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adulterant
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adj 1: making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials;
"the adulterating effect of extraneous materials" [syn:
adulterating, adulterant] [ant: purifying]
n 1: any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a
substance; "it is necessary to remove the adulterants
before use" [syn: adulterant, adulterator]
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belligerent
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adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
"aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent
tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent]
2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn:
belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]
n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
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cormorant
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n 1: large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a
distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch
fish [syn: cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo]
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deferent
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adj 1: showing deference [syn: deferent, deferential,
regardful]
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denaturant
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n 1: any substance that serves as a denaturing agent
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deodorant
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n 1: a toiletry applied to the skin in order to mask unpleasant
odors [syn: deodorant, deodourant]
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different
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adj 1: unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took
different approaches to the problem"; "came to a
different conclusion"; "different parts of the country";
"on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was
different from the earlier one" [ant: same]
2: distinctly separate from the first; "that's another (or
different) issue altogether"
3: differing from all others; not ordinary; "advertising that
strives continually to be different"; "this new music is
certainly different but I don't really like it"
4: marked by dissimilarity; "for twins they are very unlike";
"people are profoundly different" [syn: unlike,
dissimilar, different] [ant: like, similar]
5: distinct or separate; "each interviewed different members of
the community"
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efferent
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adj 1: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away
from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses" [syn:
efferent, motorial] [ant: afferent]
n 1: a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or
glands [syn: motor nerve, efferent nerve, efferent]
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expectorant
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n 1: a medicine promoting expectoration [syn: expectorant,
expectorator]
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exuberant
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adj 1: joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient, exuberant,
high-spirited]
2: unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings;
"extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening
ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive,
extravagant, exuberant, overweening]
3: produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous
blooming" [syn: exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse,
riotous]
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ignorant
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adj 1: uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or
sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of
contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable
of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt
for his unlettered companions" [syn: ignorant,
nescient, unlearned, unlettered]
2: uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of
learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field; "she is
ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "he is musically illiterate"
[syn: ignorant, illiterate]
3: unaware because of a lack of relevant information or
knowledge; "he was completely ignorant of the circumstances";
"an unknowledgeable assistant"; "his rudeness was unwitting"
[syn: ignorant, unknowledgeable, unknowing,
unwitting]
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irreverent
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adj 1: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent
scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent
tourists" [ant: reverent]
2: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a
certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner" [syn:
impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy]
3: not revering god [syn: godless, irreverent]
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itinerant
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adj 1: traveling from place to place to work; "itinerant labor";
"an itinerant judge"
n 1: a laborer who moves from place to place as demanded by
employment; "itinerant traders" [syn: itinerant, gypsy,
gipsy]
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preponderant
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adj 1: having superior power and influence; "the predominant
mood among policy-makers is optimism" [syn: overriding,
paramount, predominant, predominate,
preponderant, preponderating]
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protuberant
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adj 1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous,
bulging, bulgy, protuberant]
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referent
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adj 1: having reference; "judgments referent to the indictment"
n 1: something referred to; the object of a reference
2: the first term in a proposition; the term to which other
terms relate
3: something that refers; a term that refers to another term
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refrigerant
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adj 1: causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance
such as ice or solid carbon dioxide" [syn: refrigerant,
refrigerating]
n 1: any substance used to provide cooling (as in a
refrigerator)
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restaurant
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n 1: a building where people go to eat [syn: restaurant,
eating house, eating place, eatery]
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reverberant
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adj 1: having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly
reflected; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms
of cannon" [ant: nonresonant, unreverberant]
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reverent
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adj 1: feeling or showing profound respect or veneration;
"maintained a reverent silence" [ant: irreverent]
2: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a
godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful]
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equiponderant
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exhilarant
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figurant
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obscurant
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accelerant
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roborant
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