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animal
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adj 1: marked by the appetites and passions of the body; "animal
instincts"; "carnal knowledge"; "fleshly desire"; "a
sensual delight in eating"; "music is the only sensual
pleasure without vice" [syn: animal(a), carnal,
fleshly, sensual]
n 1: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [syn:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature,
fauna]
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caramel
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adj 1: having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown
[syn: caramel, caramel brown]
n 1: firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and
milk
2: burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food [syn: caramel,
caramelized sugar]
3: a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw
sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown]
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centesimal
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adj 1: relating to or divided into hundredths
2: the ordinal number of one hundred in counting order [syn:
hundredth, centesimal, 100th]
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decimal
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adj 1: numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the
decimal system" [syn: decimal, denary]
n 1: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn:
decimal fraction, decimal]
2: a number in the decimal system
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duodecimal
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adj 1: based on twelve; "the duodecimal number system"
n 1: one part in twelve equal parts [syn: one-twelfth,
twelfth, twelfth part, duodecimal]
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hexadecimal
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adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base
[syn: hexadecimal, hex]
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infinitesimal
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adj 1: infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike
threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
[syn: infinitesimal, minute]
n 1: (mathematics) a variable that has zero as its limit
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lachrymal
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adj 1: of or relating to tears [syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]
2: relating to or located near the organ that produces tears
[syn: lacrimal, lachrymal]
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maximal
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adj 1: the greatest or most complete or best possible; "maximal
expansion"; "maximum pressure" [syn: maximal,
maximum] [ant: minimal, minimum]
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minimal
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adj 1: the least possible; "needed to enforce minimal
standards"; "her grades were minimal"; "minimum wage"; "a
minimal charge for the service" [syn: minimal,
minimum] [ant: maximal, maximum]
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optimal
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adj 1: most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or
implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal
concentration of a drug" [syn: optimum, optimal]
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proximal
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adj 1: situated nearest to point of attachment or origin; "the
proximal end of a bone" [ant: distal]
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planetesimal
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n 1: one of many small solid celestial bodies thought to have
existed at an early stage in the development of the solar
system