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alias
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adv 1: as known or named at another time or place; "Mr. Smith,
alias Mr. Lafayette" [syn: alias, a.k.a., also known
as]
n 1: a name that has been assumed temporarily [syn: alias,
assumed name, false name]
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atrabilious
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adj 1: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn:
atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish]
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bilious
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adj 1: relating to or containing bile [syn: bilious,
biliary]
2: suffering from or suggesting a liver disorder or gastric
distress [syn: bilious, liverish, livery]
3: irritable as if suffering from indigestion [syn:
atrabilious, bilious, dyspeptic, liverish]
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coleus
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n 1: any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus
Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of
blue flowers [syn: coleus, flame nettle]
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contumelious
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adj 1: arrogantly insolent
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nucleus
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n 1: a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible
for growth and reproduction [syn: nucleus, cell
nucleus, karyon]
2: the positively charged dense center of an atom
3: a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five
periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"
[syn: core, nucleus, core group]
4: (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of
small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on
approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
5: any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in
the brain or spinal cord
6: the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the
cortex [syn: lens nucleus, nucleus]
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punctilious
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adj 1: marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous
research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of
etiquette" [syn: meticulous, punctilious]
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supercilious
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adj 1: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of
those one views as unworthy; "some economists are
disdainful of their colleagues in other social
disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners
were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very
sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my
clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood
than usual"- W.L.Shirer [syn: disdainful, haughty,
imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful,
sniffy, supercilious, swaggering]
2: expressive of contempt; "curled his lip in a supercilious
smile"; "spoke in a sneering jeering manner"; "makes many a
sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one" [syn:
supercilious, sneering, snide]
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sibelius
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n 1: Finnish composer (1865-1957) [syn: Sibelius, Jean
Sibelius, Johan Julius Christian Sibelius]
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vesalius
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n 1: a Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern
anatomy (1514-1564) [syn: Vesalius, Andreas Vesalius]
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malleus
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n 1: the ossicle attached to the eardrum [syn: malleus,
hammer]
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aurelius
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n 1: Emperor of Rome; nephew and son-in-law and adoptive son of
Antonius Pius; Stoic philosopher; the decline of the Roman
Empire began under Marcus Aurelius (121-180) [syn:
Antoninus, Aurelius, Marcus Aurelius, Marcus
Aurelius Antoninus, Marcus Annius Verus]
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berzelius
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n 1: Swedish chemist who discovered three new elements and
determined the atomic weights of many others (1779-1848)
[syn: Berzelius, Jons Jakob Berzelius]
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allais
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equuleus
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topelius
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marcus
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aleus
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balius
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galeus
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dibelius
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fernelius
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enyalius
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cornelius
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julius
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