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token
1
adj 1: insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish'
is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of
resistance"; "a toknenish gesture" [syn: nominal,
token(a), tokenish]
n 1: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the
word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: token,
item]
2: something serving as a sign of something else
3: a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in
designated slot machines
4: something of sentimental value [syn: keepsake, souvenir,
token, relic]
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aeon
0
n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon]
3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
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awaken
0
v 1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn:
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]
[ant: cause to sleep]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come
alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off,
drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod
off]
3: make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"
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awestricken
0
adj 1: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and
respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence
before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck
wonder" [syn: awed, awestruck, awestricken] [ant:
unawed]
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bacon
0
n 1: back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually
sliced thin and fried
2: English scientist and Franciscan monk who stressed the
importance of experimentation; first showed that air is
required for combustion and first used lenses to correct
vision (1220-1292) [syn: Bacon, Roger Bacon]
3: English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British
empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626) [syn:
Bacon, Francis Bacon, Sir Francis Bacon, Baron
Verulam, 1st Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans]
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barbican
0
n 1: a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a
castle) [syn: barbican, barbacan]
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beckon
0
v 1: signal with the hands or nod; "She waved to her friends";
"He waved his hand hospitably" [syn: beckon, wave]
2: appear inviting; "The shop window decorations beckoned"
3: summon with a wave, nod, or some other gesture
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bespoken
0
adj 1: (of clothing) custom-made [syn: bespoke, bespoken,
made-to-order, tailored, tailor-made]
2: pledged to be married; "the engaged couple" [syn: bespoken,
betrothed]
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betoken
0
v 1: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a
serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe
neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is
undervalued" [syn: bespeak, betoken, indicate,
point, signal]
2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast, predict]
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blacken
0
v 1: make or become black; "The smoke blackened the ceiling";
"The ceiling blackened" [syn: blacken, melanize,
melanise, nigrify, black] [ant: white, whiten]
2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
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bracken
0
n 1: fern of southeastern Asia; not hardy in cold temperate
regions [syn: bracken, Pteridium esculentum]
2: large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed
ferns; cosmopolitan [syn: bracken, pasture brake,
brake, Pteridium aquilinum]
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broken
0
adj 1: physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked
or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken
leg"; "his neck is broken" [ant: unbroken]
2: not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying
abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable
transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the
broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs" [ant:
unbroken]
3: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low";
"a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken,
crushed, humbled, humiliated, low]
4: (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or
disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken
contracts" [syn: broken, unkept] [ant: kept,
unbroken]
5: tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle";
"this old nag is well broken in" [syn: broken, broken in]
6: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged
ground" [syn: broken, rugged]
7: imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"
8: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing
in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk";
"the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn:
broken, confused, disordered, upset]
9: weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from
alcoholism"
10: destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
[syn: broken, wiped out(p), impoverished]
11: out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for
`broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is
broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: broken,
busted]
12: discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"
13: lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"
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chicken
0
adj 1: easily frightened [syn: chicken, chickenhearted,
lily-livered, white-livered, yellow, yellow-
bellied]
n 1: the flesh of a chicken used for food [syn: chicken,
poulet, volaille]
2: a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been
developed from the red jungle fowl [syn: chicken, Gallus
gallus]
3: a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy
[syn: wimp, chicken, crybaby]
4: a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is
continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops
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cyclopean
0
adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean
eye"
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darken
0
v 1: become dark or darker; "The sky darkened" [ant: lighten,
lighten up]
2: tarnish or stain; "a scandal that darkened the family's good
name"
3: make dark or darker; "darken a room" [ant: brighten,
lighten, lighten up]
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drunken
0
adj 1: given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a
bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy
drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken
binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up";
"sottish behavior" [syn: bibulous, boozy, drunken,
sottish]
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eon
0
n 1: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon,
aeon]
2: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
3: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
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falcon
0
n 1: diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings
adapted for swift flight
v 1: hunt with falcons; "The tribes like to falcon in the
desert"
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foretoken
0
n 1: an event that is experienced as indicating important things
to come; "he hoped it was an augury"; "it was a sign from
God" [syn: augury, sign, foretoken, preindication]
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gerfalcon
0
n 1: large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color
phases [syn: gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus]
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godforsaken
0
adj 1: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert
island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild
stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: godforsaken,
waste, wild]
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gyrfalcon
0
n 1: large and rare Arctic falcon having white and dark color
phases [syn: gyrfalcon, gerfalcon, Falco rusticolus]
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hearken
0
v 1: listen; used mostly in the imperative [syn: hark,
harken, hearken]
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heartbroken
0
adj 1: full of sorrow [syn: brokenhearted, heartbroken,
heartsick]
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helicon
0
n 1: a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician [syn:
helicon, bombardon]
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hurricane
0
n 1: a severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and
winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)
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lexicon
0
n 1: a language user's knowledge of words [syn: vocabulary,
lexicon, mental lexicon]
2: a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words
with information about them [syn: dictionary, lexicon]
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lichen
0
n 1: any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard
thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens
growing on rocks
2: any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as
crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or
bare ground etc.
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lien
0
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]
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liken
0
v 1: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We
can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot
equate success in financial matters with greed" [syn:
compare, liken, equate]
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mistaken
0
adj 1: wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but
misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken
identity" [syn: misguided, mistaken]
2: arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of
the situation" [syn: false, mistaken]
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napkin
0
n 1: a small piece of table linen that is used to wipe the mouth
and to cover the lap in order to protect clothing [syn:
napkin, table napkin, serviette]
2: garment consisting of a folded cloth drawn up between the
legs and fastened at the waist; worn by infants to catch
excrement [syn: diaper, nappy, napkin]
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neon
0
n 1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow
in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in
the air in small amounts [syn: neon, Ne, atomic number
10]
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oaken
0
adj 1: consisting of or made of wood of the oak tree; "a solid
oak table"; "the old oaken bucket"
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outspoken
0
adj 1: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" [syn: outspoken, vocal]
2: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting";
"a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid
opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to
the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as
well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being
rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank
accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank,
free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank,
straight-from-the-shoulder]
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paean
0
n 1: a formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy,
panegyric, paean, pean]
2: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in
ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) [syn: paean,
pean]
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pantechnicon
0
n 1: a large moving van (especially one used for moving
furniture)
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pelican
0
n 1: large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill
with a distensible pouch for fish
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pemmican
0
n 1: lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat;
used especially by North American Indians [syn: pemmican,
pemican]
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peon
0
n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge,
peon, navvy, galley slave]
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plainspoken
0
adj 1: using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country
doctor"
2: characterized by directness in manner or speech; without
subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting";
"a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid
opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to
the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as
well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being
rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank
accusation" [syn: blunt, candid, forthright, frank,
free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank,
straight-from-the-shoulder]
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plebeian
0
adj 1: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the
common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior
that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose";
"a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed
masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
n 1: one of the common people [syn: plebeian, pleb]
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protean
0
adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling
protean grey which is never twice the same"
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publican
0
n 1: the keeper of a public house [syn: publican, tavern
keeper]
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quicken
0
v 1: move faster; "The car accelerated" [syn: accelerate,
speed up, speed, quicken] [ant: decelerate,
retard, slow, slow down, slow up]
2: make keen or more acute; "whet my appetite" [syn: whet,
quicken]
3: give life or energy to; "The cold water invigorated him"
[syn: quicken, invigorate]
4: show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"
5: give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me";
"This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my
health" [syn: animate, recreate, reanimate, revive,
renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify]
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reawaken
0
v 1: awaken once again
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reckon
0
v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn:
think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess]
2: judge to be probable [syn: calculate, estimate, reckon,
count on, figure, forecast]
3: deem to be; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I
consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite
as negatively as you do" [syn: see, consider, reckon,
view, regard]
4: make a mathematical calculation or computation [syn:
calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out,
reckon, figure]
5: have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you
any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet
on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis" [syn:
count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon]
6: take account of; "You have to reckon with our opponents";
"Count on the monsoon" [syn: reckon, count]
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republican
0
adj 1: relating to or belonging to the Republican Party; "a
Republican senator"; "Republican party politics"
2: having the supreme power lying in the body of citizens
entitled to vote for officers and representatives responsible
to them or characteristic of such government; "the United
States shall guarantee to every state in this union a
republican form of government"- United States Constitution;
"a very republican notion"; "so little republican and so much
aristocratic sentiment"- Philip Marsh; "our republican and
artistic simplicity"-Nathaniel Hawthorne
n 1: a member of the Republican Party
2: an advocate of a republic (usually in opposition to a
monarchy)
3: a tributary of the Kansas River that flows from eastern
Colorado eastward through Nebraska and Kansas [syn:
Republican, Republican River]
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shaken
0
adj 1: disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or
shock; "retrieved his named from her jolted memory"; "the
accident left her badly shaken" [syn: jolted, shaken]
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shrunken
0
adj 1: lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness;
"the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled
and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a
man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he
did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man
with frizzy grey hair" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled,
shrunken, withered, wizen, wizened]
2: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled
receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found
her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying
power" [syn: shriveled, shrivelled, shrunken]
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sicken
0
v 1: cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The
pornographic pictures sickened us" [syn: disgust,
revolt, nauseate, sicken, churn up]
2: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the
hospital" [syn: sicken, come down]
3: upset and make nauseated; "The smell of the food turned the
pregnant woman's stomach"; "The mold on the food sickened the
diners" [syn: sicken, nauseate, turn one's stomach]
4: make sick or ill; "This kind of food sickens me"
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silicon
0
n 1: a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the
most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay
and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a
semiconductor in transistors [syn: silicon, Si, atomic
number 14]
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silken
0
adj 1: having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light;
"glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek
black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike
fabric"; "slick seals and otters" [syn: satiny,
sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick]
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slacken
0
v 1: become slow or slower; "Production slowed" [syn: slow,
slow down, slow up, slack, slacken]
2: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got
tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack,
slacken, slack up, relax]
3: become looser or slack; "the rope slackened"
4: make slack as by lessening tension or firmness [syn:
slacken, remit]
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spoken
0
adj 1: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by
speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken
message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person";
"sharp-spoken" [ant: written]
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stricken
0
adj 1: grievously affected especially by disease [syn:
afflicted, stricken]
2: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
"conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten,
stricken, struck]
3: put out of action (by illness) [syn: laid low(p),
stricken]
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sunken
0
adj 1: having a sunken area; "hunger gave their faces a sunken
look" [syn: deep-set, sunken, recessed]
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taken
0
adj 1: understood in a certain way; made sense of; "a word taken
literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door
interpreted as an invitation" [syn: interpreted,
taken]
2: be affected with an indisposition; "the child was taken ill";
"couldn't tell when he would be taken drunk"
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thicken
0
v 1: make thick or thicker; "Thicken the sauce"; "inspissate the
tar so that it becomes pitch" [syn: thicken,
inspissate] [ant: thin]
2: become thick or thicker; "The sauce thickened"; "The egg yolk
will inspissate" [syn: thicken, inspissate] [ant: thin]
3: make viscous or dense; "thicken the sauce by adding flour"
[syn: thicken, inspissate]
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toucan
0
n 1: brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical
America having a very large thin-walled beak
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unbroken
0
adj 1: marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space
or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession";
"the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" [ant: broken]
2: not subdued or trained for service or use; "unbroken colts"
3: (of farmland) not plowed; "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land"
[syn: unplowed, unploughed, unbroken] [ant: ploughed,
plowed]
4: (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or
disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept" [syn:
unbroken, kept] [ant: broken, unkept]
5: not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the
other lens is unbroken" [ant: broken]
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unshaken
0
adj 1: unshaken in purpose; "wholly undismayed by the commercial
failure of the three movies he had made" [syn:
undaunted, undismayed, unshaken]
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unspoken
0
adj 1: expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent
curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the
words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief";
"choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
[syn: mute, tongueless, unspoken, wordless]
2: not made explicit; "the unexpressed terms of the agreement";
"things left unsaid"; "some kind of unspoken agreement"; "his
action is clear but his reason remains unstated" [syn:
unexpressed, unsaid, unstated, unuttered,
unverbalized, unverbalised, unvoiced, unspoken]
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waken
0
v 1: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn:
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]
[ant: cause to sleep]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come
alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off,
drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod
off]
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balkan
0
n 1: an inhabitant of the Balkan Peninsula
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lincoln
0
n 1: 16th President of the United States; saved the Union during
the American Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was
assassinated by Booth (1809-1865) [syn: Lincoln, Abraham
Lincoln, President Lincoln, President Abraham Lincoln]
2: capital of the state of Nebraska; located in southeastern
Nebraska; site of the University of Nebraska [syn: Lincoln,
capital of Nebraska]
3: long-wooled mutton sheep originally from Lincolnshire
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tuscan
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Tuscany or its
people
n 1: a resident of Tuscany
2: a dialect of Italian spoken in Tuscany (especially Florence)
-
vulcan
0
n 1: (Roman mythology) god of fire and metal working;
counterpart of Greek Hephaestus
-
aiken
0
n 1: United States writer (1889-1973) [syn: Aiken, Conrad
Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken]
-
caribbean
0
n 1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South
America; the origin of the Gulf stream [syn: Caribbean,
Caribbean Sea]
2: region including the Caribbean Islands
-
rubicon
0
n 1: the boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul;
Caesar's crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of
war
2: a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically
results in irrevocable commitment [syn: Rubicon, point of
no return]
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achaean
0
adj 1: of or relating to Achaea or its ancient Greek people
n 1: a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the
prehistoric Greeks [syn: Achaean, Achaian]
2: the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea [syn: Achaean,
Arcado-Cyprians]
-
european
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the
people of Europe; "European Community"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Europe
-
jacobean
0
adj 1: of or relating to James I or his reign or times;
"Jacobean writers"
n 1: any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
-
macon
0
n 1: a city in central Georgia to the southeast of Atlanta
2: fine Burgundy wine usually white and dry [syn: macon,
maconnais]
-
jamaican
0
adj 1: of or relating to Jamaica (the island or the country) or
to its inhabitants; "Jamaican rum"; "the Jamaican Prime
Minister"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Jamaica
-
andean
0
adj 1: relating to the Andes and their inhabitants
-
dantean
0
adj 1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn:
Dantean, Dantesque]
-
tanzanian
0
adj 1: of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tanzania
-
african
0
adj 1: of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples;
"African languages"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Africa
-
pekan
0
n 1: large dark brown North American arboreal carnivorous mammal
[syn: fisher, pekan, fisher cat, black cat, Martes
pennanti]
-
alaskan
0
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the state or people of
Alaska
n 1: a native or resident of Alaska
-
etruscan
0
n 1: a native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans
influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200
BC)
-
archaean
0
adj 1: of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during
the Precambrian Eon [syn: archean, archaean]
-
chaldean
0
adj 1: of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or
language or culture [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean,
Chaldee]
n 1: a wise man skilled in occult learning [syn: Chaldean,
Chaldaean, Chaldee]
2: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea [syn: Chaldean,
Chaldaean, Chaldee]
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linnaean
0
adj 1: of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic
classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean,
Linnean]
-
mandaean
0
adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language
or culture [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
n 1: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan
and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist
was the Messiah [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: Mandaean,
Mandean]
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hebridean
0
adj 1: of or relating to the Hebrides
-
sisyphean
0
adj 1: of or relating to Sisyphus
2: both extremely effortful and futile
-
american
0
adj 1: of or relating to the United States of America or its
people or language or culture; "American citizens";
"American English"; "the American dream"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and
islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American
flora and fauna"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the United States
2: the English language as used in the United States [syn:
American English, American language, American]
3: a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central
American or South American country
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anglican
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the Anglican
church; "an Anglican bishop"
n 1: a Protestant who is a follower of Anglicanism [ant:
Nonconformist, chapelgoer]
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wiccan
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adj 1: of or relating to Wicca
n 1: a believer in Wicca [syn: Wiccan, witch]
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dumbstricken
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adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a
circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
dumbstruck, dumbstricken]
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leon
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n 1: a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain
2: a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian
Mountains
3: a city in central Mexico
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vatican
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n 1: the residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City
[syn: Vatican, Vatican Palace]
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nemertean
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n 1: soft unsegmented marine worms that have a threadlike
proboscis and the ability to stretch and contract [syn:
ribbon worm, nemertean, nemertine, proboscis worm]
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nebraskan
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n 1: a native or resident of Nebraska [syn: Nebraskan,
Cornhusker]
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athabascan
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n 1: a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an
American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) [syn: Athapaskan,
Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan
language]
2: a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking
an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of
western Canada and central Alaska [syn: Athapaskan,
Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan]
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aachen
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n 1: a city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian
borders; formerly it was Charlemagne's northern capital
[syn: Aachen, Aken, Aix-la-Chapelle]
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moroccan
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Morocco or its
people; "Moroccan mosques cannot be entered by infidels"
[syn: Moroccan, Maroc]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Morocco