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autarchy
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n 1: economic independence as a national policy [syn: autarky,
autarchy]
2: a political system governed by a single individual [syn:
autocracy, autarchy]
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autarky
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n 1: economic independence as a national policy [syn: autarky,
autarchy]
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diarchy
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n 1: a form of government having two joint rulers [syn:
diarchy, dyarchy]
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eparchy
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n 1: a province in ancient Greece
2: a diocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church [syn: eparchy,
exarchate]
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hierarchy
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n 1: a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a
system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"
2: the organization of people at different ranks in an
administrative body [syn: hierarchy, power structure,
pecking order]
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khaki
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adj 1: of a yellowish brown color
n 1: a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used
especially for military uniforms
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lackey
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n 1: a male servant (especially a footman) [syn: lackey,
flunky, flunkey]
2: a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a
personal advantage [syn: sycophant, toady, crawler,
lackey, ass-kisser]
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latchkey
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n 1: key for raising or drawing back a latch or opening an
outside door
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malarkey
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n 1: empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk; "that's a
lot of wind"; "don't give me any of that jazz" [syn:
wind, malarkey, malarky, idle words, jazz,
nothingness]
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marquee
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n 1: large and often sumptuous tent [syn: pavilion, marquee]
2: permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc. [syn:
marquee, marquise]
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marquis
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n 1: humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches
(1878-1937) [syn: Marquis, Don Marquis, Donald Robert
Perry Marquis]
2: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count [syn:
marquis, marquess]
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matriarchy
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n 1: a form of social organization in which a female is the
family head and title is traced through the female line
[syn: matriarchy, matriarchate]
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menarche
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n 1: the first occurrence of menstruation in a woman
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passkey
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n 1: key that secures entrance everywhere [syn: passkey,
passe-partout, master key, master]
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patriarchy
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n 1: a form of social organization in which a male is the family
head and title is traced through the male line [syn:
patriarchy, patriarchate]
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sake
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n 1: a reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died
for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety";
"in the common interest" [syn: sake, interest]
2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually
served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer]
3: the purpose of achieving or obtaining; "for the sake of
argument"
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sukiyaki
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n 1: thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the
table with onions and greens and soy sauce
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tacky
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adj 1: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely
dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn:
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy,
gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
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teriyaki
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n 1: beef or chicken or seafood marinated in spicy soy sauce and
grilled or broiled
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trochee
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n 1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed syllables
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turnkey
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n 1: someone who guards prisoners [syn: prison guard,
jailer, jailor, gaoler, screw, turnkey]
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wacky
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adj 1: ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not
going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky
plan for selling more books" [syn: cockamamie,
cockamamy, goofy, sappy, silly, wacky,
whacky, zany]
2: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: balmy, barmy, bats,
batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, daft,
dotty, fruity, haywire, kooky, kookie, loco,
loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, round the bend, around
the bend, wacky, whacky]
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saki
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n 1: British writer of short stories (1870-1916) [syn: Munro,
H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Saki]
2: Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually
served hot [syn: sake, saki, rice beer]
3: small arboreal monkey of tropical South America with long
hair and bushy nonprehensile tail
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waikiki
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n 1: a well-known beach and resort area on Oahu Island to the
southeast of Honolulu
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akee
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n 1: widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for
its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in
Jamaica by William Bligh [syn: akee, akee tree,
Blighia sapida]
2: red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; flesh is
poisonous when unripe or overripe [syn: ackee, akee]
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maquis
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n 1: a guerrilla fighter in the French underground in World War
II [syn: Maquis, Maquisard]
2: the French underground that fought against the German
occupation in World War II
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starkey
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n 1: rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) [syn:
Starr, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Richard Starkey]
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cherokee
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n 1: the Iroquoian language spoken by the Cherokee
2: a member of an Iroquoian people formerly living in the
Appalachian Mountains but now chiefly in Oklahoma
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manichee
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adj 1: of or relating to Manichaeism [syn: Manichaean,
Manichean, Manichee]
n 1: an adherent of Manichaeism [syn: Manichaean, Manichean,
Manichee]
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baccy
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n 1: leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking
or ingestion [syn: tobacco, baccy]
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iraqi
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adj 1: of or relating to Iraq or its people or culture; "Iraqi
oil"; "Iraqi refugees" [syn: Iraqi, Iraki]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Iraq; "the majority of Iraqi are
Arab Shiite Muslims although Sunni Muslims control the
government" [syn: Iraqi, Iraki]
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coquille
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n 1: seafood served in a scallop shell
2: a dish in the form of a scallop shell
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nagasaki
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n 1: a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and
shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the
second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
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darkie
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n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people [syn:
darky, darkie, darkey]
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bullocky
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adj 1: resembling a bullock in strength and power; "thick
bullocky shoulders"
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tauromachy
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n 1: the activity at a bullfight [syn: bullfighting,
tauromachy]
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dyarchy
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n 1: a form of government having two joint rulers [syn:
diarchy, dyarchy]
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squirearchy
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n 1: the gentry who own land (considered as a class) [syn:
landed gentry, squirearchy]
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parky
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adj 1: appreciably or disagreeably cold [syn: chilly, parky]
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bronchi
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loci
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thecae
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tunicae
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jackie
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mckee
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mckie
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torquay
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bacchae
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cracky
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mackey
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mackie
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paki
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blackie
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aki
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kawasaki
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sparky
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sarky
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coxsackie
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diadochy
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brucie
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buckey
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bucky
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chuckie
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chucky
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cluckey
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drucie
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duckie
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luckey
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luckie
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rucki
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stuckey
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stucki
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stucky
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stukey
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truckee
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truckie
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tuckey
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brenneke
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cleruchy
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daseke
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orthostichy
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sciamachy
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theomachy
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titanomachy
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ulotrichy
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ethnarchy
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heptarchy
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octarchy
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squirarchy
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thearchy
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trierarchy
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