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ambivalent
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adj 1: uncertain or unable to decide about what course to
follow; "was ambivalent about having children"
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ambulant
0
adj 1: able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory" [syn:
ambulant, ambulatory]
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anticoagulant
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n 1: medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
[syn: anticoagulant, anticoagulant medication,
decoagulant]
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appellant
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adj 1: of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually
legal appeals); "appellate court" [syn: appellate,
appellant]
n 1: the party who appeals a decision of a lower court [syn:
appellant, plaintiff in error]
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assailant
0
n 1: someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor,
assailant, assaulter]
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benevolent
0
adj 1: intending or showing kindness; "a benevolent society"
2: showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding and
generosity; "was charitable in his opinions of others";
"kindly criticism"; "a kindly act"; "sympathetic words"; "a
large-hearted mentor" [syn: charitable, benevolent,
kindly, sympathetic, good-hearted, openhearted,
large-hearted]
3: generous in providing aid to others [syn: benevolent,
freehearted]
4: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
eleemosynary, philanthropic]
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bivalent
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adj 1: having a valence of two or having two valences [syn:
bivalent, divalent]
2: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in
synapsis [syn: bivalent, double] [ant: multivalent,
univalent]
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brilliant
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adj 1: of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a
superb actor" [syn: brilliant, superb]
2: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence;
"some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a
brilliant solution to the problem" [syn: brainy,
brilliant, smart as a whip]
3: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]
4: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant
tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright,
brilliant, vivid]
5: full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star";
"brilliant chandeliers"
6: clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet
section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" [syn:
bright, brilliant]
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coagulant
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n 1: an agent that produces coagulation [syn: coagulant,
coagulator]
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coolant
0
n 1: a fluid agent (gas or liquid) that produces cooling;
especially one used to cool a system by transferring heat
away from one part to another; "he added more coolant to
the car's radiator"; "the atomic reactor used a gas
coolant"; "lathe operators use an emulsion of oil and water
as a coolant for the cutting tool"
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corpulent
0
adj 1: excessively fat; "a weighty man" [syn: corpulent,
obese, weighty, rotund]
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covalent
0
adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by covalence;
"covalent bond"
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crapulent
0
adj 1: suffering from excessive eating or drinking; "crapulent
sleep"; "a crapulous stomach" [syn: crapulent,
crapulous]
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divalent
0
adj 1: having a valence of two or having two valences [syn:
bivalent, divalent]
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emigrant
0
n 1: someone who leaves one country to settle in another [syn:
emigrant, emigre, emigree, outgoer]
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entrant
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n 1: a commodity that enters competition with established
merchandise; "a well publicized entrant is the pocket
computer"
2: any new participant in some activity [syn: newcomer,
fledgling, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman,
newbie, entrant]
3: someone who enters; "new entrants to the country must go
though immigration procedures"
4: one who enters a competition
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equivalent
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adj 1: being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as
gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his
statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" [syn:
equivalent, tantamount(p)]
n 1: a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or
force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or
the equivalent in stamps"
2: the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining
capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard
is 8 for oxygen [syn: equivalent, equivalent weight,
combining weight, eq]
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excellent
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adj 1: very good;of the highest quality; "made an excellent
speech"; "the school has excellent teachers"; "a first-
class mind" [syn: excellent, first-class,
fantabulous, splendid]
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feculent
0
adj 1: foul with waste matter
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flagellant
0
n 1: a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual
gratification
2: a person who whips himself as a religious penance
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flagrant
0
adj 1: conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a
crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of
human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude";
"gross injustice"; "rank treachery" [syn: crying(a),
egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank]
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flatulent
0
adj 1: generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn:
colicky, flatulent, gassy]
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flocculent
0
adj 1: having a fluffy character or appearance [syn:
flocculent, woolly, wooly]
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fragrant
0
adj 1: pleasant-smelling [ant: ill-smelling, malodorous,
malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling]
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fraudulent
0
adj 1: intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious
testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice"
- S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying
taxes" [syn: deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent]
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gallant
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adj 1: unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior";
"put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"
2: lively and spirited; "a dashing hero" [syn: dashing,
gallant]
3: having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant
pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine
peaks" [syn: gallant, lofty, majestic, proud]
4: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn:
chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
n 1: a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
[syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau,
swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
2: a man who attends or escorts a woman [syn: squire,
gallant]
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hydrant
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n 1: a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask [syn: water
faucet, water tap, tap, hydrant]
2: a discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be
drawn from the mains of waterworks
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immigrant
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n 1: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in
order to settle there
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inhalant
0
adj 1: inhaling or serving for inhalation; "an inhalant pore"
n 1: something that is inhaled
2: a medication to be taken by inhaling it [syn: inhalant,
inhalation]
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insolent
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adj 1: marked by casual disrespect; "a flip answer to serious
question"; "the student was kept in for impudent
behavior" [syn: impudent, insolent, snotty-nosed,
flip]
2: unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick
to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious
display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times;
"bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with
its quick material successes and insolent belief in the
boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell [syn:
audacious, barefaced, bodacious, bald-faced,
brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, insolent]
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jubilant
0
adj 1: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or
success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day";
"a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn:
exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful,
rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant]
2: full of high-spirited delight; "a joyful heart" [syn:
elated, gleeful, joyful, jubilant]
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luculent
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adj 1: (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable;
"writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a
luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a
crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"
[syn: limpid, lucid, luculent, pellucid, crystal
clear, perspicuous]
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malevolent
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adj 1: wishing or appearing to wish evil to others; arising from
intense ill will or hatred; "a gossipy malevolent old
woman"; "failure made him malevolent toward those who
were successful"
2: having or exerting a malignant influence; "malevolent stars";
"a malefic force" [syn: malefic, malevolent, malign,
evil]
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migrant
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adj 1: habitually moving from place to place especially in
search of seasonal work; "appalled by the social
conditions of migrant life"; "migratory workers" [syn:
migrant, migratory]
n 1: traveler who moves from one region or country to another
[syn: migrant, migrator]
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ministrant
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adj 1: giving practical help to; "a ministering angel"; "the
angels ministrant sang"; "the attending physician"
n 1: someone who serves as a minister
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monovalent
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adj 1: containing only one kind of antibody [ant: polyvalent]
2: having a valence of 1 [syn: monovalent, univalent] [ant:
multivalent, polyvalent]
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multivalent
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adj 1: used of the association of three or more homologous
chromosomes during the first division of meiosis [ant:
bivalent, double, univalent]
2: having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or
higher [syn: polyvalent, multivalent] [ant: monovalent,
univalent]
3: having many values, meanings, or appeals; "subtle,
multivalent allegory" [syn: multivalent, multi-valued]
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nonchalant
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adj 1: marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest
casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold
weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an
elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with
nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant
manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant]
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opulent
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adj 1: rich and superior in quality; "a princely sum"; "gilded
dining rooms" [syn: deluxe, gilded, grand,
luxurious, opulent, princely, sumptuous]
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petulant
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adj 1: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome,
peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy,
testy, tetchy, techy]
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poignant
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adj 1: arousing affect; "the homecoming of the released hostages
was an affecting scene"; "poignant grief cannot endure
forever"; "his gratitude was simple and touching" [syn:
affecting, poignant, touching]
2: keenly distressing to the mind or feelings; "poignant
anxiety"
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polyvalent
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adj 1: containing several antibodies each capable of
counteracting a specific antigen; "a polyvalent vaccine"
[ant: monovalent]
2: having more than one valence, or having a valence of 3 or
higher [syn: polyvalent, multivalent] [ant: monovalent,
univalent]
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postulant
0
n 1: one submitting a request or application especially one
seeking admission into a religious order
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prevalent
0
adj 1: most frequent or common; "prevailing winds" [syn:
prevailing, prevalent, predominant, dominant,
rife]
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propellant
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adj 1: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for
submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its
propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of
propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent,
propelling, propulsive]
n 1: any substance that propels [syn: propellant,
propellent]
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purulent
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adj 1: containing pus; "a purulent wound" [syn: purulent,
pussy]
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recalcitrant
0
adj 1: stubbornly resistant to authority or control; "a
fractious animal that would not submit to the harness";
"a refractory child" [syn: fractious, refractory,
recalcitrant]
2: marked by stubborn resistance to authority; "the University
suspended the most recalcitrant demonstrators"
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re-entrant
0
adj 1: (of angles) pointing inward; "a polygon with re-entrant
angles" [syn: re-entrant, reentrant] [ant: salient]
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registrant
0
n 1: a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a
register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)
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repellent
0
adj 1: serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and
prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness
repellent" [syn: rebarbative, repellent, repellant]
2: highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust; "a disgusting
smell"; "distasteful language"; "a loathsome disease"; "the
idea of eating meat is repellent to me"; "revolting food"; "a
wicked stench" [syn: disgusting, disgustful,
distasteful, foul, loathly, loathsome, repellent,
repellant, repelling, revolting, skanky, wicked,
yucky]
3: incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent
fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water" [syn:
repellent, resistant]
n 1: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water
[syn: repellent, repellant]
2: a chemical substance that repels animals [syn: repellent,
repellant]
3: the power to repel; "she knew many repellents to his
advances" [syn: repellent, repellant]
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sealant
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n 1: a kind of sealing material that is used to form a hard
coating on a porous surface (as a coat of paint or varnish
used to size a surface) [syn: sealant, sealer]
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sibilant
0
adj 1: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both
`thin' and `then') [syn: fricative, continuant,
sibilant, spirant, strident]
n 1: a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
[syn: sibilant, sibilant consonant]
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silent
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adj 1: marked by absence of sound; "a silent house"; "soundless
footsteps on the grass"; "the night was still" [syn:
silent, soundless, still]
2: failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to; "the
witness remained silent" [syn: mum, silent]
3: implied by or inferred from actions or statements; "gave
silent consent"; "a tacit agreement"; "the understood
provisos of a custody agreement" [syn: silent, tacit,
understood]
4: not made to sound; "the silent `h' at the beginning of
`honor'"; "in French certain letters are often unsounded"
[syn: silent, unsounded]
5: having a frequency below or above the range of human
audibility; "a silent dog whistle"
6: unable to speak because of hereditary deafness [syn: dumb,
mute, silent]
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succulent
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adj 1: full of juice; "lush fruits"; "succulent roast beef";
"succulent plants with thick fleshy leaves" [syn: lush,
succulent]
n 1: a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by
fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs
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talent
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n 1: natural abilities or qualities [syn: endowment, gift,
talent, natural endowment]
2: a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field
or activity
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tetravalent
0
adj 1: haveing a valence of four
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topgallant
0
n 1: a sail set on a yard of a topgallant mast [syn:
topgallant, topgallant sail]
2: a mast fixed to the head of a topmast on a square-rigged
vessel [syn: topgallant, topgallant mast]
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trivalent
0
adj 1: having a valence of three
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truculent
0
adj 1: defiantly aggressive; "a truculent speech against the new
government"
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turbulent
0
adj 1: characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination;
"effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive";
"riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous
years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly
childhood" [syn: disruptive, riotous, troubled,
tumultuous, turbulent]
2: (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence;
"the river's roiling current"; "turbulent rapids" [syn:
churning, roiling, roiled, roily, turbulent]
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undulant
0
adj 1: resembling waves in form or outline or motion [syn:
undulatory, undulant]
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ungallant
0
adj 1: offensively discourteous [syn: caddish, unchivalrous,
ungallant]
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univalent
0
adj 1: used of a chromosome that is not paired or united with
its homologous chromosome during synapsis; "a univalent
chromosome" [ant: bivalent, double, multivalent]
2: having a valence of 1 [syn: monovalent, univalent] [ant:
multivalent, polyvalent]
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vagrant
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adj 1: continually changing especially as from one abode or
occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the
floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
[syn: aimless, drifting, floating, vagabond,
vagrant]
n 1: a wanderer who has no established residence or visible
means of support [syn: vagrant, drifter, floater,
vagabond]
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vigilant
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adj 1: carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for
possible danger; "a policy of open-eyed awareness"; "the
vigilant eye of the town watch"; "there was a watchful
dignity in the room"; "a watchful parent with a toddler
in tow" [syn: argus-eyed, open-eyed, vigilant,
wakeful]
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violent
0
adj 1: acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or
energy or emotional intensity; "a violent attack"; "a
violent person"; "violent feelings"; "a violent rage";
"felt a violent dislike" [ant: nonviolent]
2: effected by force or injury rather than natural causes; "a
violent death"
3: (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent
clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent
noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" [syn: violent, wild]
4: marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions;
inclined to react violently; fervid; "fierce loyalty"; "in a
tearing rage"; "vehement dislike"; "violent passions" [syn:
fierce, tearing, vehement, violent, trigger-happy]
5: characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson
deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's
crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson
Strode [syn: crimson, red, violent]
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virulent
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adj 1: extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom;
"venomous snakes"; "a virulent insect bite" [syn:
deadly, venomous, virulent]
2: infectious; having the ability to cause disease [ant:
avirulent]
3: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her
acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
"blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering,
caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent,
vitriolic]
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pentavalent
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adj 1: having a valence of five
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impellent
0
adj 1: forcing forward or onward; impelling; "an impellent
power"; "an impellent cause"
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propellent
0
adj 1: tending to or capable of propelling; "propellant fuel for
submarines"; "the faster a jet plane goes the greater its
propulsive efficiency"; "universities...the seats of
propulsive thought" [syn: propellant, propellent,
propelling, propulsive]
n 1: any substance that propels [syn: propellant,
propellent]
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nonviolent
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adj 1: abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence [ant:
violent]
2: achieved without bloodshed; "an unbloody transfer of power"
[syn: nonviolent, unbloody]
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electrovalent
0
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equipollent
0
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esculent
0
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heptavalent
0
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libellant
0
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remonstrant
0
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somnambulant
0
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tervalent
0
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hexavalent
0
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octavalent
0
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quadrivalent
0
-
sexivalent
0
-
congratulant
0
-
resemblant
0