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algebraic
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adj 1: of or relating to algebra; "algebraic geometry" [syn:
algebraic, algebraical]
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archaic
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adj 1: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier
period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement";
"antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws" [syn:
antediluvian, antiquated, archaic]
2: little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral
type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the
okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"
[syn: archaic, primitive]
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formulaic
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adj 1: characterized by or in accordance with some formula
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laic
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adj 1: characteristic of those who are not members of the
clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical
position"; "the lay ministry" [syn: laic, lay,
secular]
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mosaic
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adj 1: of or relating to Moses or the laws and writings
attributed to him; "Mosaic Law"
n 1: art consisting of a design made of small pieces of colored
stone or glass
2: viral disease in solanaceous plants (tomatoes, potatoes,
tobacco) resulting in mottling and often shriveling of the
leaves
3: a freeware browser
4: a pattern resembling a mosaic
5: transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a
television camera tube
6: arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
[syn: mosaic, arial mosaic, photomosaic]
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pharisaic
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adj 1: excessively or hypocritically pious; "a sickening
sanctimonious smile" [syn: holier-than-thou,
pietistic, pietistical, pharisaic, pharisaical,
sanctimonious, self-righteous]
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photovoltaic
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adj 1: producing a voltage when exposed to radiant energy
(especially light)
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prosaic
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adj 1: not fanciful or imaginative; "local guides describe the
history of various places in matter-of-fact tones"; "a
prosaic and unimaginative essay" [syn: matter-of-fact,
prosaic]
2: lacking wit or imagination; "a pedestrian movie plot" [syn:
pedestrian, prosaic, prosy, earthbound]
3: not challenging; dull and lacking excitement; "an unglamorous
job greasing engines" [syn: commonplace, humdrum,
prosaic, unglamorous, unglamourous]
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spondaic
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adj 1: of or consisting of spondees; "spondaic hexameter"
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trochaic
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adj 1: of or consisting of trochees; "trochaic dactyl"
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voltaic
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adj 1: pertaining to or producing electric current by chemical
action; "a galvanic cell"; "a voltaic (or galvanic)
couple" [syn: voltaic, galvanic]
n 1: a group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in
southeastern Mali and northern Ghana [syn: Gur,
Voltaic]
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hayek
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n 1: English economist (born in Austria) noted for work on the
optimum allocation of resources (1899-1992) [syn: Hayek,
Friedrich August von Hayek]
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altaic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or written in Altaic
n 1: any member of the peoples speaking a language in the Altaic
language group
2: a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern
Europe [syn: Altaic, Altaic language]
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ptolemaic
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adj 1: of or relating to the astronomer Ptolemy
2: of or relating to the geocentric Ptolemaic system; "in the
Ptolemaic system of planetary motion the earth is fixed as
the center of the universe with the sun and moon and planets
revolving around it"
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alcaic
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n 1: verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry
consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines; reputedly
invented by Alcaeus [syn: Alcaic, Alcaic verse]
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hebraic
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adj 1: of or relating to the language of the Hebrews; "Hebrew
vowels" [syn: Hebraic, Hebraical, Hebrew]
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the Hebrews; "the old
Hebrew prophets" [syn: Hebraic, Hebraical, Hebrew]
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judaic
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the Jews or their
culture or religion; "the Judaic idea of justice" [syn:
Judaic, Judaical]
2: of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion; "He is
Jewish"; "a Jewish wedding" [syn: Jewish, Judaic]
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mishnaic
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adj 1: of or relating to the Mishna (the first part of the
Talmud)
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romaic
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adj 1: relating to modern Greece or its inhabitants or its
language
n 1: the modern Greek vernacular [syn: Romaic, Demotic]
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aramaic
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adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Aramaic languages
n 1: a Semitic language originally of the ancient Arameans but
still spoken by other people in southwestern Asia
2: an alphabetical (or perhaps syllabic) script used since the
9th century BC to write the Aramaic language; many other
scripts were subsequently derived from it [syn: Aramaic,
Aramaic script]
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choleraic
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adj 1: relating to or resulting from or resembling cholera
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apotropaic
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adj 1: having the power to prevent evil or bad luck
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deltaic
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deoxyribonucleic
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nucleic
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ribonucleic
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incaic
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cyrenaic
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faradaic
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