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azalea
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n 1: any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy
flowers of various colors
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bacchanalia
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n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Greece in honor of
Dionysus (= Bacchus) [syn: Dionysia, Bacchanalia]
2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
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dahlia
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n 1: any of several plants of or developed from the species
Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed
variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of
Mexico and Central America and Colombia [syn: dahlia,
Dahlia pinnata]
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echolalia
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n 1: an infant's repetition of sounds uttered by others
2: (psychiatry) mechanical and meaningless repetition of the
words of another person (as in schizophrenia)
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genitalia
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n 1: external sex organ [syn: genitalia, genital organ,
genitals, private parts, privates, crotch]
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marginalia
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n 1: notes written in the margin
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paraphernalia
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n 1: equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a
particular operation or sport etc. [syn: gear,
paraphernalia, appurtenance]
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regalia
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n 1: paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office)
2: especially fine or decorative clothing [syn: array,
raiment, regalia]
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saturnalia
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n 1: an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn
2: a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
[syn: orgy, debauch, debauchery, saturnalia, riot,
bacchanal, bacchanalia, drunken revelry]
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thalia
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n 1: (Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry
2: (Greek mythology) one of the three Graces
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australia
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n 1: a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent;
Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from
southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were
British convicts sent there as a penal colony [syn:
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia]
2: the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the
Indian Ocean
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gallia
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n 1: an ancient region of western Europe that included what is
now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of
Germany and the Netherlands [syn: Gaul, Gallia]
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italia
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n 1: a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was
the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between
the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD [syn: Italy,
Italian Republic, Italia]
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galea
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n 1: an organ shaped like a helmet; usually a vaulted and
enlarged petal as in Aconitum
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glossolalia
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n 1: repetitive nonmeaningful speech (especially that associated
with a trance state or religious fervor)
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penetralia
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n 1: the innermost parts
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aeritalia
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eulalia
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mahalia
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westphalia
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palea
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castalia
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dhekelia
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dyslalia
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lupercalia
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pontificalia
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