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aerie
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n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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airy
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adj 1: open to or abounding in fresh air; "airy rooms" [syn:
aired, airy]
2: not practical or realizable; speculative; "airy theories
about socioeconomic improvement"; "visionary schemes for
getting rich" [syn: airy, impractical, visionary,
Laputan, windy]
3: having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to
resemble air; "airy gauze curtains"
4: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and aeriform
come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas Carlyle; "aerial
fancies"; "an airy apparition"; "physical rather than
ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform, aerial, airy, aery,
ethereal]
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bicentenary
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adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years;
"bicentennial celebration" [syn: bicentennial,
bicentenary]
n 1: the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
bicentennial, bicentenary]
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binary
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adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system have 2 as its base;
"a binary digit"
2: consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms);
"a binary star is a system in which two stars revolve around
each other"; "a binary compound"; "the binary number system
has two as its base"
n 1: a system of two stars that revolve around each other under
their mutual gravitation [syn: binary star, binary,
double star]
2: a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under
a given operating system; a binary for one operating system
will not run on a different operating system; "the same
source code can be compiled to produce different binaries for
different operating systems" [syn: binary, binary
program]
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buffoonery
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n 1: acting like a clown or buffoon [syn: buffoonery,
clowning, japery, frivolity, harlequinade, prank]
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bury
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v 1: cover from sight; "Afghani women buried under their burkas"
2: place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the
Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in
the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"
[syn: bury, entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest]
3: place in the earth and cover with soil; "They buried the
stolen goods"
4: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The huge
waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: immerse, swallow, swallow up, bury,
eat up]
5: embed deeply; "She sank her fingers into the soft sand"; "He
buried his head in her lap" [syn: bury, sink]
6: dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury
these unpleasant memories" [syn: forget, bury] [ant:
remember, think of]
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cannery
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n 1: a factory where food is canned
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centenary
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adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;
"centennial celebration" [syn: centennial, centenary]
n 1: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
centennial, centenary]
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chicanery
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n 1: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract
money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane,
guile, wile, shenanigan]
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disciplinary
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adj 1: relating to discipline in behavior; "disciplinary
problems in the classroom"
2: relating to a specific field of academic study; "economics in
its modern disciplinary sense"
3: designed to promote discipline; "the teacher's action was
corrective rather than instructional"; "disciplinal
measures"; "the mother was stern and disciplinary" [syn:
corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal]
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festoonery
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n 1: flower chains suspended in curves between points as a
decoration [syn: festoon, festoonery]
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finery
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n 1: elaborate or showy attire and accessories
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granary
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n 1: a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed [syn:
granary, garner]
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greenery
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n 1: green foliage [syn: greenery, verdure]
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gunnery
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n 1: guns collectively
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interdisciplinary
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adj 1: drawing from or characterized by participation of two or
more fields of study; "interdisciplinary studies"; "an
interdisciplinary conference"
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joinery
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n 1: fine woodwork done by a joiner
2: the craft of a joiner [syn: cabinetmaking, joinery]
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machinery
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n 1: machines or machine systems collectively
2: a system of means and activities whereby a social institution
functions; "the complex machinery of negotiation"; "the
machinery of command labored and brought forth an order"
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millenary
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adj 1: of or relating to the doctrine of the millennium
2: relating to or consisting of 1000
n 1: the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
millennium, millenary]
2: a span of 1000 years [syn: millennium, millenary]
3: a sum or aggregate of one thousand (especially one thousand
years)
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nunnery
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n 1: the convent of a community of nuns
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ornery
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adj 1: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a
cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy
Sayers [syn: cantankerous, crotchety, ornery]
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plenary
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adj 1: full in all respects; "a plenary session of the
legislature"; "a diplomat with plenary powers"
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poltroonery
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n 1: abject pusillanimity
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refinery
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n 1: an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
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scenery
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n 1: the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to
suggest a particular locale; "they worked all night
painting the scenery" [syn: scenery, scene]
2: the appearance of a place
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scurry
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n 1: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn:
scamper, scramble, scurry]
v 1: to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the
extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to
higher ground" [syn: scurry, scamper, skitter,
scuttle]
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sublunary
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adj 1: situated between the earth and the moon [syn: sublunar,
sublunary, cislunar]
2: of this earth; "transcendental motives for sublunary
actions"; "fleeting sublunary pleasures"; "the nearest to an
angelic being that treads this terrestrial ball" [syn:
sublunar, sublunary, terrestrial]
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superlunary
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adj 1: situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth;
"who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
[syn: translunar, translunary, superlunar,
superlunary]
2: unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams" [syn:
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary]
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surrey
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n 1: a county in southeastern England on the Thames
2: a light four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; has two or four
seats
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tannery
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n 1: workplace where skins and hides are tanned
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tercentenary
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n 1: the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn:
tercentennial, tercentenary, triennial]
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unary
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adj 1: consisting of or involving a single element or component;
"in a unary operation in a mathematical system one
element is used to yield a single result"
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vinery
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n 1: a farm of grapevines where wine grapes are produced [syn:
vineyard, vinery]
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winery
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n 1: distillery where wine is made [syn: winery, wine maker]
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aery
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adj 1: characterized by lightness and insubstantiality; as
impalpable or intangible as air; "figures light and
aeriform come unlooked for and melt away"- Thomas
Carlyle; "aerial fancies"; "an airy apparition";
"physical rather than ethereal forms" [syn: aeriform,
aerial, airy, aery, ethereal]
n 1: the lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle)
[syn: aerie, aery, eyrie, eyry]
2: any habitation at a high altitude [syn: aerie, aery,
eyrie, eyry]
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catenary
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n 1: the curve theoretically assumed by a perfectly flexible and
inextensible cord of uniform density and cross section
hanging freely from two fixed points
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septenary
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n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one [syn:
seven, 7, VII, sevener, heptad, septet,
septenary]
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antennary
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adj 1: of or relating to antennae; "antennal senses of insects"
[syn: antennal, antennary]
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tricentenary
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adj 1: of or relating to or completing a period of 300 years
[syn: tricentenary, tricentennial]
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translunary
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adj 1: situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth;
"who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?"
[syn: translunar, translunary, superlunar,
superlunary]
2: unworldly or ethereal; "high translunary dreams" [syn:
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary]
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clownery
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duodenary
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lampoonery
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venery
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carrie
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airey
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arie
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lacunary
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septuagenary
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senary
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stannary
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pinery
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quinary
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connery
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