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balas
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n 1: a pale rose-colored variety of the ruby spinel [syn:
balas, balas ruby]
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callous
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adj 1: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to
suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"
[syn: callous, indurate, pachydermatous]
2: having calluses; having skin made tough and thick through
wear; "calloused skin"; "with a workman's callous hands"
[syn: calloused, callous, thickened]
v 1: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals
[syn: callous, cauterize, cauterise]
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callus
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n 1: an area of skin that is thick or hard from continual
pressure or friction (as the sole of the foot) [syn:
callosity, callus]
2: bony tissue formed during the healing of a fractured bone
3: (botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff
protuberance on the lip of an orchid
v 1: cause a callus to form on; "The long march had callused his
feet"
2: form a callus or calluses; "His foot callused"
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chalice
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n 1: a bowl-shaped drinking vessel; especially the Eucharistic
cup [syn: chalice, goblet]
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challis
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n 1: a soft lightweight fabric (usually printed)
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digitalis
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n 1: a powerful cardiac stimulant obtained from foxglove [syn:
digitalis, digitalis glycoside, digitalin]
2: any of several plants of the genus Digitalis [syn:
foxglove, digitalis]
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malice
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n 1: feeling a need to see others suffer [syn: malice,
maliciousness, spite, spitefulness, venom]
2: the quality of threatening evil [syn: malevolence,
malevolency, malice]
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palace
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n 1: a large and stately mansion [syn: palace, castle]
2: the governing group of a kingdom; "the palace issued an order
binding on all subjects"
3: a large ornate exhibition hall
4: official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
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phallus
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n 1: genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around
the stem [syn: Phallus, genus Phallus]
2: the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) [syn:
penis, phallus, member]
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trellis
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n 1: latticework used to support climbing plants [syn:
trellis, treillage]
v 1: train on a trellis, as of a vine
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dallas
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n 1: a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern
Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
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thallus
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n 1: a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or
vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
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daedalus
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n 1: (Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the
labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned
wings for himself and his son Icarus [syn: Daedalus,
Daedal]
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gallus
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n 1: elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the
plural) [syn: brace, suspender, gallus]
2: common domestic birds and related forms [syn: Gallus,
genus Gallus]
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pallas
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n 1: (Greek mythology) goddess of wisdom and useful arts and
prudent warfare; guardian of Athens; identified with Roman
Minerva [syn: Athena, Athene, Pallas, Pallas
Athena, Pallas Athene]
2: a large asteroid; the second asteroid to be discovered
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allis
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n 1: European shad [syn: allice shad, allis shad, allice,
allis, Alosa alosa]
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physalis
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n 1: ground cherries [syn: Physalis, genus Physalis]
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hemerocallis
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n 1: east Asian rhizomatous clump-forming perennial herbs having
flowers on long leafless stalks; cosmopolitan in
cultivation: day lilies; sometimes placed in subfamily
Hemerocallidaceae [syn: Hemerocallis, genus
Hemerocallis]
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ballasts
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alice
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phyllis
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dalis
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galus
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sallis
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vallis
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corvallis
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ilalis
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prothallus
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borealis
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callace
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kallus
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kalous
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alyce
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