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alarum
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n 1: an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger
[syn: alarm, alert, warning signal, alarum]
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am
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n 1: a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by
bombarding uranium with helium atoms [syn: americium,
Am, atomic number 95]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave [syn:
amplitude modulation, AM]
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angstrom
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n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a
meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of
electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom
unit, A]
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antiserum
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n 1: blood serum containing antibodies against specific
antigens; provides immunity to a disease
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arum
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n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint
root
2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on
a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]
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ashram
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n 1: a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian
ashram
2: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
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buckram
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adj 1: rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff
and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" [syn:
starchy, stiff, buckram]
n 1: a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in
bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
v 1: stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
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candelabrum
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n 1: branched candlestick; ornamental; has several lights [syn:
candelabrum, candelabra]
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carom
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n 1: a glancing rebound [syn: ricochet, carom]
2: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object
ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon]
v 1: rebound after hitting; "The car caromed off several
lampposts"
2: make a carom
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cerebrum
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n 1: anterior portion of the brain consisting of two
hemispheres; dominant part of the brain in humans
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conundrum
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n 1: a difficult problem [syn: riddle, conundrum, enigma,
brain-teaser]
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decorum
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n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum,
decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum]
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durum
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n 1: wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and
used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern
Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America
[syn: durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum
durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat]
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electrum
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n 1: an alloy of gold and silver
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forum
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n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: forum,
assembly, meeting place]
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fulcrum
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n 1: the pivot about which a lever turns
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grogram
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n 1: a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often
stiffened with gum
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harem
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n 1: living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and
female relatives in a Muslim household [syn: harem,
hareem, seraglio, serail]
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indecorum
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n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: indecorum, indecorousness]
[ant: decorousness, decorum]
2: an act of undue intimacy [syn: familiarity, impropriety,
indecorum, liberty]
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jorum
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n 1: a large drinking bowl
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lustrum
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n 1: a period of five years
2: a ceremonial purification of the Roman population every five
years following the census
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maelstrom
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n 1: a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of
conflicting tides) [syn: whirlpool, vortex,
maelstrom]
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marjoram
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n 1: aromatic Eurasian perennial [syn: oregano, marjoram,
pot marjoram, wild marjoram, winter sweet, Origanum
vulgare]
2: pungent leaves used as seasoning with meats and fowl and in
stews and soups and omelets [syn: marjoram, oregano]
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megrim
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n 1: a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more
frequently in women than men [syn: migraine, megrim,
sick headache, hemicrania]
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nostrum
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n 1: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought
by the alchemists [syn: panacea, nostrum, catholicon,
cure-all]
2: patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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old
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adj 1: (used especially of persons) having lived for a
relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his
mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"
[ant: immature, young]
2: of long duration; not new; "old tradition"; "old house"; "old
wine"; "old country"; "old friendships"; "old money" [ant:
new]
3: (used for emphasis) very familiar; "good old boy"; "same old
story"
4: skilled through long experience; "an old offender"; "the
older soldiers" [syn: old, older]
5: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former
glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"
[syn: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-
time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)]
6: (used informally especially for emphasis); "a real honest-to-
god live cowboy"; "had us a high old time"; "went upriver to
look at a sure-enough fish wheel" [syn: honest-to-god,
honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)]
7: of a very early stage in development; "Old English is also
called Anglo Saxon"; "Old High German is High German from the
middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"
8: just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous
owner"; "my old house was larger" [syn: previous(a), old]
n 1: past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
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panjandrum
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n 1: an important or influential (and often overbearing) person
[syn: very important person, VIP, high-up,
dignitary, panjandrum, high muckamuck]
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pilgrim
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n 1: someone who journeys in foreign lands
2: one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on
the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New
England in 1620 [syn: Pilgrim, Pilgrim Father]
3: someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious
devotion
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plectrum
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n 1: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to
pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum,
plectron]
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pogrom
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n 1: organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)
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pyrethrum
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n 1: made of dried flower heads of pyrethrum plants
2: white-flowered pyrethrum of Balkan area whose pinnate leaves
are white and silky-hairy below; source of an insecticide;
sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum [syn: pyrethrum,
Dalmatian pyrethrum, Dalmatia pyrethrum, Tanacetum
cinerariifolium, Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium]
3: spring-flowering garden perennial of Asiatic origin having
finely divided aromatic leaves and white to pink-purple
flowers; source of an insecticide; sometimes placed in genus
Chrysanthemum [syn: painted daisy, pyrethrum, Tanacetum
coccineum, Chrysanthemum coccineum]
4: used in former classifications for plants later placed in
genus Chrysanthemum and now often included in genus Tanacetum
[syn: Pyrethrum, genus Pyrethrum]
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quorum
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n 1: a gathering of the minimal number of members of an
organization to conduct business
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rostrum
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n 1: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give
prominence to the person on it [syn: dais, podium,
pulpit, rostrum, ambo, stump, soapbox]
2: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of
certain insects such as e.g. weevils [syn: snout,
rostrum]
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sacrum
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n 1: wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae
forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects
with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
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serum
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n 1: an amber, watery fluid, rich in proteins, that separates
out when blood coagulates [syn: serum, blood serum]
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simulacrum
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n 1: an insubstantial or vague semblance
2: a representation of a person (especially in the form of
sculpture); "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"; "the
emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone" [syn: effigy,
image, simulacrum]
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spectrum
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n 1: an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave
2: a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or
ideas or activities
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subprogram
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n 1: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
[syn: routine, subroutine, subprogram, procedure,
function]
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tantrum
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n 1: a display of bad temper; "he had a fit"; "she threw a
tantrum"; "he made a scene" [syn: fit, tantrum,
scene, conniption]
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theorem
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n 1: a proposition deducible from basic postulates
2: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth
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variorum
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n 1: an edition containing various versions of a text or notes
by various scholars or editors [syn: variorum, variorum
edition]
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centrum
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n 1: the main body of a vertebra
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wolfram
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n 1: a heavy grey-white metallic element; the pure form is used
mainly in electrical applications; it is found in several
ores including wolframite and scheelite [syn: tungsten,
wolfram, W, atomic number 74]
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durham
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n 1: a city of north central North Carolina; site of Duke
University
2: English breed of short-horned cattle [syn: Durham,
shorthorn]
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dirham
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n 1: 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar [syn: Qatari dirham,
dirham]
2: the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to
1,000 fils [syn: United Arab Emirate dirham, dirham]
3: the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes
[syn: Moroccan dirham, dirham]
4: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia [syn: Tunisian dirham,
dirham]
5: 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya [syn: Libyan dirham,
dirham]
6: worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils [syn:
Kuwaiti dirham, dirham]
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antrum
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n 1: a natural cavity or hollow in a bone
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colostrum
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n 1: milky fluid secreted for the first day or two after
parturition [syn: colostrum, foremilk]
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karakoram
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n 1: a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the
Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak [syn:
Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Karakorum Range,
Mustagh, Mustagh Range]
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tristram
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n 1: (Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who
(according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride
(Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that
left them eternally in love with each other [syn:
Tristan, Tristram]
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labarum
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abram
0
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labrum
0
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orem
0
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aurum
0
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borum
0
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corum
0
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gorham
0
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gorum
0
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oram
0
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orum
0
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quiram
0
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sorum
0
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yoram
0
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santorum
0
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coram
0
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sarum
0
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marram
0
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hiram
0
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meldrum
0
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bertram
0
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cockalorum
0
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karakorum
0
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pittosporum
0
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sistrum
0
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mottram
0