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angostura
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n 1: the bitter bark of a South American tree; used in medicines
and liqueurs and bitters [syn: angostura bark,
angostura]
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bravura
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n 1: brilliant and showy technical skill; "in a final bravura
the ballerina appeared to be floating in water"; "the music
ends with a display of bravura"
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cabaret
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n 1: a spot that is open late at night and that provides
entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing
and food and drink; "don't expect a good meal at a
cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by
visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a
jazz club" [syn: cabaret, nightclub, night club,
club, nightspot]
2: a series of acts at a night club [syn: cabaret,
floorshow, floor show]
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coloratura
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n 1: a lyric soprano who specializes in coloratura vocal music
[syn: coloratura, coloratura soprano]
2: singing with florid ornamentation
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cure
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n 1: a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
[syn: remedy, curative, cure, therapeutic]
v 1: provide a cure for, make healthy again; "The treatment
cured the boy's acne"; "The quack pretended to heal
patients but never managed to" [syn: bring around,
cure, heal]
2: prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order
to preserve; "cure meats"; "cure pickles"; "cure hay"
3: make (substances) hard and improve their usability; "cure
resin"; "cure cement"; "cure soap"
4: be or become preserved; "the apricots cure in the sun"
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devourer
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n 1: someone who eats greedily or voraciously
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durra
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n 1: sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa [syn:
durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian
millet, Guinea corn]
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emperor
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n 1: the male ruler of an empire
2: red table grape of California
3: large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily
scaled transparent wings [syn: emperor, emperor moth,
Saturnia pavonia]
4: large richly colored butterfly [syn: emperor butterfly,
emperor]
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enquirer
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n 1: someone who asks a question [syn: inquirer, enquirer,
questioner, querier, asker]
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glory
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n 1: a state of high honor; "he valued glory above life itself"
[syn: glory, glorification]
2: brilliant radiant beauty; "the glory of the sunrise" [syn:
glory, resplendence, resplendency]
3: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a
saint [syn: aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory,
gloriole]
v 1: rejoice proudly
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insurer
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n 1: a financial institution that sells insurance [syn:
insurance company, insurance firm, insurer,
insurance underwriter, underwriter]
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juror
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n 1: someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a
jury [syn: juror, juryman, jurywoman]
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opera
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n 1: a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral
accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
2: a commercial browser
3: a building where musical dramas are performed [syn: opera,
opera house]
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osprey
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n 1: large harmless hawk found worldwide that feeds on fish and
builds a bulky nest often occupied for years [syn:
osprey, fish hawk, fish eagle, sea eagle, Pandion
haliaetus]
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pleura
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n 1: the thin serous membrane around the lungs and inner walls
of the chest
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pro
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adv 1: in favor of a proposition, opinion, etc. [ant: con]
adj 1: in favor of (an action or proposal etc.); "a pro vote"
[ant: anti]
n 1: an athlete who plays for pay [syn: professional, pro]
[ant: amateur]
2: an argument in favor of a proposal [ant: con]
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procurer
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n 1: someone who procures customers for whores (in England they
call a pimp a ponce) [syn: pimp, procurer, panderer,
pander, pandar, fancy man, ponce]
2: someone who obtains or acquires; "the procurer of opera
tickets" [syn: procurer, securer]
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puree
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n 1: food prepared by cooking and straining or processed in a
blender
v 1: rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender;
"puree the vegetables for the baby" [syn: puree,
strain]
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tempera
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n 1: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such
as size and egg yolk [syn: tempera, poster paint,
poster color, poster colour]
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tempura
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n 1: vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
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whisperer
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n 1: one who speaks in a whisper
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corrie
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n 1: a steep-walled semicircular basin in a mountain; may
contain a lake [syn: cirque, corrie, cwm]
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tory
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n 1: an American who favored the British side during the
American Revolution
2: a member of political party in Great Britain that has been
known as the Conservative Party since 1832; was the
opposition party to the Whigs
3: a supporter of traditional political and social institutions
against the forces of reform; a political conservative
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scourer
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n 1: someone who cleanses by scouring
2: someone who travels widely and energetically; "he was a
scourer of the seven seas"
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sura
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n 1: one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran
is divided in 114 suras"
2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura]
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acquirer
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n 1: a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
2: a corporation gaining financial control over another
corporation or financial institution through a payment in
cash or an exchange of stock
3: the financial institution that dispenses cash in automated
teller machines and collects a fee from the bank that issued
the credit card
4: a credit card processing bank; merchants receive credit for
credit card receipts less a processing fee [syn: merchant
bank, acquirer]
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saury
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n 1: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus]
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florey
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n 1: British pathologist who isolated and purified penicillin,
which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming
(1898-1968) [syn: Florey, Howard Florey, Sir Howard
Walter Florey]
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flory
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n 1: United States chemist who developed methods for studying
long-chain molecules (1910-1985) [syn: Flory, Paul John
Flory]
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montessori
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n 1: Italian educator who developed a method of teaching
mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-
centered approach (1870-1952) [syn: Montessori, Maria
Montesorri]
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dura
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n 1: the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges [syn: dura
mater, dura]
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datura
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n 1: thorn apple [syn: Datura, genus Datura]
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bujumbura
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n 1: the capital and largest city of Burundi; "Usumbura was
renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in 1962"
[syn: Bujumbura, Usumbura, capital of Burundi]
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nomenklatura
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n 1: the system of patronage in communist countries; controlled
by committees in the Communist Party
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durer
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n 1: a leading German painter and engraver of the Renaissance
(1471-1528) [syn: Durer, Albrecht Durer]
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thackeray
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n 1: English writer (born in India) (1811-1863) [syn:
Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray]
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paperer
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n 1: one whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper
[syn: paperhanger, paperer]
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tourer
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n 1: someone who travels for pleasure [syn: tourist, tourer,
holidaymaker]
2: large open car seating four with folding top [syn: touring
car, phaeton, tourer]
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cacciatore
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corpora
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flowerer
0
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aurae
0
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tori
0
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montefiore
0
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bourree
0
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hairspray
0
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tanqueray
0
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jura
0
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corey
0
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corry
0
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cory
0
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coury
0
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torie
0
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basore
0
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detore
0
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dettore
0
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fiore
0
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fiori
0
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gregori
0
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hattori
0
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kgori
0
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liguori
0
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liquori
0
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mcclory
0
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mccorry
0
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mccrorey
0
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mccrory
0
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mcglory
0
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mcgrory
0
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mclaury
0
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alatorre
0
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belfiore
0
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bonsignore
0
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buonocore
0
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pingitore
0
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surah
0
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surra
0
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figura
0
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scordatura
0
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tessitura
0
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bonaventura
0
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fioritura
0
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imprimatura
0
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kouprey
0
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sempre
0
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madura
0
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estremadura
0
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klemperer
0
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tamboura
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