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anathema
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n 1: a detested person; "he is an anathema to me" [syn:
anathema, bete noire]
2: a formal ecclesiastical curse accompanied by excommunication
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anima
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n 1: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external
persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
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astronomer
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n 1: a physicist who studies astronomy [syn: astronomer,
uranologist, stargazer]
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cinema
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n 1: a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces
transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good
cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" [syn: film,
cinema, celluloid]
2: a theater where films are shown [syn: cinema, movie
theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace]
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copolymer
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n 1: a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers
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customer
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n 1: someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer,
client]
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dulcimer
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n 1: a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an
elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
2: a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with
light hammers
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eczema
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n 1: generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin;
particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages
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enema
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n 1: an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate
evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes [syn:
enema, clyster]
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exanthema
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n 1: eruption on the skin occurring as a symptom of a disease
[syn: exanthem, exanthema, skin eruption]
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gossamer
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adj 1: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this
smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading
through his playing" [syn: ethereal, gossamer]
2: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil";
"filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down";
"gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent
chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy,
gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer,
transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby]
n 1: a gauze fabric with an extremely fine texture
2: filaments from a web that was spun by a spider [syn:
cobweb, gossamer]
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isomer
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n 1: a compound that exists in forms having different
arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
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monomer
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n 1: a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form
polymers
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parenchyma
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n 1: animal tissue that constitutes the essential part of an
organ as contrasted with e.g. connective tissue and blood
vessels
2: the primary tissue of higher plants composed of thin-walled
cells that remain capable of cell division even when mature;
constitutes the greater part of leaves, roots, the pulp of
fruits, and the pith of stems
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polymer
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n 1: a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of
large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated
simple monomers
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ulema
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n 1: the body of Mullahs (Muslim scholars trained in Islam and
Islamic law) who are the interpreters of Islam's sciences
and doctrines and laws and the chief guarantors of
continuity in the spiritual and intellectual history of the
Islamic community [syn: ulema, ulama]
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hiroshima
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n 1: a port city on the southwestern coast of Honshu in Japan;
on August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was almost completely destroyed
by the first atomic bomb dropped on a populated area
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bessemer
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n 1: British inventor and metallurgist who developed the
Bessemer process (1813-1898) [syn: Bessemer, Sir Henry
Bessemer]
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agama
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n 1: small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World
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yakima
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n 1: a town in south central Washington
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elastomer
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n 1: any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber
(resumes its original shape when a deforming force is
removed)
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mortimer
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n 1: English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by
Edward III (1287-1330) [syn: Mortimer, Roger de
Mortimer]
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ultima
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n 1: the last syllable in a word
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quadragesima
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n 1: the first Sunday in Lent [syn: Quadragesima,
Quadrigesima Sunday]
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septuagesima
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n 1: the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter) [syn:
Septuagesima, Septuagesima Sunday]
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minima
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tadema
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sclerenchyma
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latimer
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lorimer
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maxima
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sexagesima
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