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chaperone
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n 1: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or
gatherings of young people [syn: chaperon, chaperone]
v 1: accompany as a chaperone [syn: chaperone, chaperon]
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dethrone
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v 1: remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not
abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" [ant: enthrone,
throne]
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enthrone
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v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council
with special rights" [syn: invest, vest, enthrone]
[ant: disinvest, divest]
2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more
than 50 years ago" [syn: enthrone, throne] [ant:
dethrone]
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ingrown
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adj 1: growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail"
[syn: ingrowing, ingrown]
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overgrown
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adj 1: covered with growing plants
2: abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
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progesterone
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n 1: a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the
ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy
[syn: progesterone, Lipo-Lutin]
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saffron
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n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with
aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food
[syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus]
2: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus
3: a shade of yellow tinged with orange [syn: orange yellow,
saffron]
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testosterone
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n 1: a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes;
responsible for the development of male secondary sex
characteristics
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tetrahedron
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n 1: any polyhedron having four plane faces
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akron
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n 1: a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States
rubber industry
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homegrown
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adj 1: grown or originating in a particular place; "stands
selling homegrown fruits and vegetables"
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catherine
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n 1: first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was
the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536)
[syn: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine]
2: empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the
empire (1729-1796) [syn: Catherine II, Catherine,
Catherine the Great]
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aleurone
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n 1: granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many
seeds or cereal grains
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aldosterone
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n 1: a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of
the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium)
and water balance
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androsterone
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n 1: an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone
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hymenopteran
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n 1: insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an
ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing [syn:
hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron,
hymenopter]
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lepidopteran
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n 1: insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less
covered with tiny scales [syn: lepidopterous insect,
lepidopteron, lepidopteran]
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pentahedron
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n 1: any polyhedron having five plane faces
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rhombohedron
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n 1: a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either
rhombuses or parallelograms)
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outgrown
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overthrown
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tyrone
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hexameron
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dextran
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natron
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camaron
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tautochrone
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kathryn
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katherine
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trihedron
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