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accidental
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adj 1: happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally ;
"with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the
table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"
[syn: accidental, inadvertent]
n 1: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or
natural although that is not part of the key signature
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coincidental
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adj 1: occurring or operating at the same time; "a series of
coincident events" [syn: coincident, coincidental,
coinciding, concurrent, co-occurrent,
cooccurring, simultaneous]
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compartmental
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adj 1: divided up into compartments or categories; "most
sciences have become woefully compartmentalized" [syn:
compartmental, compartmentalized,
compartmentalised]
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continental
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or typical of Europe; "a Continental
breakfast"
2: of or relating to or concerning the American colonies during
and immediately after the American Revolutionary War; "the
Continental Army"; "the Continental Congress"
3: of or relating to or characteristic of a continent; "the
continental divide"; "continental drift"
4: being or concerning or limited to a continent especially the
continents of North America or Europe; "the continental
United States"; "continental Europe"; "continental waters"
[ant: intercontinental]
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dental
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adj 1: of or relating to the teeth; "dental floss"
2: of or relating to dentistry; "dental student"
n 1: a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the
gum ridge [syn: alveolar consonant, dental consonant,
alveolar, dental]
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departmental
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adj 1: of or relating to a department; "departmental policy"
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detrimental
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury;
"damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's
coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the
defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental,
prejudicial, prejudicious]
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developmental
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adj 1: of or relating to or constituting development;
"developmental psychology"
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elemental
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adj 1: relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"
2: relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against
hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"-
J.K.Howard
3: of or being the essential or basic part; "an elementary need
for love and nurturing" [syn: elementary, elemental,
primary]
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experimental
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adj 1: relating to or based on experiment; "experimental
physics"
2: relying on observation or experiment; "experimental results
that supported the hypothesis" [syn: experimental, data-
based, observational]
3: of the nature of or undergoing an experiment; "an
experimental drug"
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incidental
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or
subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a
chance concomitant or consequence; "incidental expenses";
"the road will bring other incidental advantages"; "extra
duties incidental to the job"; "labor problems incidental
to a rapid expansion"; "confusion incidental to a quick
change" [syn: incidental, incident] [ant: basic]
2: not of prime or central importance; "nonessential to the
integral meanings of poetry"- Pubs.MLA [syn: incidental,
nonessential]
3: following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive
growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags
incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant
circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need
for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his
appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable" [syn:
attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant,
incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent]
n 1: (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not
specified; "he requested reimbursement of $7 for incidental
expenses" [syn: incidental expense, incidental, minor
expense]
2: an item that is incidental
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incremental
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adj 1: increasing gradually by regular degrees or additions;
"lecturers enjoy...steady incremental growth in salary"
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instrumental
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adj 1: relating to or designed for or performed on musical
instruments; "instrumental compositions"; "an
instrumental ensemble" [ant: vocal]
2: serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving
the crime" [syn: implemental, instrumental,
subservient]
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intercontinental
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adj 1: extending or taking place between or among continents;
"intercontinental exploration"; "intercontinental
flights" [ant: continental]
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mental
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adj 1: involving the mind or an intellectual process; "mental
images of happy times"; "mental calculations"; "in a
terrible mental state"; "mental suffering"; "free from
mental defects" [ant: physical]
2: of or relating to the mind; "mental powers"; "mental
development"; "mental hygiene"
3: of or relating to the chin- or liplike structure in insects
and certain mollusks
4: of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
[syn: genial, mental]
5: affected by a disorder of the mind; "a mental patient";
"mental illness"
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monumental
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adj 1: relating or belonging to or serving as a monument; "the
use of the arch in monumental architecture"; "monumental
sculptures"
2: of outstanding significance; "Einstein's monumental
contributions to physics"
3: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";
"Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic proportions of
Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental scale" [syn:
massive, monolithic, monumental]
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occidental
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adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Europe and the
western hemisphere; "occidental civilization"; "Hesperian
culture" [syn: occidental, Hesperian]
n 1: a native inhabitant of the Occident
2: an artificial language
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oriental
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adj 1: denoting or characteristic of countries of Asia;
"oriental civilization"
n 1: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as
offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans) [syn:
Oriental, oriental person]
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ornamental
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adj 1: serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose;
"cosmetic fenders on cars"; "the buildings were
utilitarian rather than decorative" [syn: cosmetic,
decorative, ornamental]
n 1: any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value
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parental
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adj 1: designating the generation of organisms from which hybrid
offspring are produced [ant: filial]
2: relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
"parental guidance" [syn: parental, maternal, paternal]
[ant: filial]
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regimental
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adj 1: belonging to or concerning a regiment; "regimental units"
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rental
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adj 1: available to rent or lease; "a rental car"
2: of or relating to rent; "rental agreement"; "rental charges"
n 1: property that is leased or rented out or let [syn: lease,
rental, letting]
2: the act of paying for the use of something (as an apartment
or house or car) [syn: rental, renting]
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sentimental
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adj 1: given to or marked by sentiment or sentimentality
2: effusively or insincerely emotional; "a bathetic novel";
"maudlin expressions of sympathy"; "mushy effusiveness"; "a
schmaltzy song"; "sentimental soap operas"; "slushy poetry"
[syn: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish,
kitschy, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental,
soppy, soupy, slushy]
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supplemental
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adj 1: functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library
and its auxiliary branches" [syn: auxiliary,
subsidiary, supplemental, supplementary]
2: added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced
supplementary volumes" [syn: supplementary, supplemental]
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temperamental
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adj 1: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental
indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
2: subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera
singer" [syn: moody, temperamental]
3: likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane
of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would
start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but
temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster [syn:
erratic, temperamental]
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transcendental
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adj 1: existing outside of or not in accordance with nature;
"find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous
Huxley [syn: nonnatural, otherworldly,
preternatural, transcendental]
2: of or characteristic of a system of philosophy emphasizing
the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material
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transcontinental
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adj 1: spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a
continent; "transcontinental railway"; "transcontinental
travelers"; "a transcontinental city"
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cental
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n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds
[syn: hundredweight, cwt, short hundredweight,
centner, cental, quintal]
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judgmental
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adj 1: depending on judgment; "a judgmental error"; "I think
that she is too judgmental to be a good therapist" [ant:
nonjudgmental]
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intergovernmental
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judgemental
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