memory,
EPROM]
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from
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shalom
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wherefrom
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dom
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cocom
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panmunjom
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alm
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caricom
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pompom
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