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allegorical
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adj 1: used in or characteristic of or containing allegory;
"allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of
Victory leading an army" [syn: allegorical,
allegoric]
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alphanumerical
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adj 1: of or pertaining to alphanumeric characters [syn:
alphanumeric, alphanumerical, alphameric,
alphamerical]
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angelical
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adj 1: of or relating to angels; "angelic messenger" [syn:
angelic, angelical]
2: 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]
3: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel
or saint; "angelic beneficence"; "a beatific smile"; "a
saintly concern for his fellow men"; "my sainted mother"
[syn: angelic, angelical, beatific, saintlike,
saintly, sainted]
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asymmetrical
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adj 1: characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or
placement of parts or components [syn: asymmetrical,
asymmetric] [ant: symmetric, symmetrical]
2: irregular in shape or outline; "asymmetrical features"; "a
dress with a crooked hemline" [syn: asymmetrical,
crooked]
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auricle
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n 1: a small conical pouch projecting from the upper anterior
part of each atrium of the heart [syn: auricle, atrial
auricle, auricula atrii]
2: the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the
external ear [syn: auricle, pinna, ear]
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barometrical
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adj 1: relating to atmospheric pressure or indicated by a
barometer; "barometric pressure" [syn: barometric,
barometrical]
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biblical
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adj 1: of or pertaining to or contained in or in accordance with
the Bible; "biblical names"; "biblical Hebrew" [syn:
biblical, scriptural]
2: in keeping with the nature of the Bible or its times or
people; "biblical styles in writing"; "a beard of biblical
proportions"; "biblical costumes"
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biomedical
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adj 1: relating to the activities and applications of science to
clinical medicine; "biomedical research laboratory"
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canonical
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adj 1: appearing in a biblical canon; "a canonical book of the
Christian New Testament" [syn: canonic, canonical]
2: of or relating to or required by canon law [syn: canonic,
canonical]
3: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible
without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a
canonical syllable pattern" [syn: basic, canonic,
canonical]
4: conforming to orthodox or recognized rules; "the drinking of
cocktails was as canonical a rite as the mixing"- Sinclair
Lewis [syn: canonic, canonical, sanctioned]
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canticle
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n 1: a hymn derived from the Bible
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carbuncle
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n 1: deep-red cabochon garnet cut without facets
2: an infection larger than a boil and with several openings for
discharge of pus
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categorical
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adj 1: relating to or included in a category or categories [syn:
categorical, categoric]
2: not modified or restricted by reservations; "a categorical
denial"; "a flat refusal" [syn: categoric, categorical,
flat, unconditional]
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cervical
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adj 1: of or relating to the cervix of the uterus; "cervical
cancer"
2: relating to or associated with the neck
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chemical
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adj 1: relating to or used in chemistry; "chemical engineer";
"chemical balance" [syn: chemical, chemic]
2: of or made from or using substances produced by or used in
reactions involving atomic or molecular changes; "chemical
fertilizer"
n 1: material produced by or used in a reaction involving
changes in atoms or molecules [syn: chemical, chemical
substance]
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chimerical
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adj 1: being or relating to or like a chimera; "his Utopia is
not as chimeric commonwealth but a practical improvement
on what already exists"- Douglas Bush [syn: chimeric,
chimerical, chimeral]
2: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not
a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what
already exists"- Douglas Bush
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chronicle
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n 1: a record or narrative description of past events; "a
history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the
plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to
lead" [syn: history, account, chronicle, story]
v 1: record in chronological order; make a historical record
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classical
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adj 1: of or relating to the most highly developed stage of an
earlier civilisation and its culture; "classic Cinese
pottery" [syn: classical, classic] [ant:
nonclassical]
2: of recognized authority or excellence; "the definitive work
on Greece"; "classical methods of navigation" [syn:
authoritative, classical, classic, definitive]
3: of or relating to the study of the literary works of ancient
Greece and Rome; " a classical scholar"
4: (language) having the form used by ancient standard authors;
"classical Greek
5: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the ancient Greek
and Roman cultures; "classical mythology"; "classical [syn:
classical, classic, Greco-Roman, Graeco-Roman,
Hellenic]
n 1: traditional genre of music conforming to an established
form and appealing to critical interest and developed
musical taste [syn: classical music, classical,
serious music]
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clavicle
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n 1: bone linking the scapula and sternum [syn: clavicle,
collarbone]
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clerical
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adj 1: of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"
2: of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
3: appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills";
"a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
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clinical
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adj 1: relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic
and depending on direct observation of patients;
"clinical observation"; "clinical case study"
2: scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the
clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
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comical
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adj 1: arousing or provoking laughter; "an amusing film with a
steady stream of pranks and pratfalls"; "an amusing
fellow"; "a comic hat"; "a comical look of surprise";
"funny stories that made everybody laugh"; "a very funny
writer"; "it would have been laughable if it hadn't hurt
so much"; "a mirthful experience"; "risible courtroom
antics" [syn: amusing, comic, comical, funny,
laughable, mirthful, risible]
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conical
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adj 1: relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains";
"conelike fruit" [syn: conic, conical, conelike,
cone-shaped]
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coracle
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n 1: a small rounded boat made of hides stretched over a wicker
frame; still used in some parts of Great Britain
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cortical
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adj 1: of or relating to a cortex
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cosmological
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adj 1: pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the
origin and history and structure and dynamics of the
universe; "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift";
"cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe" [syn:
cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic,
cosmogonical, cosmogenic]
2: pertaining to the branch of philosophy dealing with the
elements and laws and especially the characteristics of the
universe such as space and time and causality; "cosmologic
philosophy"; "a cosmological argument is an argument that the
universe demands the admission of an adequate external cause
which is God" [syn: cosmologic, cosmological]
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cubical
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adj 1: shaped like a cube [syn: cubelike, cube-shaped,
cubical, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal]
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cull
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n 1: the person or thing that is rejected or set aside as
inferior in quality [syn: cull, reject]
v 1: remove something that has been rejected; "cull the sick
members of the herd"
2: look for and gather; "pick mushrooms"; "pick flowers" [syn:
pick, pluck, cull]
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cyclical
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adj 1: recurring in cycles [syn: cyclic, cyclical] [ant:
noncyclic, noncyclical]
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cylindrical
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adj 1: having the form of a cylinder [syn: cylindrical,
cylindric]
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diabolical
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adj 1: showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of
a devil; "devilish schemes"; "the cold calculation and
diabolic art of some statesmen"; "the diabolical
expression on his face"; "a mephistophelian glint in his
eye" [syn: devilish, diabolic, diabolical,
mephistophelian, mephistophelean]
2: extremely evil or cruel; expressive of cruelty or befitting
hell; "something demonic in him--something that could be
cruel"; "fires lit up a diabolic scene"; "diabolical
sorcerers under the influence of devils"; "a fiendish
despot"; "hellish torture"; "infernal instruments of war";
"satanic cruelty"; "unholy grimaces" [syn: demonic,
diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, hellish, infernal,
satanic, unholy]
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diacritical
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adj 1: capable of distinguishing; "students having superior
diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"-
S.F.Nadel [syn: diacritic, diacritical]
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dialectical
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adj 1: of or relating to or employing dialectic; "the
dialectical method" [syn: dialectic, dialectical]
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diametrical
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adj 1: related to or along a diameter; "the diametral plane"
[syn: diametral, diametric, diametrical]
2: characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed; "in
diametric contradiction to his claims"; "diametrical (or
opposite) points of view"; "opposite meanings"; "extreme and
indefensible polar positions" [syn: diametric,
diametrical, opposite, polar]
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dramaturgical
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adj 1: relating to the technical aspects of drama [syn:
dramaturgic, dramaturgical]
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ducal
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adj 1: of or belonging to or suitable for a duke; "ducal palace"
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electrical
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adj 1: relating to or concerned with electricity; "an electrical
engineer"; "electrical and mechanical engineering
industries"
2: using or providing or producing or transmitting or operated
by electricity; "electric current"; "electric wiring";
"electrical appliances"; "an electrical storm" [syn:
electric, electrical]
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empirical
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adj 1: derived from experiment and observation rather than
theory; "an empirical basis for an ethical theory";
"empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical
treatment of a disease about which little is known" [syn:
empirical, empiric] [ant: theoretic, theoretical]
2: relying on medical quackery; "empiric treatment" [syn:
empiric, empirical]
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encyclical
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adj 1: intended for wide distribution; "an encyclical letter"
n 1: a letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops
throughout the world [syn: encyclical, encyclical
letter]
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evangelical
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adj 1: relating to or being a Christian church believing in
personal conversion and the inerrancy of the Bible
especially the 4 Gospels; "evangelical Christianity"; "an
ultraconservative evangelical message"
2: of or pertaining to or in keeping with the Christian gospel
especially as in the first 4 books of the New Testament
3: marked by ardent or zealous enthusiasm for a cause [syn:
evangelical, evangelistic]
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follicle
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n 1: any small spherical group of cells containing a cavity
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geometrical
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adj 1: of or relating to or determined by geometry [syn:
geometric, geometrical]
2: characterized by simple geometric forms in design and
decoration; "a buffalo hide painted with red and black
geometric designs" [syn: geometric, geometrical]
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helical
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adj 1: in the shape of a coil [syn: coiling, helical,
spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled,
turbinate]
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hemispherical
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adj 1: of or relating to or being a hemisphere
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historical
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adj 1: of or relating to the study of history; "historical
scholars"; "a historical perspective" [ant:
ahistorical]
2: having once lived or existed or taken place in the real world
as distinct from being legendary; "the historical Jesus";
"doubt that a historical Camelot every existed"; "actual
historical events"
3: belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the
past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times";
"a historical character" [syn: historic, historical]
4: used of the study of a phenomenon (especially language) as it
changes through time; "diachronic linguistics" [syn:
diachronic, historical] [ant: synchronic]
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hysterical
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adj 1: characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria;
"during hysterical conditions various functions of the
human body are disordered"- Morris Fishbein; "hysterical
amnesia" [syn: hysteric, hysterical]
2: marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; "hysterical
laughter"; "a mob of hysterical vigilantes"
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lyrical
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adj 1: suitable for or suggestive of singing
2: expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"
[syn: lyric, lyrical]
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metallurgical
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adj 1: of or relating to metallurgy; "metallurgical engineer"
[syn: metallurgical, metallurgic]
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metaphorical
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adj 1: expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another;
"a metaphorical expression"; "metaphoric language" [syn:
metaphorical, metaphoric]
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metrical
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adj 1: based on the meter as a standard of measurement; "the
metric system"; "metrical equivalents" [syn: metric,
metrical]
2: the rhythmic arrangement of syllables [syn: measured,
metrical, metric]
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miracle
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n 1: any amazing or wonderful occurrence
2: a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine
agent
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obstetrical
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adj 1: of or relating to or used in or practicing obstetrics;
"obstetric hospital" [syn: obstetric, obstetrical]
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oracle
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n 1: an authoritative person who divines the future [syn:
prophet, prophesier, oracle, seer, vaticinator]
2: a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a
priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
3: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted
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oratorical
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adj 1: characteristic of an orator or oratory; "oratorical
prose"; "harangued his men in an oratorical way"- Robert
Graves
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pellicle
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n 1: thin protective membrane in some protozoa
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rankle
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v 1: gnaw into; make resentful or angry; "The injustice rankled
her"; "his resentment festered" [syn: eat into, fret,
rankle, grate]
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rascal
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n 1: a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel [syn: rogue,
knave, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag,
varlet]
2: one who is playfully mischievous [syn: imp, scamp,
monkey, rascal, rapscallion, scalawag, scallywag]
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reciprocal
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adj 1: concerning each of two or more persons or things;
especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid";
"reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal
privileges at other clubs" [syn: reciprocal, mutual]
[ant: nonreciprocal]
2: of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or
function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a"
n 1: something (a term or expression or concept) that has a
reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the
reciprocal of safety"
2: (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1:
the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7
is 1/7 [syn: multiplicative inverse, reciprocal]
3: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the
sexes associated with each genotype [syn: reciprocal cross,
reciprocal]
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rhetorical
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adj 1: of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal
and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the
rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis
Mumford
2: given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of
thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" [ant: unrhetorical]
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satirical
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adj 1: exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign
of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine" [syn:
satirical, satiric]
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scull
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n 1: a long oar that is mounted at the stern of a boat and moved
left and right to propel the boat forward
2: each of a pair of short oars that are used by a single
oarsman
3: a racing shell that is propelled by sculls
v 1: propel with sculls; "scull the boat"
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spherical
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adj 1: of or relating to spheres or resembling a sphere;
"spherical geometry" [ant: nonspherical]
2: having the shape of a sphere or ball; "a spherical object";
"nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like
mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey [syn: ball-shaped, global,
globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical]
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spiracle
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n 1: a breathing orifice
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symbolical
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adj 1: relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;
"symbolic logic"; "symbolic operations"; "symbolic
thinking" [syn: symbolic, symbolical]
2: serving as a visible symbol for something abstract; "a crown
is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as
symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" [syn:
emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical]
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symmetrical
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adj 1: having similarity in size, shape, and relative position
of corresponding parts [syn: symmetrical, symmetric]
[ant: asymmetric, asymmetrical]
2: exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents
of an entity or between different entities [syn:
harmonious, proportionate, symmetrical]
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theatrical
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adj 1: of or relating to the theater
2: suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater; "a
theatrical pose"; "one of the most theatrical figures in
public life" [ant: untheatrical]
n 1: a performance of a play [syn: theatrical performance,
theatrical, representation, histrionics]
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twinkle
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n 1: a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash [syn:
twinkle, scintillation, sparkling]
2: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of
countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a
perpetual twinkle in his eyes" [syn: sparkle, twinkle,
spark, light]
v 1: gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
[syn: flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle]
2: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a
constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
[syn: twinkle, winkle, scintillate]
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umbilical
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adj 1: relating to or resembling the umbilicus; "umbilical cord"
n 1: membranous duct connecting the fetus with the placenta
[syn: umbilical cord, umbilical]
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uncle
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n 1: the brother of your father or mother; the husband of your
aunt [ant: aunt, auntie, aunty]
2: a source of help and advice and encouragement; "he played
uncle to lonely students"
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unsymmetrical
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adj 1: lacking symmetry [syn: unsymmetric, unsymmetrical]
2: having unsymmetrical parts or unequal dimensions or
measurements [syn: anisometric, unsymmetrical]
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utricle
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n 1: a small pouch into which the semicircular canals open [syn:
utricle, utriculus]
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ventricle
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n 1: one of four connected cavities in the brain; is continuous
with the central canal of the spinal cord and contains
cerebrospinal fluid
2: a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and
pumps it to the arteries [syn: ventricle, heart
ventricle]
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vocal
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adj 1: relating to or designed for or using the singing voice;
"vocal technique"; "the vocal repertoire"; "organized a
vocal group to sing his compositions" [ant:
instrumental]
2: having or using the power to produce speech or sound; "vocal
organs"; "all vocal beings hymned their praise"
3: given to expressing yourself freely or insistently;
"outspoken in their opposition to segregation"; "a vocal
assembly" [syn: outspoken, vocal]
4: full of the sound of voices; "a playground vocal with the
shouts and laughter of children"
n 1: music intended to be performed by one or more singers,
usually with instrumental accompaniment [syn: vocal
music, vocal]
2: a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical
must have at least three good songs" [syn: song, vocal]
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cul
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n 1: a passage with access only at one end [syn: cul, cul de
sac, dead end]
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michael
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n 1: (Old Testament) the guardian archangel of the Jews
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conventicle
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n 1: a secret unauthorized meeting for religious worship
2: a building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists,
e.g., Quakers) [syn: conventicle, meetinghouse]
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karakul
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n 1: hardy coarse-haired sheep of central Asia; lambs are valued
for their soft curly black fur [syn: broadtail,
caracul, karakul]
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parabolical
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adj 1: resembling or expressed by parables [syn: parabolic,
parabolical]
2: having the form of a parabola [syn: parabolic,
parabolical]
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anticlerical
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calicle
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curricle
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hydrometrical
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hyperbolical
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hypermetrical
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microsurgical
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psychosurgical
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unbiblical
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truncal
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thoracal
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trimetrical
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lumbrical
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unhistorical
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