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aeon
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n 1: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
2: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon, aeon]
3: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
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artesian
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adj 1: (of water) rising to the surface under internal
hydrostatic pressure; "an artesian well"; "artesian
pressure" [ant: subartesian]
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cyclopean
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling the Cyclops; "Cyclopean
eye"
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elysian
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adj 1: relating to the Elysian Fields
2: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration
by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine
Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"
[syn: divine, elysian, inspired]
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eon
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n 1: the longest division of geological time [syn: eon,
aeon]
2: an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons
ago" [syn: eon, aeon]
3: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the
Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of
the universe [syn: eon, aeon]
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halcyon
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adj 1: idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy
tranquillity; "a halcyon atmosphere"
2: marked by peace and prosperity; "a golden era"; "the halcyon
days of the clipper trade" [syn: golden, halcyon,
prosperous]
n 1: (Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher
[syn: Alcyone, Halcyon]
2: a large kingfisher widely distributed in warmer parts of the
Old World [syn: Halcyon, genus Halcyon]
3: a mythical bird said to breed at the time of the winter
solstice in a nest floating on the sea and to have the power
of calming the winds and waves
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neon
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n 1: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow
in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in
the air in small amounts [syn: neon, Ne, atomic number
10]
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paean
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n 1: a formal expression of praise [syn: encomium, eulogy,
panegyric, paean, pean]
2: (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in
ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) [syn: paean,
pean]
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peon
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n 1: a laborer who is obliged to do menial work [syn: drudge,
peon, navvy, galley slave]
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plebeian
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adj 1: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the
common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior
that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose";
"a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed
masses" [syn: common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed]
n 1: one of the common people [syn: plebeian, pleb]
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protean
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adj 1: taking on different forms; "eyes...of that baffling
protean grey which is never twice the same"
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frisian
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adj 1: of or relating to the people or culture or language of
Friesland or Frisia
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Friesland or Frisia
2: a West Germanic language spoken in Friesland in the
northwestern Netherlands; a near relative of English
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caucasian
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adj 1: of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia;
"Caucasian languages" [syn: Caucasian, Caucasic]
2: of or relating to Caucasian people [syn: Caucasian,
Caucasoid]
n 1: a member of the Caucasoid race [syn: White, White
person, Caucasian]
2: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that are
unrelated to languages spoken elsewhere [syn: Caucasian,
Caucasian language]
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malaysian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Malaysia;
"Malaysian police crack down hard on drug smugglers";
"Malayan crocodiles" [syn: Malaysian, Malayan]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Malaysia
2: the Malay language spoken in Malaysia [syn: Malaysian,
Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Kebangsaan]
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andalusian
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adj 1: in or relating to Andalusia
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hessian
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n 1: (19th century) a man's high tasseled boot [syn: Hessian
boot, hessian, jackboot, Wellington, Wellington
boot]
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cartesian
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adj 1: of or relating to Rene Descartes or his works; "Cartesian
linguistics"
n 1: a follower of Cartesian thought
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tunisian
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adj 1: of or relating to the city of Tunis or its residents;
"Tunisian markets"
2: of or relating to Tunisia or its inhabitants; "Tunisian
archeological sites"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tunisia
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indonesian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Indonesia or its
people or languages
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Indonesia
2: the dialect of Malay used as the national language of the
Republic of Indonesia or of Malaysia [syn: Indonesian,
Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa]
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abkhazian
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adj 1: of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language
[syn: Abkhaz, Abkhazian]
n 1: a member of the Circassian people who live to the east of
the Black Sea [syn: Abkhaz, Abkhazian, Abkhas,
Abkhasian]
2: a Circassian language spoken by the Abkhaz [syn: Abkhazian,
Abkhasian]
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circassian
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n 1: a member of the Sunni Muslim people living in northwestern
Caucasia
2: a mostly Sunni Muslim community living in northwestern
Caucasia
3: a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Circassian
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caribbean
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n 1: an arm of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South
America; the origin of the Gulf stream [syn: Caribbean,
Caribbean Sea]
2: region including the Caribbean Islands
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nasion
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n 1: the craniometric point at the bridge of the nose where the
frontal and nasal bones of the skull meet
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procyon
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n 1: the brightest star in Canis Minor
2: the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons [syn:
Procyon, genus Procyon]
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european
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Europe or the
people of Europe; "European Community"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Europe
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jacobean
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adj 1: of or relating to James I or his reign or times;
"Jacobean writers"
n 1: any distinguished personage during the reign of James I
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vespasian
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n 1: Emperor of Rome and founder of the Flavian dynasty who
consolidated Roman rule in Germany and Britain and reformed
the army and brought prosperity to the empire; began the
construction of the Colosseum (9-79) [syn: Vespasian,
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus]
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carthusian
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adj 1: of or relating to the Carthusian order
n 1: a member of the Carthusian order
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parisian
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adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Paris or its
inhabitants; "Parisian restaurants can be expensive"
n 1: a native or resident of Paris
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dionysian
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adj 1: of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
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andean
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adj 1: relating to the Andes and their inhabitants
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dantean
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adj 1: of or relating to Dante Alighieri or his writings [syn:
Dantean, Dantesque]
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tanzanian
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adj 1: of or relating to the republic of Tanzania or its people
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Tanzania
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archaean
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adj 1: of or relating to the earliest known rocks formed during
the Precambrian Eon [syn: archean, archaean]
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chaldean
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adj 1: of or relating to ancient Chaldea or its people or
language or culture [syn: Chaldean, Chaldaean,
Chaldee]
n 1: a wise man skilled in occult learning [syn: Chaldean,
Chaldaean, Chaldee]
2: an inhabitant of ancient Chaldea [syn: Chaldean,
Chaldaean, Chaldee]
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linnaean
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adj 1: of or relating to Linnaeus or to the system of taxonomic
classification that Linnaeus proposed [syn: Linnaean,
Linnean]
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mandaean
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adj 1: of or relating to the Mandaean people or their language
or culture [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
n 1: a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan
and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist
was the Messiah [syn: Mandaean, Mandean]
2: the form of Aramaic used by the Mandeans [syn: Mandaean,
Mandean]
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hebridean
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adj 1: of or relating to the Hebrides
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sisyphean
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adj 1: of or relating to Sisyphus
2: both extremely effortful and futile
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ambrosian
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adj 1: of or by or relating to Saint Ambrose; "Ambrosian chants"
2: extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant; "a
nectarous drink"; "ambrosial food" [syn: ambrosial,
ambrosian, nectarous]
3: worthy of the gods [syn: ambrosial, ambrosian]
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keynesian
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adj 1: of or relating to John Maynard Keynes or to his economic
theories
n 1: a follower of the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes
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lycian
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n 1: an Anatolian language
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dickensian
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adj 1: of or like the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with
regard to poor social and economic conditions)
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leibnizian
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adj 1: of or relating to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz or to his
mathematics or philosophy [syn: Leibnizian,
Leibnitzian]
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malthusian
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adj 1: of or relating to Thomas Malthus or to Malthusianism;
"Malthusian theories"
n 1: a believer in Malthusian theory
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albigensian
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adj 1: of or relating to Albigenses or Albigensianism
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ordovician
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n 1: from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and
ostracods and algae and seaweeds [syn: Ordovician,
Ordovician period]
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belorussian
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n 1: a native or inhabitant of Byelorussia [syn: Byelorussian,
Belorussian, White Russian]
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etesian
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lucian
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athanasian
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meehan
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maccabean
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roscian
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traducian
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milesian
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salesian
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paeon
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cadmean
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orphean
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rugbeian
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sabaean
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hasmonean
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nabataean
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tacitean
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capsian
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holmesian
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joycean
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marxian
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piscean
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waldensian
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homoiousian
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homoousian
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maglemosian
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tardenoisian
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ossian
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