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astride
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adv 1: with one leg on each side; "she sat astride the chair"
[syn: astride, astraddle]
2: with the legs stretched far apart
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bestride
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v 1: get up on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: hop on,
mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on,
bestride] [ant: get off, hop out]
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chloride
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n 1: any compound containing a chlorine atom
2: any salt of hydrochloric acid (containing the chloride ion)
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deride
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v 1: treat or speak of with contempt; "He derided his student's
attempt to solve the biggest problem in mathematics"
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dichloride
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n 1: a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule [syn:
dichloride, bichloride]
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fluoride
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n 1: a salt of hydrofluoric acid
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hydride
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n 1: any binary compound formed by the union of hydrogen and
other elements
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hydrochloride
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n 1: a complex consisting of an organic base in association with
hydrogen chloride
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joyride
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n 1: a ride in a car taken solely for pleasure; "they took their
girlfriends for joyrides in stolen cars"
v 1: ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the
pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn:
joyride, tool, tool around]
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nitride
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n 1: a compound containing nitrogen and a more electropositive
element (such as phosphorus or a metal)
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outride
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v 1: hang on during a trial of endurance; "ride out the storm"
[syn: last out, stay, ride out, outride]
2: ride better, faster, or further than; "The champion bicyclist
outrode all his competitors"
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override
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n 1: a manually operated device to correct the operation of an
automatic device
2: the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or
overriding the effect or force of something [syn:
nullification, override]
v 1: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the
House voted on the bill" [syn: overrule, overturn,
override, overthrow, reverse]
2: prevail over; "health considerations override financial
concerns"
3: counteract the normal operation of (an automatic gear shift
in a vehicle)
4: ride (a horse) too hard
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polysaccharide
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n 1: any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain
chains of monosaccharide molecules [syn: polysaccharide,
polyose]
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telluride
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n 1: any binary compound of tellurium with other more
electropositive elements
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tetrachloride
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n 1: any compound that contains four chlorine atoms per molecule
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untried
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adj 1: not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery
volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator
untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"
[syn: unseasoned, untested, untried, young]
2: not yet proved or subjected to testing; "an untested drug";
"untested theory"; "an untried procedure" [syn: untested,
untried]
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glyceride
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n 1: an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally
as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of
fatty acids and very little free acid" [syn: glyceride,
acylglycerol]
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saccharide
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n 1: an essential structural component of living cells and
source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with
small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are
classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups
they contain [syn: carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar]
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triglyceride
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n 1: glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable
tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound
together in a single large molecule; an important energy
source forming much of the fat stored by the body
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bichloride
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n 1: a compound containing two chlorine atoms per molecule [syn:
dichloride, bichloride]
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perchloride
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n 1: a chloride containing an unusually high proportion of
chlorine
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trichloride
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n 1: any compound containing three chlorine atoms in each
molecule
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hayride
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mcbride
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borofluoride
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kirkbride
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subchloride
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hexachloride
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oxychloride
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