Words that rhyme with murine
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adulterine
adj 1: conceived in adultery -
alexandrine
n 1: (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet -
alizarin
n 1: an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing [syn: alizarin, alizarine] -
anserine
adj 1: of or resembling a goose 2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky] -
bean
n 1: any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food [syn: bean, edible bean] 2: any of various seeds or fruits that are beans or resemble beans 3: any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods [syn: bean, bean plant] 4: informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome] v 1: hit on the head, especially with a pitched baseball -
benzene
n 1: a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzene, benzine, benzol] -
between
adv 1: in the interval; "dancing all the dances with little rest between" [syn: between, betwixt] 2: in between; "two houses with a tree between" [syn: between, 'tween] -
burin
n 1: a chisel of tempered steel with a sharp point; used for engraving -
caffeine
n 1: a bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects [syn: caffeine, caffein] -
canteen
n 1: a flask for carrying water; used by soldiers or travelers 2: sells food and personal items to personnel at an institution or school or camp etc. 3: a restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen [syn: canteen, mobile canteen] 4: a recreation room in an institution 5: restaurant in a factory; where workers can eat -
careen
n 1: pitching dangerously to one side [syn: rock, careen, sway, tilt] v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen] 2: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control" [syn: careen, wobble, shift, tilt] -
clean
adv 1: completely; used as intensifiers; "clean forgot the appointment"; "I'm plumb (or plum) tuckered out" [syn: clean, plumb, plum] 2: in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating; "they played fairly" [syn: fairly, fair, clean] [ant: below the belt, unfairly] adj 1: free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals" [ant: dirty, soiled, unclean] 2: free of restrictions or qualifications; "a clean bill of health"; "a clear winner" [syn: clean, clear] 3: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" [syn: clean, clear, light, unclouded] 4: free from impurities; "clean water"; "fresh air" [syn: clean, fresh] 5: (of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; "a clean voting record"; "a clean driver's license" 6: ritually clean or pure [ant: impure, unclean] 7: not spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "a clean fuel"; "cleaner and more efficient engines"; "the tactical bomb is reasonably clean" [syn: clean, uncontaminating] [ant: contaminating, dirty] 8: (of behavior or especially language) free from objectionable elements; fit for all observers; "good clean fun"; "a clean joke" [syn: clean, unobjectionable] [ant: dirty] 9: free from sepsis or infection; "a clean (or uninfected) wound" [syn: uninfected, clean] 10: morally pure; "led a clean life" [syn: clean, clean- living] 11: (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections; "fair copy"; "a clean manuscript" [syn: clean, fair] 12: (of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins" [syn: blank, clean, white] 13: exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play; "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct" [syn: clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike] 14: without difficulties or problems; "a clean test flight" 15: thorough and without qualification; "a clean getaway"; "a clean sweep"; "a clean break" 16: not carrying concealed weapons 17: free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife" [syn: clean, neat] 18: free of drugs; "after a long dependency on heroin she has been clean for 4 years" n 1: a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then jerked overhead [syn: clean and jerk, clean] v 1: make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth" [syn: clean, make clean] [ant: begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil] 2: remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey" [syn: clean, pick] 3: clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week" [syn: houseclean, clean house, clean] 4: clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner" [syn: cleanse, clean] 5: be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily" 6: deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely" 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: clean, strip] 8: remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug" 9: remove unwanted substances from [syn: scavenge, clean] 10: remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it" -
convene
v 1: meet formally; "The council convened last week" 2: call together; "The students were convened in the auditorium" [syn: convoke, convene] -
cuisine
n 1: the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared [syn: cuisine, culinary art] -
culverin
n 1: a heavy cannon with a long barrel used in the 16th and 17th centuries 2: a medieval musket -
dean
n 1: an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college 2: United States film actor whose moody rebellious roles made him a cult figure (1931-1955) [syn: Dean, James Dean, James Byron Dean] 3: a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents" [syn: dean, doyen] 4: (Roman Catholic Church) the head of the College of Cardinals -
dextrin
n 1: any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements -
endocrine
adj 1: of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions; "endocrine system" [syn: endocrine, endocrinal] [ant: exocrine] n 1: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect [syn: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion] 2: any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream [syn: endocrine gland, endocrine, ductless gland] -
enshrine
v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine] 2: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint] -
epinephrine
n 1: a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action [syn: epinephrine, epinephrin, adrenaline, Adrenalin] -
estuarine
adj 1: of or relating to or found in estuaries [syn: estuarine, estuarial] -
exocrine
adj 1: of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions [ant: endocrinal, endocrine] n 1: a gland that secretes externally through a duct [syn: exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland] -
fibrin
n 1: a white insoluble fibrous protein formed by the action of thrombin on fibrinogen when blood clots; it forms a network that traps red cells and platelets -
fluorine
n 1: a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite [syn: fluorine, F, atomic number 9] -
glycerine
n 1: a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils [syn: glycerol, glycerin, glycerine] -
heparin
n 1: a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery [syn: heparin, Lipo- Hepin, Liquaemin] -
intrauterine
adj 1: within the womb -
lien
n 1: the right to take another's property if an obligation is not discharged 2: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses [syn: spleen, lien] -
mandarin
n 1: shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame- orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia [syn: mandarin, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree, Citrus reticulata] 2: a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group 3: any high government official or bureaucrat 4: a high public official of imperial China 5: a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China [syn: mandarin, mandarin orange] 6: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China [syn: Mandarin, Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin dialect, Beijing dialect] -
mean
adj 1: approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value; "the average income in New England is below that of the nation"; "of average height for his age"; "the mean annual rainfall" [syn: average, mean(a)] 2: characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood" [syn: hateful, mean] 3: having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" [syn: base, mean, meanspirited] 4: excellent; "famous for a mean backhand" 5: marked by poverty befitting a beggar; "a beggarly existence in the slums"; "a mean hut" [syn: beggarly, mean] 6: (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" [syn: mean, mingy, miserly, tight] 7: (used of sums of money) so small in amount as to deserve contempt [syn: beggarly, mean] 8: of no value or worth; "I was caught in the bastardly traffic" [syn: bastardly, mean] n 1: an average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n [syn: mean, mean value] v 1: mean or intend to express or convey; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" [syn: mean, intend] 2: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: entail, imply, mean] 3: denote or connote; "`maison' means `house' in French"; "An example sentence would show what this word means" [syn: mean, intend, signify, stand for] 4: have in mind as a purpose; "I mean no harm"; "I only meant to help you"; "She didn't think to harm me"; "We thought to return early that night" [syn: intend, mean, think] 5: have a specified degree of importance; "My ex-husband means nothing to me"; "Happiness means everything" 6: intend to refer to; "I'm thinking of good food when I talk about France"; "Yes, I meant you when I complained about people who gossip!" [syn: think of, have in mind, mean] 7: destine or designate for a certain purpose; "These flowers were meant for you" -
mien
n 1: dignified manner or conduct [syn: bearing, comportment, presence, mien] -
nectarine
n 1: variety or mutation of the peach bearing fruit with smooth skin and (usually) yellow flesh [syn: nectarine, nectarine tree, Prunus persica nectarina] 2: a variety or mutation of the peach that has a smooth skin -
nineteen
adj 1: being one more than eighteen [syn: nineteen, 19, xix] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eighteen and one [syn: nineteen, 19, XIX] -
obscene
adj 1: designed to incite to indecency or lust; "the dance often becomes flagrantly obscene"-Margaret Mead 2: offensive to the mind; "an abhorrent deed"; "the obscene massacre at Wounded Knee"; "morally repugnant customs"; "repulsive behavior"; "the most repulsive character in recent novels" [syn: abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive] 3: suggestive of or tending to moral looseness; "lewd whisperings of a dirty old man"; "an indecent gesture"; "obscene telephone calls"; "salacious limericks" [syn: lewd, obscene, raunchy, salacious] -
passerine
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds [ant: nonpasserine] n 1: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless [syn: passerine, passeriform bird] -
peregrine
adj 1: migratory; "a restless mobile society"; "the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: mobile, nomadic, peregrine, roving, wandering] n 1: a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry [syn: peregrine, peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus] -
preen
v 1: clean with one's bill; "The birds preened" [syn: preen, plume] 2: pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn: preen, congratulate] 3: dress or groom with elaborate care; "She likes to dress when going to the opera" [syn: preen, primp, plume, dress] -
propylene
n 1: a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis [syn: propylene, propene] -
ravine
n 1: a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) -
reconvene
v 1: meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall" -
saccharin
n 1: a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener -
saccharine
adj 1: overly sweet [syn: cloying, saccharine, syrupy, treacly] -
saline
adj 1: containing salt; "a saline substance "; "salty tears" n 1: an isotonic solution of sodium chloride and distilled water [syn: saline solution, saline] -
sardine
n 1: small fatty fish usually canned [syn: sardine, pilchard] 2: any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned 3: a deep orange-red variety of chalcedony [syn: sard, sardine, sardius] 4: small fishes found in great schools along coasts of Europe; smaller and rounder than herring [syn: pilchard, sardine, Sardina pilchardus] -
scene
n 1: the place where some action occurs; "the police returned to the scene of the crime" 2: an incident (real or imaginary); "their parting was a sad scene" 3: the visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama] 4: a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film [syn: scene, shot] 5: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" [syn: picture, scene] 6: a subdivision of an act of a play; "the first act has three scenes" 7: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum, scene, conniption] 8: graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" [syn: scene, view] 9: the context and environment in which something is set; "the perfect setting for a ghost story" [syn: setting, scene] 10: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene] -
screen
n 1: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing [syn: screen, silver screen, projection screen] 2: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight; "they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet" [syn: blind, screen] 3: the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube [syn: screen, CRT screen] 4: a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something; "a screen of trees afforded privacy"; "under cover of darkness"; "the brush provided a covert for game"; "the simplest concealment is to match perfectly the color of the background" [syn: screen, cover, covert, concealment] 5: a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame; "they put screens in the windows for protection against insects"; "a metal screen protected the observers" 6: the personnel of the film industry; "a star of stage and screen" [syn: filmdom, screenland, screen] 7: a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles [syn: sieve, screen] 8: a door that consists of a frame holding metallic or plastic netting; used to allow ventilation and to keep insects from entering a building through the open door; "he heard the screen slam as she left" [syn: screen door, screen] 9: partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space v 1: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection; "screen the blood for the HIV virus" [syn: screen, test] 2: examine methodically; "screen the suitcases" 3: examine in order to test suitability; "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants" [syn: screen, screen out, sieve, sort] 4: project onto a screen for viewing; "screen a film" 5: prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" [syn: screen, block out] 6: separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff [syn: riddle, screen] 7: protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield, screen] -
serine
n 1: a sweetish crystalline amino acid involved in the synthesis by the body of cysteine -
seventeen
adj 1: being one more than sixteen [syn: seventeen, 17, xvii] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of sixteen and one [syn: seventeen, 17, XVII] -
sheen
n 1: the visual property of something that shines with reflected light [syn: shininess, sheen, luster, lustre] -
sixteen
adj 1: being one more than fifteen [syn: sixteen, 16, xvi] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one [syn: sixteen, 16, XVI] -
spleen
n 1: a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses [syn: spleen, lien] 2: a feeling of resentful anger [syn: irascibility, short temper, spleen, quick temper] -
submarine
adj 1: beneath the surface of the sea [syn: submarine, undersea] n 1: a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes [syn: submarine, pigboat, sub, U-boat] 2: a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zep] v 1: move forward or under in a sliding motion; "The child was injured when he submarined under the safety belt of the car" 2: throw with an underhand motion 3: bring down with a blow to the legs 4: control a submarine 5: attack by submarine; "The Germans submarined the Allies" -
unseen
adj 1: not observed [syn: unobserved, unseen] n 1: a belief that there is a realm controlled by a divine spirit [syn: spiritual world, spiritual domain, unseen] -
urine
n 1: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water" [syn: urine, piss, pee, piddle, weewee, water] -
uterine
adj 1: of or involving the uterus; "uterine cancer" -
vaccine
n 1: immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies [syn: vaccine, vaccinum] -
wean
v 1: gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle" [syn: wean, ablactate] 2: detach the affections of -
wolverine
n 1: a native or resident of Michigan [syn: Michigander, Wolverine] 2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine] 3: stocky shaggy-coated North American carnivorous mammal [syn: wolverine, carcajou, skunk bear, Gulo luscus] -
erin
n 1: an early name of Ireland that is now used in poetry -
serin
n 1: any of various brown and yellow finches of parts of Europe -
gean
n 1: wild or seedling sweet cherry used as stock for grafting [syn: gean, mazzard, mazzard cherry] -
greene
n 1: English novelist and Catholic (1904-1991) [syn: Greene, Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene] -
citrine
n 1: semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz -
racine
n 1: French advocate of Jansenism; tragedian who based his works on Greek and Roman themes (1639-1699) [syn: Racine, Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine] 2: a city in southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan to the south of Milwaukee -
sabine
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Sabines n 1: a river in eastern Texas that flows south into the Gulf of Mexico [syn: Sabine, Sabine River] 2: a member of an ancient Oscan-speaking people of the central Apennines north of Rome who were conquered and assimilated into the Roman state in 290 BC -
selene
n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna 2: a genus of Carangidae [syn: Selene, genus Selene] -
slovene
n 1: a native of Slovenia 2: the Slavic language of Slovenes -
dexedrine
n 1: an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant [syn: dextroamphetamine sulphate, Dexedrine] -
halloween
n 1: the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people [syn: Halloween, Hallowe'en, Allhallows Eve] -
quinacrine
n 1: a drug (trade name Atabrine) used to treat certain worm infestations and once used to treat malaria [syn: quinacrine, quinacrine hydrochloride, mepacrine, Atabrine] -
helleborine
n 1: any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish- white flowers in a twisted raceme [syn: rattlesnake plantain, helleborine] 2: any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis 3: any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera -
papaverine
n 1: an alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive [syn: papaverine, Kavrin] -
taurine
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a bull n 1: a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of mammals -
aneurin
n 1: a B vitamin that prevents beriberi; maintains appetite and growth [syn: vitamin B1, thiamine, thiamin, aneurin, antiberiberi factor] -
apocrine
adj 1: (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion" [ant: eccrine] -
catarrhine
adj 1: of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils together and opening downward [syn: catarrhine, catarrhinian] [ant: broadnosed, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic] n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey, catarrhine] -
platyrrhine
adj 1: of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far apart or to people with broad noses [syn: platyrrhine, platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhinic, broadnosed] [ant: catarrhine, catarrhinian, leptorhine, leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic] n 1: hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated nostrils and long usually prehensile tails [syn: New World monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian] -
vulturine
adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous] -
turin
n 1: capital city of the Piemonte region of northwestern Italy [syn: Turin, Torino] -
tamarin
n 1: small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail [syn: tamarin, lion monkey, lion marmoset, leoncita] -
stearin
n 1: an ester of glycerol and stearic acid -
alabastrine
adj 1: of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue" [syn: alabaster, alabastrine] -
ephedrine
n 1: white odorless powdered or crystalline alkaloid from plants of the genus Ephedra (especially Ephedra sinica) or made synthetically; used as a bronchodilator to treat bronchitis and asthma -
sarin
n 1: a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase [syn: sarin, GB] -
aventurine
n 1: a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals [syn: sunstone, aventurine] -
colubrine
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leporine
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pelerine
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seen
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wherein
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sherrin
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christine
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corinne
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veratrine
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aldrin
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kirin
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lohengrin
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riverine
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sciurine
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zollverein
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