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aphelion
0
n 1: apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet
or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
[ant: perihelion]
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battalion
0
n 1: an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three
or more companies
2: a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a
multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions" [syn:
battalion, large number, multitude, plurality,
pack]
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billion
0
adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million
items or units in the United States
2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items
or units in Great Britain
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12
zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the
United States is frequently seen [syn: billion, one
million million, 1000000000000]
2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
[syn: billion, one thousand million, 1000000000]
-
boolean
0
adj 1: of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by
George Boole that combines propositions with the logical
operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT
-
bullion
0
n 1: a mass of precious metal
2: gold or silver in bars or ingots
-
carillon
0
n 1: set of bells hung in a bell tower
2: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower
[syn: bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing]
-
carnelian
0
n 1: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony [syn:
carnelian, cornelian]
-
cerulean
0
adj 1: of a deep somewhat purplish blue color similar to that of
a clear October sky; "October's bright blue weather"
[syn: azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue]
n 1: a light shade of blue [syn: azure, cerulean,
sapphire, lazuline, sky-blue]
-
chameleon
0
n 1: a changeable or inconstant person
2: a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern
hemisphere near Apus and Mensa [syn: Chamaeleon,
Chameleon]
3: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and
having a projectile tongue [syn: chameleon, chamaeleon]
-
civilian
0
adj 1: associated with civil life or performed by persons who
are not active members of the military; "civilian
clothing"; "civilian life" [ant: military]
n 1: a nonmilitary citizen [ant: man, military man,
military personnel, serviceman]
-
cornelian
0
n 1: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony [syn:
carnelian, cornelian]
-
cotillion
0
n 1: a ball at which young ladies are presented to society [syn:
cotillion, cotilion]
2: a lively dance originating in France in the 18th century
[syn: cotillion, cotilion]
-
crocodilian
0
n 1: extant archosaurian reptile [syn: crocodilian reptile,
crocodilian]
-
galleon
0
n 1: a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more
masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the
15th to 18th centuries
-
ganglion
0
n 1: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection
of cell bodies or neurons
-
hellion
0
n 1: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he
chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: hellion,
heller, devil]
-
jillion
0
n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
-
lacertilian
0
adj 1: of or relating to lizards [syn: saurian, lacertilian]
-
mammalian
0
adj 1: of or relating to the class Mammalia
n 1: any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less
covered with hair; young are born alive except for the
small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk [syn:
mammal, mammalian]
-
medallion
0
n 1: any of various large ancient Greek coins
2: a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of
meat); "medallions of veal"
3: an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered
4: an award for winning a championship or commemorating some
other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal,
medallion, palm, ribbon]
-
million
0
adj 1: (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it)
denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or
units
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
[syn: million, 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg]
2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
-
modillion
0
n 1: (architecture) one of a set of ornamental brackets under a
cornice
-
mullion
0
n 1: a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or
panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)
-
octillion
0
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 27
zeros
-
pavilion
0
n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee]
-
perihelion
0
n 1: periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a
planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun [ant:
aphelion]
-
pillion
0
n 1: a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
-
quadrillion
0
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 24
zeros; "in England they call a septillion a quadrillion"
2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros
-
quintillion
0
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18
zeros
-
rapscallion
0
n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue,
knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag,
varlet]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
-
rebellion
0
n 1: refusal to accept some authority or code or convention;
"each generation must have its own rebellion"; "his body
was in rebellion against fatigue"
2: organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one
faction tries to wrest control from another [syn:
rebellion, insurrection, revolt, rising, uprising]
-
reptilian
0
adj 1: of or relating to the class Reptilia
n 1: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including
tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators,
crocodiles, and extinct forms [syn: reptile, reptilian]
-
scallion
0
n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat
overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed
derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: leek,
scallion, Allium porrum]
2: a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
[syn: green onion, spring onion, scallion]
-
scullion
0
n 1: a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially
washing)
-
septillion
0
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 24
zeros
-
sesquipedalian
0
adj 1: given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian
orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no
money"
2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
"sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic,
sesquipedalian]
n 1: a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn:
sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia]
-
sextillion
0
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 21
zeros
-
stallion
0
n 1: uncastrated adult male horse [syn: stallion, entire]
-
tatterdemalion
0
adj 1: worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a
man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up
in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a
tatterdemalion prince" [syn: tattered,
tatterdemalion]
2: in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements";
"a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-
down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken-down, derelict,
dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down]
n 1: a dirty shabbily clothed urchin [syn: ragamuffin,
tatterdemalion]
-
trillion
0
adj 1: one quintillion in Great Britain
2: one million million in the United States
n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros;
"in England they call a quintillion a trillion" [syn:
trillion, one million million million]
3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros;
"in England they call a trillion a billion" [syn: trillion,
one million million, 1000000000000]
-
vaudevillian
0
n 1: a performer who works in vaudeville
-
vermilion
0
adj 1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion,
vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red]
n 1: a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an
orange tinge [syn: scarlet, vermilion, orange red]
v 1: color vermilion
-
zillion
0
adj 1: very large indeterminate number; "a zillion people were
there"
n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
-
episcopalian
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Episcopal
church; "the Episcopal hierarchy"; "married by an
Episcopalian minister" [syn: Episcopal, Episcopalian]
n 1: a member of the Episcopal church
-
himalayan
0
adj 1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks"
-
dalian
0
n 1: a port and shipbuilding center in northeastern China on the
Liaodong Peninsula; now a part of Luda [syn: Dalian,
Talien, Dairen]
-
italian
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of Italy or its
people or culture or language; "Italian cooking"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Italy
2: the Romance language spoken in Italy
-
brazilian
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Brazil or the
people of Brazil
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brazil
-
vermillion
0
adj 1: of a vivid red to reddish-orange color [syn: vermilion,
vermillion, cinnabar, Chinese-red]
-
anatolian
0
n 1: an extinct branch of the Indo-European family of languages
known from inscriptions and important in the reconstruction
of Proto-Indo European [syn: Anatolian, Anatolian
language]
-
hegelian
0
adj 1: of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy
n 1: a follower of the thought of Hegel
-
karelian
0
n 1: a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in
northwestern European Russia [syn: Karelian, Carelian]
2: a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia [syn:
Karelian, Carelian]
-
orwellian
0
adj 1: of or relating to the works of George Orwell (especially
his picture of a future totalitarian state)
-
aristotelian
0
adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
"Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian,
Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic]
n 1: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic]
-
anglian
0
n 1: one of the major dialects of Old English
-
chilean
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Chile or its
people; "Chilean volcanoes"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Chile
-
julian
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Julius Caesar;
"the Julian calendar"
n 1: Roman Emperor and nephew of Constantine; he restored
paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire and
destroyed Christian temples but his decision was reversed
after his death (331?-363) [syn: Julian, Julian the
Apostate, Flavius Claudius Julianus]
-
wesleyan
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of
Protestantism adhering to the views of Wesley; "Methodist
theology" [syn: Methodist, Wesleyan]
n 1: a follower of Wesleyanism
-
aeolian
0
adj 1: of or pertaining to Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds;
relating to or caused by the wind
2: of or relating to Aeolis or its ancient Greek people
n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the
prehistoric Greeks [syn: Aeolian, Eolian]
2: the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia
-
churchillian
0
adj 1: of or relating to or suggestive of Winston Churchill
-
cromwellian
0
adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of Oliver Cromwell
-
friulian
0
n 1: a Rhaeto-Romance dialect spoken in northeastern Italy [syn:
Friulian, Friuli]
-
handelian
0
adj 1: of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick
Handel
-
mongolian
0
adj 1: of or relating to the modern Mongolian People's Republic;
"the Mongolian embassy"
2: of or relating to the region of Mongolia or its people or
their languages or cultures; "the Mongol invaders"; "a
Mongolian pony"; "Mongolian syntax strongly resembles Korean
syntax" [syn: Mongol, Mongolian]
n 1: a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia [syn: Mongol,
Mongolian]
2: a family of Altaic language spoken in Mongolia [syn:
Mongolian, Mongolic, Mongolic language]
-
parhelion
0
n 1: a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction
by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at
once" [syn: parhelion, mock sun, sundog]
-
sicilian
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sicily or the
people of Sicily; "the Sicilian Mafia"
n 1: a resident of Sicily
-
tertullian
0
n 1: Carthaginian theologian whose writing influenced early
Christian theology (160-230) [syn: Tertullian, Quintus
Septimius Florens Tertullianus]
-
tyrolean
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Tyrol or its
people; "Tyrolean yodeling" [syn: Tyrolean, Tyrolese]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the Tyrol
2: soft green felt hat with a feather or brush cockade [syn:
tyrolean, tirolean]
-
liverpudlian
0
adj 1: of or relating to Liverpool or its people; "Liverpudlian
streets"; "Liverpudlian street urchins"
n 1: a native or resident of Liverpool [syn: Liverpudlian,
Scouser]
-
pygmalion
0
n 1: (Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman
and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture
to life as Galatea
-
trevelyan
0
n 1: English historian and son of Sir George Otto Trevelyan
whose works include a social history of England and a
biography of Garibaldi (1876-1962) [syn: Trevelyan,
George Macaulay Trevelyan]
2: English historian who wrote a history of the American
revolution and a biography of his uncle Lord Macaulay
(1838-1928) [syn: Trevelyan, George Otto Trevelyan, Sir
George Otto Trevelyan]
-
castilian
0
n 1: the Spanish language as spoken in Castile
-
postilion
0
n 1: someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to
guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage
without a coachman) [syn: postilion, postillion]
-
postillion
0
n 1: someone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to
guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage
without a coachman) [syn: postilion, postillion]
-
somalian
0
adj 1: of or relating to the African republic of Somalia or its
people or their language and culture; "Somali coffee is
excellent" [syn: Somalian, Somali]
n 1: a member of a tall dark (mostly Muslim) people inhabiting
Somalia [syn: Somalian, Somali]
-
slumgullion
0
n 1: a thin stew of meat and vegetables
-
quillian
0
-
stillion
0
-
castrillon
0
-
jillian
0
-
lilian
0
-
mcmillian
0
-
mcmillion
0
-
pavillion
0
-
multibillion
0
-
bodleian
0
-
antillean
0
-
dillion
0
-
filion
0
-
fillion
0
-
killian
0
-
killion
0
-
chellean
0
-
delian
0
-
gillian
0
-
gillion
0
-
lillian
0
-
pelion
0
-
talion
0
-
zwinglian
0