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commons
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n 1: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: park, commons,
common, green]
2: a pasture subject to common use [syn: commons, common
land]
3: a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
[syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
4: the common people [syn: third estate, Commons]
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environs
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n 1: the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--
the flat agricultural surround" [syn: environment,
environs, surroundings, surround]
2: an outer adjacent area of any place [syn: environs,
purlieu]
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lamentations
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n 1: an Old Testament book lamenting the desolation of Judah
after the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC; traditionally
attributed to the prophet Jeremiah [syn: Lamentations,
Book of Lamentations]
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parsons
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n 1: United States sociologist (1902-1979) [syn: Parsons,
Talcott Parsons]
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summons
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n 1: a request to be present; "they came at his bidding" [syn:
bidding, summons]
2: an order to appear in person at a given place and time
3: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the
defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear
results in a default judgment against the defendant [syn:
summons, process]
v 1: call in an official matter, such as to attend court [syn:
summon, summons, cite]
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athens
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena
(its patron goddess); "in the 5th century BC ancient Athens
was the world's most powerful and civilized city" [syn:
Athens, Athinai, capital of Greece, Greek capital]
2: a town in southeast Ohio
3: a university town in northeast Georgia
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behrens
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n 1: German architect known for his simple utilitarian factory
buildings (1868-1940) [syn: Behrens, Peter Behrens]
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lorenz
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n 1: Austrian zoologist who studied the behavior of birds and
emphasized the importance of innate as opposed to learned
behaviors (1903-1989) [syn: Lorenz, Konrad Lorenz,
Konrad Zacharias Lorenz]
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clemens
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n 1: United States writer and humorist best known for his novels
about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910) [syn:
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain]
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stevens
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n 1: United States psychologist and psychophysicist who proposed
Stevens' power law to replace Fechner's law (1906-1973)
[syn: Stevens, Smitty Stevens, S. Smith Stevens,
Stanley Smith Stevens]
2: United States poet (1879-1955) [syn: Stevens, Wallace
Stevens]
3: United States filmmaker (1905-1975) [syn: Stevens, George
Stevens]
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siemens
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n 1: a unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm
[syn: mho, siemens, reciprocal ohm, S]
2: engineer who was a brother of Ernst Werner von Siemens and
who moved to England (1823-1883) [syn: Siemens, Karl
Wilhelm Siemens, Sir Charles William Siemens]
3: German electrical engineer (1816-1892) [syn: Siemens,
Ernst Werner von Siemens]
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evans
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n 1: United States anatomist who identified four pituitary
hormones and discovered vitamin E (1882-1971) [syn:
Evans, Herbert McLean Evans]
2: British archaeologist who excavated the palace of Knossos in
Crete to find what he called Minoan civilization (1851-1941)
[syn: Evans, Arthur Evans, Sir Arthur John Evans]
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symons
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n 1: English poet (1865-1945) [syn: Symons, Arthur Symons]
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colossians
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n 1: a New Testament book containing an epistle from Saint Paul
to the Colossians in ancient Phrygia [syn: Epistle of Paul
the Apostle to the Colossians, Epistle to the
Colossians, Colossians]
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avens
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n 1: any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually
pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
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jevons
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n 1: English economist and logician who contributed to the
development of the theory of marginal utility (1835-1882)
[syn: Jevons, William Stanley Jevons]
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lutyens
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n 1: English architect who planned the city of New Delhi
(1869-1944) [syn: Lutyens, Sir Edwin Lutyens, Sir
Edwin Landseer Luytens]
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cousins
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imagines
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ovens
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yeomans
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goossens
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stephens
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hitchens
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ivens
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simons
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mcclimans
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fitzsimmons
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cozens
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