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aeon
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n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon]
3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
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cyclopean
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean
eye"
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eon
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n 1: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon,
aeon]
2: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
3: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
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neon
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n 1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow
in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in
the air in small amounts [syn: neon, Ne, atomic number
10]
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paean
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n 1: a formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy,
panegyric, paean, pean]
2: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in
ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) [syn: paean,
pean]
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pantheon
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n 1: all the gods of a religion
2: a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes
3: (antiquity) a temple to all the gods
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peon
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n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge,
peon, navvy, galley slave]
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plebeian
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adj 1: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the
common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior
that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose";
"a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed
masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
n 1: one of the common people [syn: plebeian, pleb]
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protean
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adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling
protean grey which is never twice the same"
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caribbean
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n 1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South
America; the origin of the Gulf stream [syn: Caribbean,
Caribbean Sea]
2: region including the Caribbean Islands
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european
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the
people of Europe; "European Community"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Europe
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jacobean
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adj 1: of or relating to James I or his reign or times;
"Jacobean writers"
n 1: any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
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andean
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adj 1: relating to the Andes and their inhabitants
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dantean
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adj 1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn:
Dantean, Dantesque]
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tanzanian
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adj 1: of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tanzania
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archaean
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adj 1: of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during
the Precambrian Eon [syn: archean, archaean]
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chaldean
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adj 1: of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or
language or culture [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean,
Chaldee]
n 1: a wise man skilled in occult learning [syn: Chaldean,
Chaldaean, Chaldee]
2: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea [syn: Chaldean,
Chaldaean, Chaldee]
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linnaean
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adj 1: of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic
classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean,
Linnean]
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mandaean
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adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language
or culture [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
n 1: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan
and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist
was the Messiah [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: Mandaean,
Mandean]
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hebridean
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adj 1: of or relating to the Hebrides
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sisyphean
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adj 1: of or relating to Sisyphus
2: both extremely effortful and futile
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parthian
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adj 1: pertaining to Parthia or its people or language or
culture; "Parthian archeology"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Parthia
2: the Iranian language spoken in the Parthian kingdom (250 BC
to AD 226)
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corinthian
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adj 1: or pertaining to the Corinthian style of architecture
2: of or relating to or characteristic of Corinth or its
inhabitants
n 1: a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure [syn: playboy,
man-about-town, Corinthian]
2: a resident of Corinth
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labyrinthian
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adj 1: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a
labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths" [syn:
labyrinthine, labyrinthian, mazy]
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ian
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meehan
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maccabean
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paeon
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cadmean
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lethean
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orphean
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rugbeian
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sabaean
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hasmonean
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nabataean
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tacitean
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promethean
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