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adenoid
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adj 1: relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid
tissue
n 1: a collection of lymphatic tissue in the throat behind the
uvula (on the posterior wall and roof of the nasopharynx);
"hypertrophy of the pharyngeal tonsils is called adenoids";
"enlarged adenoids may restrict the breathing of children"
[syn: pharyngeal tonsil, adenoid, Luschka's tonsil,
third tonsil, tonsilla pharyngealis, tonsilla
adenoidea]
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annoyed
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adj 1: aroused to impatience or anger; "made an irritated
gesture"; "feeling nettled from the constant teasing";
"peeved about being left out"; "felt really pissed at her
snootiness"; "riled no end by his lies"; "roiled by the
delay" [syn: annoyed, irritated, miffed, nettled,
peeved, pissed, pissed off, riled, roiled,
steamed, stung]
2: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances;
"harassed working mothers"; "a harried expression"; "her poor
pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions";
"the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" [syn: annoyed,
harassed, harried, pestered, vexed]
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avoid
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v 1: stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of
someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her"
[ant: confront, face, face up]
2: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's
avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a
strike" [syn: debar, forefend, forfend, obviate,
deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off,
avoid, ward off]
3: refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her
therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's
memories"
4: refrain from certain foods or beverages; "I keep off drugs";
"During Ramadan, Muslims avoid tobacco during the day" [syn:
keep off, avoid]
5: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
[syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid,
nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]
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destroyed
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adj 1: spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities
destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed
mind" [ant: preserved]
2: destroyed physically or morally [syn: destroyed, ruined]
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devoid
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adj 1: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of
insight"; "young recruits destitute of experience";
"innocent of literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of
meaning" [syn: barren, destitute, devoid, free,
innocent]
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employed
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adj 1: having your services engaged for; or having a job
especially one that pays wages or a salary; "most of our
graduates are employed" [ant: unemployed]
2: put to use
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hominoid
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n 1: a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea
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humanoid
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n 1: an automaton that resembles a human being [syn: android,
humanoid, mechanical man]
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overjoyed
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adj 1: extremely joyful
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paranoid
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adj 1: suffering from paranoia
n 1: a person afflicted with paranoia [syn: paranoid,
paranoiac]
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solenoid
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n 1: a coil of wire around an iron core; becomes a magnet when
current passes through the coil
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sphenoid
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n 1: butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull [syn:
sphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidale]
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steroid
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n 1: any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a
basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings; many have important
physiological effects
2: any hormone affecting the development and growth of sex
organs [syn: steroid hormone, steroid, sex hormone]
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underemployed
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adj 1: employed only part-time when one needs full-time
employment or not making full use of your skills;
"migrants are likely to be poor and underemployed"; "able
people are kept underemployed"
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unemployed
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adj 1: not engaged in a gainful occupation; "unemployed workers
marched on the capital" [ant: employed]
n 1: people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a
group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance" [syn:
unemployed people, unemployed]
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void
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adj 1: lacking any legal or binding force; "null and void" [syn:
null, void]
2: containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void"
n 1: the state of nonexistence [syn: nothingness, void,
nullity, nihility]
2: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the
emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be
ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, vacancy, emptiness,
vacuum]
v 1: declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
[syn: invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid,
nullify] [ant: formalise, formalize, validate]
2: clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear
(a place or receptacle) of something; "The chemist voided the
glass bottle"; "The concert hall was voided of the audience"
3: take away the legal force of or render ineffective;
"invalidate a contract" [syn: invalidate, void,
vitiate] [ant: validate]
4: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: evacuate, void,
empty]
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freud
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n 1: Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis
(1856-1939) [syn: Freud, Sigmund Freud]
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lloyd
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n 1: United States comic actor in silent films; he used physical
danger as a source of comedy (1893-1971) [syn: Lloyd,
Harold Lloyd, Harold Clayton Lloyd]
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conoid
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n 1: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to
a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape]
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carotenoid
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n 1: any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments
occurring in plants and animals
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cyprinoid
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adj 1: of or relating to members of fish family Cyprinidae [syn:
cyprinid, cyprinoid]
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resinoid
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n 1: a plastic containing resins
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albuminoid
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n 1: a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues
and in the lens of the eye [syn: scleroprotein,
albuminoid]
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ctenoid
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adj 1: resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a
comb [syn: ctenoid, comb-like]
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arytenoid
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n 1: either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to
which the vocal folds are attached [syn: arytenoid,
arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage]
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bioflavonoid
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deployed
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echinoid
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enjoyed
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redeployed
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toyed
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bloyd
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boyd
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boyde
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cloyd
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floyd
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gloyd
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loyd
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royd
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baroid
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platinoid
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asconoid
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balanoid
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belonoid
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delphinoid
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leuconoid
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retinoid
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splenoid
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