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aeon
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n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon]
3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
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aphelion
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n 1: apoapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a planet
or comet that is at the greatest distance from the sun
[ant: perihelion]
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billion
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adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million
items or units in the United States
2: denoting a quantity consisting of one million million items
or units in Great Britain
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12
zeros; in the United Kingdom the usage followed in the
United States is frequently seen [syn: billion, one
million million, 1000000000000]
2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros
[syn: billion, one thousand million, 1000000000]
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bullion
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n 1: a mass of precious metal
2: gold or silver in bars or ingots
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carnelian
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n 1: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony [syn:
carnelian, cornelian]
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chameleon
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n 1: a changeable or inconstant person
2: a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern
hemisphere near Apus and Mensa [syn: Chamaeleon,
Chameleon]
3: lizard of Africa and Madagascar able to change skin color and
having a projectile tongue [syn: chameleon, chamaeleon]
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cornelian
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n 1: a translucent red or orange variety of chalcedony [syn:
carnelian, cornelian]
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hellion
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n 1: a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man); "he
chased the young hellions out of his yard" [syn: hellion,
heller, devil]
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million
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adj 1: (in Roman numerals, M written with a macron over it)
denoting a quantity consisting of 1,000,000 items or
units
n 1: the number that is represented as a one followed by 6 zeros
[syn: million, 1000000, one thousand thousand, meg]
2: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
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mullion
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n 1: a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or
panes of a window (or the panels of a screen)
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perihelion
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n 1: periapsis in solar orbit; the point in the orbit of a
planet or comet where it is nearest to the sun [ant:
aphelion]
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pillion
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n 1: a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.
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scallion
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n 1: plant having a large slender white bulb and flat
overlapping dark green leaves; used in cooking; believed
derived from the wild Allium ampeloprasum [syn: leek,
scallion, Allium porrum]
2: a young onion before the bulb has enlarged; eaten in salads
[syn: green onion, spring onion, scallion]
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scullion
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n 1: a kitchen servant employed to do menial tasks (especially
washing)
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stallion
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n 1: uncastrated adult male horse [syn: stallion, entire]
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trillion
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adj 1: one quintillion in Great Britain
2: one million million in the United States
n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
2: the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros;
"in England they call a quintillion a trillion" [syn:
trillion, one million million million]
3: the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros;
"in England they call a trillion a billion" [syn: trillion,
one million million, 1000000000000]
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zillion
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adj 1: very large indeterminate number; "a zillion people were
there"
n 1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole); "there
were millions of flies" [syn: million, billion,
trillion, zillion, jillion, gazillion]
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hegelian
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adj 1: of or relating to Hegel or his dialectic philosophy
n 1: a follower of the thought of Hegel
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karelian
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n 1: a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in
northwestern European Russia [syn: Karelian, Carelian]
2: a Finnic language spoken by the people of Karelia [syn:
Karelian, Carelian]
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aristotelian
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adj 1: of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy;
"Aristotelean logic" [syn: Aristotelian,
Aristotelean, Aristotelic, peripatetic]
n 1: a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism
[syn: Aristotelian, Aristotelean, Peripatetic]
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parhelion
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n 1: a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction
by ice crystals; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at
once" [syn: parhelion, mock sun, sundog]
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zein
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delian
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pelion
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abbevillian
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abelian
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acheulian
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anthelion
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aurelian
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froebelian
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