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cathedra
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n 1: a throne that is the official chair of a bishop [syn:
cathedra, bishop's throne]
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clepsydra
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n 1: clock that measures time by the escape of water [syn:
water clock, clepsydra, water glass]
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double
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adv 1: downward and forward; "he was bent double with pain"
2: two together; "some people sleep better double"
3: to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes
were double bright" [syn: doubly, double, twice]
adj 1: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or
qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the
office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and
private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its
double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn:
double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble,
threefold, three-fold]
2: consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in
pairs; "an egg with a double yolk"; "a double (binary) star";
"double doors"; "dual controls for pilot and copilot"; "duple
(or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats
to a measure" [syn: double, dual, duple]
3: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is
doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double, doubled,
twofold, two-fold]
4: used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals
in crowded or overlapping arrangements; "double
chrysanthemums have many rows of petals and are usually
spherical or hemispherical" [ant: single]
5: used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in
synapsis [syn: bivalent, double] [ant: multivalent,
univalent]
6: large enough for two; "a double bed"; "a double room"
7: having two meanings with intent to deceive; "a sly double
meaning"; "spoke with forked tongue" [syn: double,
forked]
n 1: a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base;
"he hit a double to deep centerfield" [syn: double, two-
base hit, two-bagger, two-baser]
2: a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts; "his
first job in Hollywood was as a double for Clark Gable" [syn:
double, stunt man, stunt woman]
3: someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an
actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very
image of her mother" [syn: double, image, look-alike]
4: a quantity that is twice as great as another; "36 is the
double of 18"
5: raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2; "I
decided his double was a bluff" [syn: doubling, double]
v 1: increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
[syn: double, duplicate]
2: hit a two-base hit
3: bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain; "He
doubled and vomited violently" [syn: double over, double,
double up]
4: do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions;
"She doubles as his wife and secretary"
5: bridge: make a demand for (a card or suit)
6: make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his
brilliant performance of the magic trick" [syn: duplicate,
reduplicate, double, repeat, replicate]
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hydra
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n 1: (Greek mythology) monster with nine heads; when struck off
each head was replaced by two new ones; "Hydra was slain by
Hercules"
2: a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near
the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer [syn:
Hydra, Snake]
3: trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of
its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality; "we
may be facing a hydra that defies any easy solution"
4: small tubular solitary freshwater hydrozoan polyp
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pachysandra
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n 1: any plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen
herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground
cover
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tundra
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n 1: a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the
subsoil is permanently frozen
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libra
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n 1: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
[syn: Libra, Balance]
2: a small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern
hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius
3: the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about September 23 to October 22 [syn: Libra, Libra the
Balance, Balance, Libra the Scales]
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cassandra
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n 1: (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan
War whose predictions were true but were never believed
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ephedra
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n 1: jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced
scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds [syn: ephedra,
joint fir]
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sudra
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n 1: a member of the lowest or worker Hindu caste [syn:
Shudra, Sudra]
2: the lowest of the four varnas: the servants and workers of
low status [syn: sudra, shudra]
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entendre
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alexandra
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sandra
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zandra
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deirdre
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phaedra
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