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allegorical
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adj 1: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;
"allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of
Victory leading an army" [syn: allegorical,
allegoric]
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auricle
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n 1: a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior
part of each atrium of the heart [syn: auricle, atrial
auricle, auricula atrii]
2: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the
external ear [syn: auricle, pinna, ear]
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categorical
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adj 1: relating to or included in a category or categories [syn:
categorical, categoric]
2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical,
flat, unconditional]
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cull
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n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull]
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historical
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adj 1: of or relating to the study of history; "historical
scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant:
ahistorical]
2: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world
as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus";
"doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual
historical events"
3: belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the
past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times";
"a historical character" [syn: historic, historical]
4: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it
changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn:
diachronic, historical] [ant: synchronic]
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metaphorical
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adj 1: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another;
"a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn:
metaphorical, metaphoric]
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metrical
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adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the
metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric,
metrical]
2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured,
metrical, metric]
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miracle
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n 1: any amazing or wonderful occurrence
2: a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine
agent
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obstetrical
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adj 1: of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics;
"obstetric hospital" [syn: obstetric, obstetrical]
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oracle
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n 1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn:
prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator]
2: a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a
priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
3: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
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oratorical
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adj 1: characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical
prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert
Graves
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pellicle
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n 1: thin protective membrane in some protozoa
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reciprocal
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adj 1: concerning each of two or more persons or things;
especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid";
"reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal
privileges at other clubs" [syn: reciprocal, mutual]
[ant: nonreciprocal]
2: of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or
function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"
n 1: something (a term or expression or concept) that has a
reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the
reciprocal of safety"
2: (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1:
the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7
is 1/7 [syn: multiplicative inverse, reciprocal]
3: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the
sexes associated with each genotype [syn: reciprocal cross,
reciprocal]
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rhetorical
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adj 1: of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal
and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the
rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis
Mumford
2: given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of
thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" [ant: unrhetorical]
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satirical
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adj 1: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign
of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" [syn:
satirical, satiric]
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spherical
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adj 1: of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere;
"spherical geometry" [ant: nonspherical]
2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object";
"nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like
mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global,
globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical]
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spiracle
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n 1: a breathing orifice
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symbolical
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adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
"symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
thinking" [syn: symbolic, symbolical]
2: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown
is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as
symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" [syn:
emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical]
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unsymmetrical
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adj 1: lacking symmetry [syn: unsymmetric, unsymmetrical]
2: having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or
measurements [syn: anisometric, unsymmetrical]
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utricle
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n 1: a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open [syn:
utricle, utriculus]
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ventricle
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n 1: one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous
with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains
cerebrospinal fluid
2: a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and
pumps it to the arteries [syn: ventricle, heart
ventricle]
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cul
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n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de
sac, dead end]
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karakul
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n 1: hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued
for their soft curly black fur [syn: broadtail,
caracul, karakul]
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parabolical
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adj 1: resembling or expressed by parables [syn: parabolic,
parabolical]
2: having the form of a parabola [syn: parabolic,
parabolical]
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microsurgical
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psychosurgical
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thoracal
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trimetrical
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unmetrical
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unhistorical
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