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acetyl
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n 1: the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) [syn: acetyl,
acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group,
ethanoyl radical]
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butyl
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n 1: a hydrocarbon radical (C4H9)
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dactyl
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n 1: a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed
syllables
2: a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in
other vertebrates [syn: digit, dactyl]
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dialectal
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adj 1: belonging to or characteristic of a dialect; "dialectal
variation"
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distil
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v 1: undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid
state and fall in drops; "water condenses"; "The acid
distills at a specific temperature" [syn: condense,
distill, distil]
2: extract by the process of distillation; "distill the essence
of this compound" [syn: distill, extract, distil]
3: undergo the process of distillation [syn: distill,
distil]
4: give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of
disinfectant onto the wound" [syn: distill, distil]
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fictile
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adj 1: of or relating to the craft of pottery; "the fictile
art"; "fictile ware"
2: susceptible to being led or directed; "fictile masses of
people ripe for propaganda" [syn: fictile, pliable]
3: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or
clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax
or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable, plastic]
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fractal
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n 1: (mathematics) a geometric pattern that is repeated at every
scale and so cannot be represented by classical geometry
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instil
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v 1: enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn:
instill, instil]
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lentil
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n 1: round flat seed of the lentil plant used for food
2: the fruit or seed of a lentil plant
3: widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible
flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground
into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
[syn: lentil, lentil plant, Lens culinaris]
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octal
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adj 1: of or pertaining to a number system having 8 as its base;
"an octal digit"
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pistil
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n 1: the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary
and style and stigma
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pterodactyl
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n 1: extinct flying reptile
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rectal
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adj 1: of or involving the rectum; "rectal cancer"
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standstill
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n 1: a situation in which no progress can be made or no
advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the
negotiations" [syn: deadlock, dead end, impasse,
stalemate, standstill]
2: an interruption of normal activity [syn: stand,
standstill, tie-up]
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tactile
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adj 1: of or relating to or proceeding from the sense of touch;
"haptic data"; "a tactile reflex" [syn: haptic,
tactile, tactual]
2: producing a sensation of touch; "tactile qualities"; "the
tactual luxury of stroking silky human hair" [syn: tactile,
tactual]
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pastille
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n 1: a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat [syn: cough
drop, troche, pastille, pastil]
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zygodactyl
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adj 1: (of bird feet) having the first and fourth toes directed
backward the second and third forward [ant:
heterodactyl]
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colorectal
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adj 1: relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum; "most
colorectal cancers arise from adenomatous polyps"
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polydactyl
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adj 1: of or relating to a person (or other vertebrate) having
more than the normal number of digits [syn: polydactyl,
polydactylous]
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dentil
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edictal
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until
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rictal
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postil
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daktyl
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leptodactyl
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pentadactyl
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tetradactyl
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tridactyl
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