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articular
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adj 1: relating to or affecting the joints of the body; "the
articular surfaces of bones"; "articular disease" [syn:
articular, articulary]
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auricular
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adj 1: of or relating to near the ear [syn: otic, auricular]
2: relating to or perceived by or shaped like the organ of
hearing; "my apprehension of words is auricular; I must hear
what I read"- George Santayana; "an auricular confession";
"an auricular appendage"
3: pertaining to an auricle of the heart; "auricular
fibrillation"
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follicular
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adj 1: of or relating to or constituting a follicle
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funicular
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adj 1: relating to or operated by a cable; "funicular railway"
n 1: a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving
cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending
cars [syn: cable railway, funicular, funicular
railway]
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particular
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adj 1: unique or specific to a person or thing or category; "the
particular demands of the job"; "has a particular
preference for Chinese art"; "a peculiar bond of sympathy
between them"; "an expression peculiar to Canadians";
"rights peculiar to the rich"; "the special features of a
computer"; "my own special chair" [syn: particular(a),
peculiar(a), special(a)]
2: separate and distinct from others of the same group or
category; "interested in one particular artist"; "a man who
wishes to make a particular woman fall in love with him"
3: surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid
especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter
of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion";
"a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special
about the year 2000?" [syn: especial(a), exceptional,
particular(a), special]
4: first and most important; "his special interest is music";
"she gets special (or particular) satisfaction from her
volunteer work" [syn: particular, special]
5: exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy
about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was
prepared" [syn: finical, finicky, fussy, particular,
picky]
6: providing specific details or circumstances; "a particular
description of the room"
n 1: a fact about some part (as opposed to general); "he always
reasons from the particular to the general" [syn:
particular, specific] [ant: general]
2: a small part that can be considered separately from the
whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail,
particular, item]
3: (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but
not all) members of a class [syn: particular, particular
proposition] [ant: universal, universal proposition]
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reticular
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adj 1: resembling or forming a network; "the reticulate veins of
a leaf"; "a reticulated highway system" [syn:
reticulate, reticular] [ant: nonreticulate]
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testicular
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adj 1: of or involving the testes; "testicular cancer"
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tubercular
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adj 1: characterized by the presence of tuberculosis lesions or
tubercles; "tubercular leprosy"
2: pertaining to or of the nature of a normal tuberosity or
tubercle; "a tubercular process for the attachment of a
ligament or muscle"
3: relating to tuberculosis or those suffering from it; "a
tubercular hospital"
4: constituting or afflicted with or caused by tuberculosis or
the tubercle bacillus; "a tubercular child"; "tuberculous
patients"; "tubercular meningitis" [syn: tubercular,
tuberculous]
n 1: a person with pulmonary tuberculosis [syn: consumptive,
lunger, tubercular]
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ventricular
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adj 1: of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)
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vermicular
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adj 1: decorated with wormlike tracery or markings; "vermicular
(or vermiculated) stonework" [syn: vermicular,
vermiculate, vermiculated]
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vernacular
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adj 1: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term";
"vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses";
"the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
[syn: common, vernacular, vulgar]
n 1: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among
thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" [syn: slang,
cant, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular]
2: the everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from
literary language)
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vesicular
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adj 1: of or relating to or involving vesicles; "normal
vesicular breathing"
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specular
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adj 1: capable of reflecting light like a mirror; "mirrorlike
surface of the lake"; "a specular metal" [syn:
mirrorlike, specular]
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facula
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n 1: a bright spot on a planet
2: a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most
frequently in the vicinity of sunspots
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dracula
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n 1: comprises tropical American species usually placed in genus
Masdevallia: diminutive plants having bizarre and often
sinister-looking flowers with pendulous scapes and motile
lips [syn: Dracula, genus Dracula]
2: fictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker
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canicular
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adj 1: of or relating to the dog days of summer; "the canicular
heat of the Deep South"
2: relating to or especially immediately preceding or following
the heliacal rising of Canicula (the Dog Star); "canicular
days"
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cuticular
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adj 1: of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn:
cuticular, epidermal, epidermic, dermal]
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lenticular
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adj 1: convex on both sides; shaped like a lentil [syn:
biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular, lentiform]
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biauricular
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adj 1: relating to the two auditory openings; "the biauricular
diameter of the skull"
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acicula
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n 1: a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or
crystal; as a spine or bristle or crystal
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auricula
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n 1: yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps; commonly
cultivated [syn: auricula, bear's ear, Primula
auricula]
2: a pouch projecting from the top front of each atrium of the
heart [syn: auricula, auricular appendage, auricular
appendix]
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majuscular
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adj 1: of the nature of a majuscule or written in majuscules
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minuscular
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adj 1: of or relating to a small cursive script developed from
uncial; 7th to 9th centuries [syn: minuscule,
minuscular] [ant: majuscule]
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fascicular
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pedicular
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utricular
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versicular
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furuncular
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corbicula
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locular
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