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agar
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n 1: any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent
[syn: agar, nutrient agar]
2: a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture
media and as a gelling agent in foods [syn: agar, agar-
agar]
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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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beleaguer
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v 1: annoy persistently; "The children teased the boy because of
his stammer" [syn: tease, badger, pester, bug,
beleaguer]
2: surround so as to force to give up; "The Turks besieged
Vienna" [syn: besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in,
circumvent]
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bodega
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n 1: a small Hispanic shop selling wine and groceries
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degas
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n 1: French impressionist painter (1834-1917) [syn: Degas,
Edgar Degas, Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas]
v 1: remove gas from
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eager
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adj 1: having or showing keen interest or intense desire or
impatient expectancy; "eager to learn"; "eager to travel
abroad"; "eager for success"; "eager helpers"; "an eager
look" [ant: uneager]
n 1: a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by
colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary) [syn:
tidal bore, bore, eagre, aegir, eager]
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intriguer
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n 1: a person who devises plots or intrigues; "he is believed to
be the principal designer of the terrorist bombing attack"
[syn: designer, intriguer]
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meagre
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adj 1: deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager
resources"; "meager fare" [syn: meager, meagre,
meagerly, stingy, scrimpy] [ant: ample]
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omega
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n 1: the ending of a series or sequence; "the Alpha and the
Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end"--
Revelation [syn: omega, Z]
2: the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
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overeager
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adj 1: excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl"
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rutabaga
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n 1: the large yellow root of a rutabaga plant used as food
[syn: rutabaga, swede, swedish turnip, yellow
turnip]
2: a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
[syn: rutabaga, turnip cabbage, swede, Swedish
turnip, rutabaga plant, Brassica napus napobrassica]
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vega
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n 1: prolific Spanish playwright (1562-1635) [syn: Vega, Lope
de Vega, Lope Felix de Vega Carpio]
2: the brightest star in the constellation Lyra
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ortega
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n 1: Nicaraguan statesman (born in 1945) [syn: Ortega, Daniel
Ortega, Daniel Ortega Saavedra]
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seeger
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n 1: United States folk singer who was largely responsible for
the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
[syn: Seeger, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger]
2: United States poet killed in World War I (1888-1916) [syn:
Seeger, Alan Seeger]
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saiga
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n 1: goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose
like a proboscis [syn: saiga, Saiga tatarica]
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riga
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n 1: a port city on the Gulf of Riga that is the capital and
largest city of Latvia; formerly a member of the Hanseatic
League [syn: Riga, capital of Latvia]
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maigre
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n 1: large European marine food fish [syn: maigre, maiger,
Sciaena aquila]
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antigua
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n 1: the largest of the islands comprising Antigua and Barbuda
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ah
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leaguer
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taiga
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sagar
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hagar
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ahh
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sager
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sega
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noreiga
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delavega
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iomega
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talladega
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yager
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meleager
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quadriga
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