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acerbic
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adj 1: sour or bitter in taste [syn: acerb, acerbic,
astringent]
2: harsh or corrosive in tone; "an acerbic tone piercing
otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her
acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words";
"blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political
assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a
sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique" [syn:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering,
caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent,
vitriolic]
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acrophobic
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adj 1: suffering from acrophobia; abnormally afraid of high
places
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aerobic
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adj 1: depending on free oxygen or air; "aerobic fermentation"
[syn: aerobic, aerophilic, aerophilous] [ant:
anaerobic, anaerobiotic]
2: based on or using the principles of aerobics; enhancing
respiratory and circulatory efficiency; "aerobic dance";
"running is very aerobic" [ant: anaerobic]
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agoraphobic
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adj 1: suffering from agoraphobia; abnormally afraid of open or
public places
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alembic
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n 1: an obsolete kind of container used for distillation; two
retorts connected by a tube
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amoebic
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adj 1: pertaining to or resembling amoebae; "amoebic dysentery"
[syn: amoebic, amebic, amoeban, ameban,
amoebous, amebous]
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anaerobic
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adj 1: living or active in the absence of free oxygen;
"anaerobic bacteria" [syn: anaerobic, anaerobiotic]
[ant: aerobic, aerophilic, aerophilous]
2: not aerobic; "isometric exercises are anaerobic" [ant:
aerobic]
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cherubic
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adj 1: having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub; "an
angelic smile"; "a cherubic face"; "looking so seraphic
when he slept"; "a sweet disposition" [syn: angelic,
angelical, cherubic, seraphic, sweet]
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claustrophobic
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adj 1: uncomfortably closed or hemmed in; "a claustrophobic
little room"
2: suffering from claustrophobia; abnormally afraid of closed-in
places
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cubic
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adj 1: having three dimensions [syn: cubic, three-
dimensional] [ant: linear, one-dimensional,
planar, two-dimensional]
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decasyllabic
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adj 1: having or characterized by or consisting of ten syllables
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disyllabic
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adj 1: having or characterized by or consisting of two syllables
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dithyrambic
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adj 1: of or in the manner of a dithyramb
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hydrophobic
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adj 1: lacking affinity for water; tending to repel and not
absorb water; tending not to dissolve in or mix with or
be wetted by water [ant: hydrophilic]
2: abnormally afraid of water [syn: hydrophobic, aquaphobic]
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iambic
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adj 1: of or consisting of iambs; "iambic pentameter"
n 1: a verse line consisting of iambs
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limbic
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adj 1: of or relating to or forming a limbus
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monosyllabic
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adj 1: having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable
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phobic
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adj 1: suffering from irrational fears
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plumbic
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adj 1: relating to or consisting of lead [syn: plumbic,
plumbous]
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polysyllabic
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adj 1: having or characterized by words of more than three
syllables
2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
"sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic,
sesquipedalian]
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pubic
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adj 1: relating or near the pubis; "pubic bones"; "pubic hair"
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rhombic
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adj 1: resembling a rhombus
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syllabic
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adj 1: of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic
characters each represent a syllable"
2: consisting of or using a syllabary; "eskimos of the eastern
Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"
3: (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather
than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities
[ant: accentual, quantitative]
4: consisting of a syllable or syllables [ant: nonsyllabic,
unsyllabic]
5: (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the
syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'" [ant: nonsyllabic]
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xenophobic
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adj 1: suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred
of the strange or foreign
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homophobic
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adj 1: prejudiced against homosexual people
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octosyllabic
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adj 1: having or characterized by or consisting of eight
syllables
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arabic
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Arabs; "Arabic
languages"
n 1: the Semitic language of the Arabs; spoken in a variety of
dialects [syn: Arabic, Arabic language]
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ascorbic
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hendecasyllabic
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orthorhombic
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photophobic
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dissyllabic
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hexasyllabic
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parisyllabic
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sorbic
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ephebic
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choliambic
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galliambic
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bic
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bick
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rubik
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niobic
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lyophobic
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mozarabic
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