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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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berry
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n 1: any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits; used as
desserts or in making jams and jellies and preserves
2: a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple
(grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)
3: United States rock singer (born in 1931) [syn: Berry,
Chuck Berry, Charles Edward Berry]
v 1: pick or gather berries; "We went berrying in the summer"
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bicentenary
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adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years;
"bicentennial celebration" [syn: bicentennial,
bicentenary]
n 1: the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
bicentennial, bicentenary]
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binary
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adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base;
"a binary digit"
2: consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms);
"a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around
each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system
has two as its base"
n 1: a system of two stars that revolve around each other under
their mutual gravitation [syn: binary star, binary,
double star]
2: a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under
a given operating system; a binary for one operating system
will not run on a different operating system; "the same
source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for
different operating systems" [syn: binary, binary
program]
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buffoonery
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n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
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bury
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v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of]
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cannery
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n 1: a factory where food is canned
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carry
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n 1: the act of carrying something
v 1: move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's
hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear";
"carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying
nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the
river" [syn: transport, carry]
2: have with oneself; have on one's person; "She always takes an
umbrella"; "I always carry money"; "She packs a gun when she
goes into the mountains" [syn: carry, pack, take]
3: transmit or serve as the medium for transmission; "Sound
carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound";
"Many metals conduct heat" [syn: impart, conduct,
transmit, convey, carry, channel]
4: serve as a means for expressing something; "The painting of
Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of
anger" [syn: carry, convey, express]
5: bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or
responsibility of; "His efforts carried the entire project";
"How many credits is this student carrying?"; "We carry a
very large mortgage"
6: support or hold in a certain manner; "She holds her head
high"; "He carried himself upright" [syn: hold, carry,
bear]
7: contain or hold; have within; "The jar carries wine"; "The
canteen holds fresh water"; "This can contains water" [syn:
hold, bear, carry, contain]
8: extend to a certain degree; "carry too far"; "She carries her
ideas to the extreme"
9: continue or extend; "The civil war carried into the
neighboring province"; "The disease extended into the remote
mountain provinces" [syn: carry, extend]
10: be necessarily associated with or result in or involve;
"This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
11: win in an election; "The senator carried his home state"
12: include, as on a list; "How many people are carried on the
payroll?"
13: behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he
bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well
during these difficult times" [syn: behave, acquit,
bear, deport, conduct, comport, carry]
14: have on hand; "Do you carry kerosene heaters?" [syn:
stock, carry, stockpile]
15: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the
ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review";
"All major networks carried the press conference" [syn:
carry, run]
16: propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball" [syn:
dribble, carry]
17: pass on a communication; "The news was carried to every
village in the province"
18: have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a
consequence; "This new washer carries a two year guarantee";
"The loan carries a high interest rate"; "this undertaking
carries many dangers"; "She carries her mother's genes";
"These bonds carry warrants"; "The restaurant carries an
unusual name"
19: be conveyed over a certain distance; "Her voice carries very
well in this big opera house"
20: keep up with financial support; "The Federal Government
carried the province for many years"
21: have or possess something abstract; "I carry her image in my
mind's eye"; "I will carry the secret to my grave"; "I carry
these thoughts in the back of my head"; "I carry a lot of
life insurance"
22: be equipped with (a mast or sail); "This boat can only carry
a small sail"
23: win approval or support for; "Carry all before one"; "His
speech did not sway the voters" [syn: carry, persuade,
sway]
24: compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own
performance; "I resent having to carry her all the time"
25: take further or advance; "carry a cause"
26: have on the surface or on the skin; "carry scars"
27: capture after a fight; "The troops carried the town after a
brief fight"
28: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
post, carry]
29: transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column
or unit's place before or after, in addition or
multiplication; "put down 5 and carry 2"
30: pursue a line of scent or be a bearer; "the dog was taught
to fetch and carry"
31: bear (a crop); "this land does not carry olives"
32: propel or give impetus to; "The sudden gust of air propelled
the ball to the other side of the fence"
33: drink alcohol without showing ill effects; "He can hold his
liquor"; "he had drunk more than he could carry" [syn:
carry, hold]
34: be able to feed; "This land will carry ten cows to the acre"
35: have a certain range; "This rifle carries for 3,000 feet"
36: cover a certain distance or advance beyond; "The drive
carried to the green"
37: secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions); "The
motion carried easily"
38: be successful in; "She lost the game but carried the match"
39: sing or play against other voices or parts; "He cannot carry
a tune"
40: be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are
expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his
child" [syn: have a bun in the oven, bear, carry,
gestate, expect]
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cherry
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adj 1: of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to
orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or
tomatoes or rubies [syn: red, reddish, ruddy,
blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red,
crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet]
n 1: wood of any of various cherry trees especially the black
cherry
2: any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy
round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a
valuable hardwood [syn: cherry, cherry tree]
3: a red fruit with a single hard stone
4: a red the color of ripe cherries [syn: cerise, cherry,
cherry red]
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chicanery
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n 1: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]
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dairy
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n 1: a farm where dairy products are produced [syn: dairy,
dairy farm]
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disciplinary
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adj 1: relating to discipline in behavior; "disciplinary
problems in the classroom"
2: relating to a specific field of academic study; "economics in
its modern disciplinary sense"
3: 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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festoonery
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n 1: flower chains suspended in curves between points as a
decoration [syn: festoon, festoonery]
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finery
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n 1: elaborate or showy attire and accessories
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granary
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n 1: a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed [syn:
granary, garner]
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greenery
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n 1: green foliage [syn: greenery, verdure]
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gunnery
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n 1: guns collectively
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hairy
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adj 1: having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a
hairy caterpillar" [syn: hairy, haired, hirsute]
[ant: hairless]
2: hazardous and frightening; "hairy moments in the mountains"
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interdisciplinary
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adj 1: drawing from or characterized by participation of two or
more fields of study; "interdisciplinary studies"; "an
interdisciplinary conference"
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jerry
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n 1: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn:
Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]
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joinery
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n 1: fine woodwork done by a joiner
2: the craft of a joiner [syn: cabinetmaking, joinery]
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machinery
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n 1: machines or machine systems collectively
2: a system of means and activities whereby a social institution
functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the
machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"
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marry
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v 1: take in marriage [syn: marry, get married, wed,
conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse]
2: perform a marriage ceremony; "The minister married us on
Saturday"; "We were wed the following week"; "The couple got
spliced on Hawaii" [syn: marry, wed, tie, splice]
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merry
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adj 1: full of or showing high-spirited merriment; "when hearts
were young and gay"; "a poet could not but be gay, in
such a jocund company"- Wordsworth; "the jolly crowd at
the reunion"; "jolly old Saint Nick"; "a jovial old
gentleman"; "have a merry Christmas"; "peals of merry
laughter"; "a mirthful laugh" [syn: gay, jocund,
jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful]
2: offering fun and gaiety; "a festive (or festal) occasion";
"gay and exciting night life"; "a merry evening" [syn: gay,
festal, festive, merry]
3: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively
gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a
snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk,
lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]
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millenary
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adj 1: of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium
2: relating to or consisting of 1000
n 1: the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
millennium, millenary]
2: a span of 1000 years [syn: millennium, millenary]
3: a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand
years)
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nary
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adj 1: (used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a'
or `not one' or `never a'; "heard nary a sound"
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nunnery
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n 1: the convent of a community of nuns
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ornery
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adj 1: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a
cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy
Sayers [syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]
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parry
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n 1: (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular
motion of the sword
2: a return punch (especially by a boxer) [syn: counterpunch,
parry, counter]
v 1: impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an
attack" [syn: parry, block, deflect]
2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
(duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
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plenary
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adj 1: full in all respects; "a plenary session of the
legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"
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poltroonery
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n 1: abject pusillanimity
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prairie
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n 1: a treeless grassy plain
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refinery
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n 1: an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
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scary
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adj 1: provoking fear terror; "a scary movie"; "the most
terrible and shuddery...tales of murder and revenge"
[syn: chilling, scarey, scary, shivery,
shuddery]
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scenery
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n 1: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]
2: the appearance of a place
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sherry
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n 1: dry to sweet amber wine from the Jerez region of southern
Spain or similar wines produced elsewhere; usually drunk as
an aperitif
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sublunary
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adj 1: situated between the earth and the moon [syn: sublunar,
sublunary, cislunar]
2: of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary
actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an
angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn:
sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial]
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superlunary
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adj 1: situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth;
"who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
[syn: translunar, translunary, superlunar,
superlunary]
2: unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams" [syn:
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary]
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tannery
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n 1: workplace where skins and hides are tanned
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tercentenary
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n 1: the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial]
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terry
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n 1: English actress (1847-1928) [syn: Terry, Dame Ellen
Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry]
2: a pile fabric (usually cotton) with uncut loops on both
sides; used to make bath towels and bath robes [syn: terry,
terry cloth, terrycloth]
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unary
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adj 1: consisting of or involving a single element or component;
"in a unary operation in a mathematical system one
element is used to yield a single result"
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vary
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v 1: become different in some particular way, without
permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or
essence; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather";
"The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according
to the season" [syn: change, alter, vary]
2: be at variance with; be out of line with [syn: deviate,
vary, diverge, depart] [ant: conform]
3: be subject to change in accordance with a variable; "Prices
vary"; "His moods vary depending on the weather"
4: make something more diverse and varied; "Vary the menu" [syn:
vary, variegate, motley]
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very
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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]
2: precisely so; "on the very next page"; "he expected the very
opposite"
adj 1: precisely as stated; "the very center of town"
2: being the exact same one; not any other:; "this is the
identical room we stayed in before"; "the themes of his
stories are one and the same"; "saw the selfsame quotation in
two newspapers"; "on this very spot"; "the very thing he said
yesterday"; "the very man I want to see" [syn: identical,
selfsame(a), very(a)]
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vinery
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n 1: a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced [syn:
vineyard, vinery]
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wary
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adj 1: marked by keen caution and watchful prudence; "they were
wary in their movements"; "a wary glance at the black
clouds"; "taught to be wary of strangers" [ant: unwary]
2: openly distrustful and unwilling to confide [syn: leery,
mistrustful, suspicious, untrusting, wary]
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wherry
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n 1: sailing barge used especially in East Anglia [syn:
wherry, Norfolk wherry]
2: light rowboat for use in racing or for transporting goods and
passengers in inland waters and harbors
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winery
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n 1: distillery where wine is made [syn: winery, wine maker]
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catenary
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n 1: the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and
inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section
hanging freely from two fixed points
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septenary
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn:
seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet,
septenary]
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antennary
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adj 1: of or relating to antennae; "antennal senses of insects"
[syn: antennal, antennary]
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tricentenary
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adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years
[syn: tricentenary, tricentennial]
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translunary
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adj 1: situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth;
"who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
[syn: translunar, translunary, superlunar,
superlunary]
2: unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams" [syn:
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary]
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clownery
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duodenary
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lampoonery
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venery
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carrie
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glairy
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lacunary
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sexcentenary
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septuagenary
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senary
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stannary
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pinery
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connery
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