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acrobatic
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adj 1: vigorously active; "an acrobatic dance"; "an athletic
child"; "athletic playing"; "gymnastic exercises" [syn:
acrobatic, athletic, gymnastic]
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aquatic
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adj 1: relating to or consisting of or being in water; "an
aquatic environment"
2: operating or living or growing in water; "boats are aquatic
vehicles"; "water lilies are aquatic plants"; "fish are
aquatic animals" [ant: amphibious, terrestrial]
n 1: a plant that lives in or on water
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aristocratic
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adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or
aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic
Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family";
"blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle
blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South";
"aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features";
"patrician tastes" [syn: aristocratic,
aristocratical, blue, blue-blooded, gentle,
patrician]
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aromatic
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adj 1: (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more
benzene rings; "an aromatic organic compound"
2: having a strong pleasant odor; "the pine woods were more
redolent"- Jean Stafford [syn: aromatic, redolent]
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asthmatic
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adj 1: relating to breathing with a whistling sound [syn:
asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy]
n 1: a person suffering from asthma; "she is a chronic
asthmatic"; "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic"
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astigmatic
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adj 1: of or relating to a defect in the eye or in a lens caused
by a deviation from spherical curvature which prevents
light rays from meeting at a common focus and so results
in distorted images [ant: anastigmatic, stigmatic]
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attic
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adj 1: of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the
dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic
Greek"
n 1: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just
below roof; often used for storage [syn: loft, attic,
garret]
2: the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and
Athens and Ionia [syn: Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect,
Classical Greek]
3: informal terms for a human head [syn: attic, bean,
bonce, noodle, noggin, dome]
4: (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature;
hides the roof
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autocratic
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adj 1: offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually
unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic
behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a
rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the
employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering
peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy,
dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial,
peremptory]
2: characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule; having
absolute sovereignty; "an authoritarian regime"; "autocratic
government"; "despotic rulers"; "a dictatorial rule that
lasted for the duration of the war"; "a tyrannical
government" [syn: authoritarian, autocratic,
dictatorial, despotic, tyrannic, tyrannical]
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automatic
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adj 1: operating with minimal human intervention; independent of
external control; "automatic transmission"; "a budget
deficit that caused automatic spending cuts" [ant:
manual]
2: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine; "an
automatic `thank you'"; "machinelike efficiency" [syn:
automatic, automatonlike, machinelike, robotlike,
robotic]
3: without volition or conscious control; "the automatic
shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light"; "a
reflex knee jerk"; "sneezing is reflexive" [syn: automatic,
reflex(a), reflexive]
n 1: light machine gun [syn: automatic rifle, automatic,
machine rifle]
2: a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone
or the trigger is released [syn: automatic pistol,
automatic]
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axiomatic
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adj 1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth";
"we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn:
axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted(p)]
2: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn:
axiomatic, aphoristic]
3: of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic
physics"; "the postulational method was applied to geometry"-
S.S.Stevens [syn: axiomatic, axiomatical,
postulational]
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bureaucratic
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a bureaucrat or
bureaucracy; "his bureaucratic behavior annoyed his
colleagues"; "a bureaucratic nightmare"
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charismatic
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adj 1: possessing an extraordinary ability to attract; "a
charismatic leader"; "a magnetic personality" [syn:
charismatic, magnetic]
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chromatic
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adj 1: able to refract light without spectral color separation;
"chromatic lens"
2: based on a scale consisting of 12 semitones; "a chromatic
scale" [ant: diatonic]
3: being or having or characterized by hue [ant: achromatic,
neutral]
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cinematic
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the cinema
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democratic
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adj 1: characterized by or advocating or based upon the
principles of democracy or social equality; "democratic
government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn
for bloated dukes and lords"- George du Maurier [ant:
undemocratic]
2: belong to or relating to the Democratic Party; "Democratic
senator"
3: representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of
the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or
popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science";
"popular fiction" [syn: democratic, popular]
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diagrammatic
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adj 1: shown or represented by diagrams [syn: diagrammatic,
diagrammatical]
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diplomatic
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of diplomacy; "diplomatic
immunity"
2: using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or
people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a
diplomatic chenage of subject" [syn: diplomatic,
diplomatical] [ant: undiplomatic]
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dogmatic
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adj 1: characterized by assertion of unproved or unprovable
principles [syn: dogmatic, dogmatical]
2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code
of beliefs accepted as authoritative
3: relating to or involving dogma; "dogmatic writings"
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dramatic
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adj 1: suitable to or characteristic of drama; "a dramatic
entrance in a swirling cape"; "a dramatic rescue at sea"
[ant: undramatic]
2: sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect; "a dramatic
sunset"; "a dramatic pause"; "a spectacular display of
northern lights"; "it was a spectacular play"; "his striking
good looks always created a sensation" [syn: dramatic,
spectacular, striking]
3: pertaining to or characteristic of drama; "dramatic arts"
4: used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and
expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style; "a
dramatic tenor"; "a dramatic soprano" [ant: lyric]
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mattock
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n 1: a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade
set at right angles to the handle
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vatic
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adj 1: resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy;
"the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic
powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and
infallible answers to questions" [syn: divinatory,
mantic, sibylline, sibyllic, vatic, vatical]
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asiatic
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Asia or the
peoples of Asia or their languages or culture; "Asian
countries" [syn: Asian, Asiatic]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Asia [syn: Asian, Asiatic]
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aerobatic
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pratique
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