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aboriginal
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adj 1: of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of
Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"
2: characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region
from the beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal
peoples of Australia" [syn: native, aboriginal] [ant:
nonnative]
3: having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original
stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the
appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval";
"primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life" [syn:
aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval,
primordial]
n 1: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in
Australia when Europeans arrived [syn: Aborigine, Abo,
Aboriginal, native Australian, Australian Aborigine]
2: an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the
art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian
government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal
college students" [syn: native, indigen, indigene,
aborigine, aboriginal]
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annul
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v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
[syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid,
nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]
2: cancel officially; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an
embargo"; "vacate a death sentence" [syn: revoke, annul,
lift, countermand, reverse, repeal, overturn,
rescind, vacate]
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communal
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adj 1: for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each
his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a
communal settlement in which all earnings and food were
shared"; "a group effort"
2: relating to a small administrative district or community;
"communal elections in several European countries"
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coronal
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n 1: flower arrangement consisting of a circular band of foliage
or flowers for ornamental purposes [syn: wreath,
garland, coronal, chaplet, lei]
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delusional
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adj 1: suffering from or characterized by delusions
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disciplinal
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adj 1: designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was
corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal
measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" [syn:
corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal]
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inguinal
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adj 1: of or relating to or near the groin
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isochronal
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adj 1: equal in duration or interval; "the oscillations were
isochronal" [syn: isochronal, isochronous]
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marginal
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adj 1: at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip
of beach" [syn: fringy, marginal]
2: of questionable or minimal quality; "borderline grades";
"marginal writing ability" [syn: borderline, marginal]
3: just barely adequate or within a lower limit; "a bare
majority"; "a marginal victory" [syn: bare(a), marginal]
4: producing at a rate that barely covers production costs;
"marginal industries"
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neuronal
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adj 1: of or relating to neurons; "neural network" [syn:
neural, neuronal, neuronic]
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occasional
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adj 1: occurring from time to time; "took an occasional glass of
wine"
2: occurring or appearing at usually irregular intervals;
"episodic in his affections"; "occasional headaches" [syn:
episodic, occasional]
3: occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual
correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker"
[syn: casual, occasional]
4: recurring or reappearing from time to time; "periodic
feelings of anxiety" [syn: periodic, occasional]
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original
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adj 1: preceding all others in time or being as first made or
performed; "the original inhabitants of the Americas";
"the book still has its original binding"; "restored the
house to its original condition"; "the original
performance of the opera"; "the original cast";
"retracted his original statement"
2: (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something
intermediary; "his work is based on only original, not
secondary, sources"
3: being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being
as first made or thought of; "a truly original approach";
"with original music"; "an original mind" [ant: unoriginal]
4: not derived or copied or translated from something else; "the
play is original; not an adaptation"; "he kept the original
copy and gave her only a xerox"; "the translation misses much
of the subtlety of the original French"
n 1: an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which
copies can be made [syn: master, master copy,
original]
2: something that serves as a model or a basis for making
copies; "this painting is a copy of the original" [syn:
original, archetype, pilot]
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provisional
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adj 1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon;
"probationary employees"; "a provisional government";
"just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary,
provisional, provisionary, tentative]
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regional
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adj 1: characteristic of a region; "regional flora"
2: related or limited to a particular region; "a regional
dialect"
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urinal
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n 1: a plumbing fixture (usually attached to the wall) used by
men to urinate
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virginal
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adj 1: characteristic of a virgin or virginity; "virginal white
dresses"
2: untouched or undefiled; "nor is there anything more virginal
than the shimmer of young foliage"- L.P.Smith
3: in a state of sexual virginity; "pure and vestal modesty"; "a
spinster or virgin lady"; "men have decreed that their women
must be pure and virginal" [syn: pure, vestal, virgin,
virginal, virtuous]
n 1: a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by
women) in the 16th and 17th centuries [syn: virginal,
pair of virginals]
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veronal
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n 1: a barbiturate used as a hypnotic [syn: barbital,
veronal, barbitone, diethylbarbituric acid,
diethylmalonylurea]
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collisional
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erosional
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equational
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