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cordial
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adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; "an affable smile";
"an amiable gathering"; "cordial relations"; "a cordial
greeting"; "a genial host" [syn: affable, amiable,
cordial, genial]
2: politely warm and friendly; "a cordial handshake"
3: sincerely or intensely felt; "a cordial regard for his
visitor's comfort"; "a cordial abhorrence of waste"
n 1: strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a
meal [syn: liqueur, cordial]
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custodial
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adj 1: providing protective supervision; watching over or
safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just
custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" [syn:
custodial, tutelary, tutelar]
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gerundial
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adj 1: relating to or like a gerund; "the gerundial suffix
`-ing'"
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ideal
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adj 1: conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or
excellence; embodying an ideal
2: constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or
mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical
of its period in idea or ideal content"
3: of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality
of ideas [syn: ideal, idealistic]
n 1: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one
hopes to attain
2: model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no
equal [syn: ideal, paragon, nonpareil, saint,
apotheosis, nonesuch, nonsuch]
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medial
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adj 1: dividing an animal into right and left halves [syn:
medial, median]
2: relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle
[syn: median, medial]
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myocardial
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adj 1: of or relating to the myocardium
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pericardial
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adj 1: located around the heart or relating to or affecting the
pericardium; "pericardial space" [syn: pericardial,
pericardiac]
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primordial
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adj 1: 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]
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radial
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adj 1: relating to or near the radius; "the radial aspect of the
forearm"
2: relating to or moving along or having the direction of a
radius; "radial velocity"
3: issuing in rays from a common center; relating to rays of
light; "radial heat"
4: arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center;
"radial symmetry"; "a starlike or stellate arrangement of
petals"; "many cities show a radial pattern of main highways"
[syn: radial, stellate, radiate]
n 1: pneumatic tire that has radial-ply casing [syn: radial,
radial tire, radial-ply tire]
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real
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adv 1: used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally
for `really'; `rattling' is informal; "she was very
gifted"; "he played very well"; "a really enjoyable
evening"; "I'm real sorry about it"; "a rattling good
yarn" [syn: very, really, real, rattling]
adj 1: being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified
existence; not illusory; "real objects"; "real people;
not ghosts"; "a film based on real life"; "a real
illness"; "real humility"; "Life is real! Life is
earnest!"- Longfellow [syn: real, existent] [ant:
unreal]
2: no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real
reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat
and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a
real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money"
[ant: unreal]
3: not to be taken lightly; "statistics demonstrate that poverty
and unemployment are very real problems"; "to the man
sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real"
4: capable of being treated as fact; "tangible evidence"; "his
brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the
poor" [syn: real, tangible]
5: being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of
something; "her actual motive"; "a literal solitude like a
desert"- G.K.Chesterton; "a genuine dilemma" [syn: actual,
genuine, literal, real]
6: of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected
for inflation; "real prices"; "real income"; "real wages"
[ant: nominal]
7: having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not
imaginary; "the substantial world"; "a mere dream, neither
substantial nor practical"; "most ponderous and substantial
things"- Shakespeare [syn: substantial, real, material]
[ant: insubstantial, unreal, unsubstantial]
8: (of property) fixed or immovable; "real property consists of
land and buildings"
9: coinciding with reality; "perceptual error...has a surprising
resemblance to veridical perception"- F.A.Olafson [syn:
veridical, real]
n 1: any rational or irrational number [syn: real number,
real]
2: the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos
3: an old small silver Spanish coin
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remedial
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adj 1: tending or intended to rectify or improve; "a remedial
reading course"; "remedial education"
2: tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of
herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial
surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh
air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets" [syn:
curative, healing(p), alterative, remedial,
sanative, therapeutic]
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prandial
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adj 1: of or relating to a meal
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postprandial
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adj 1: following a meal (especially dinner); "his postprandial
cigar"; "took a postprandial walk" [ant: preprandial]
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preprandial
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adj 1: preceding a meal (especially dinner); "a preprandial
drink" [ant: postprandial]
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exordial
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allodial
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mondial
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preludial
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anteprandial
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