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absent
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adj 1: not being in a specified place [ant: present]
2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
3: lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare";
"an absentminded professor"; "the scatty glancing quality of
a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence" [syn: absent,
absentminded, abstracted, scatty]
v 1: go away or leave; "He absented himself" [syn: absent,
remove]
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accent
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n 1: distinctive manner of oral expression; "he couldn't
suppress his contemptuous accent"; "she had a very clear
speech pattern" [syn: accent, speech pattern]
2: special importance or significance; "the red light gave the
central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated
in shades of grey with distinctive red accents" [syn:
emphasis, accent]
3: the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific
group of people; "the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of
English"; "he has a strong German accent"; "it has been said
that a language is a dialect with an army and navy" [syn:
dialect, idiom, accent]
4: the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note
(especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the
stress on the wrong syllable" [syn: stress, emphasis,
accent]
5: a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a
vowel to indicate a special pronunciation [syn: accent,
accent mark]
v 1: to stress, single out as important; "Dr. Jones emphasizes
exercise in addition to a change in diet" [syn: stress,
emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent,
accentuate]
2: put stress on; utter with an accent; "In Farsi, you accent
the last syllable of each word" [syn: stress, accent,
accentuate]
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ancient
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adj 1: belonging to times long past especially of the historical
period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire;
"ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those
of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
2: very old; "an ancient mariner"
n 1: a very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian]
2: a person who lived in ancient times
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anticonvulsant
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n 1: a drug used to treat or prevent convulsions (as in
epilepsy) [syn: anticonvulsant, anticonvulsant drug,
antiepileptic, antiepileptic drug]
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beneficent
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adj 1: doing or producing good; "the most beneficent regime in
history" [ant: maleficent]
2: generous in assistance to the poor; "a benevolent
contributor"; "eleemosynary relief"; "philanthropic
contributions" [syn: beneficent, benevolent,
eleemosynary, philanthropic]
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coefficient
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n 1: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property
or characteristic
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cognisant
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge
or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware
of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her
surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed
limit" [syn: aware(p), cognizant, cognisant] [ant:
incognizant, unaware]
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complaisant
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adj 1: showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others;
"to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose
wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no
hurry for us to leave" [syn: complaisant, obliging]
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concupiscent
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adj 1: vigorously passionate [syn: lustful, lusty,
concupiscent]
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consentient
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adj 1: in complete agreement; "a unanimous decision" [syn:
consentaneous, consentient, unanimous]
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conversant
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adj 1: (usually followed by `with') well informed about or
knowing thoroughly; "conversant with business trends";
"familiar with the complex machinery"; "he was familiar
with those roads" [syn: conversant(p), familiar(p)]
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corposant
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n 1: an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of
surrounding atmosphere [syn: corona discharge, corona,
corposant, St. Elmo's fire, Saint Elmo's fire, Saint
Elmo's light, Saint Ulmo's fire, Saint Ulmo's light,
electric glow]
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couchant
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adj 1: lying on the stomach with head raised with legs pointed
forward
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deficient
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adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina";
"tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient,
lacking(p), wanting(p)]
2: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
"insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant:
sufficient]
3: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]
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demulcent
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adj 1: having a softening or soothing effect especially to the
skin [syn: demulcent, emollient, salving,
softening]
n 1: a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that
soothes inflamed or injured skin
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dissentient
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adj 1: (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church
of England [syn: dissentient, recusant]
2: disagreeing, especially with a majority [syn: dissentient,
dissenting(a), dissident]
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docent
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n 1: a teacher at some universities
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efficient
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adj 1: being effective without wasting time or effort or
expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient
engines save gas" [ant: inefficient]
2: able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively;
"people who will do nothing unless they get something out of
it for themselves are often highly effective
persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient
secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution" [syn:
effective, efficient]
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impatient
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adj 1: restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition;
"impatient with the slower students"; "impatient of
criticism" [ant: patient]
2: (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness; "impatient to
begin"; "raring to go" [syn: impatient(p), raring(p)]
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inefficient
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adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient
campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design
and methods" [ant: efficient]
2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;
inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient
workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient]
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innocent
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adj 1: free from evil or guilt; "an innocent child"; "the
principle that one is innocent until proved guilty" [syn:
innocent, guiltless, clean-handed] [ant: guilty]
2: lacking intent or capacity to injure; "an innocent prank"
[syn: innocent, innocuous]
3: free from sin [syn: impeccant, innocent, sinless]
4: lacking in sophistication or worldliness; "a child's innocent
stare"; "his ingenuous explanation that he would not have
burned the church if he had not thought the bishop was in it"
[syn: innocent, ingenuous]
5: not knowledgeable about something specified; "American
tourists wholly innocent of French"; "a person unacquainted
with our customs" [syn: innocent(p), unacquainted(p)]
6: completely wanting or lacking; "writing barren of insight";
"young recruits destitute of experience"; "innocent of
literary merit"; "the sentence was devoid of meaning" [syn:
barren, destitute, devoid, free, innocent]
7: (used of things) lacking sense or awareness; "fine innocent
weather"
n 1: a person who lacks knowledge of evil [syn: innocent,
inexperienced person]
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insufficient
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adj 1: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
"insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient]
[ant: sufficient]
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lucent
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adj 1: softly bright or radiant; "a house aglow with lights";
"glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent
moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" [syn: aglow(p),
lambent, lucent, luminous]
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magnificent
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adj 1: characterized by grandeur; "the brilliant court life at
Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent
cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony" [syn:
brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid]
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maleficent
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adj 1: harmful or evil in intent or effect [ant: beneficent]
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malfeasant
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n 1: one guilty of malfeasance
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munificent
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adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand";
"the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother
a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal
praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted
devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [syn:
lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous,
unsparing, unstinted, unstinting]
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omnipresent
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adj 1: being present everywhere at once [syn: omnipresent,
ubiquitous]
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outpatient
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n 1: a patient who does not reside in the hospital where he is
being treated [ant: inmate, inpatient]
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patient
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adj 1: enduring trying circumstances with even temper or
characterized by such endurance; "a patient smile"; "was
patient with the children"; "an exact and patient
scientist"; "please be patient" [ant: impatient]
n 1: a person who requires medical care; "the number of
emergency patients has grown rapidly"
2: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is
directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by
the verb in the clause [syn: affected role, patient role,
patient]
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peasant
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n 1: a country person [syn: peasant, provincial, bucolic]
2: one of a (chiefly European) class of agricultural laborers
3: a crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking culture or refinement
[syn: peasant, barbarian, boor, churl, Goth,
tyke, tike]
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pheasant
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n 1: large long-tailed gallinaceous bird native to the Old World
but introduced elsewhere
2: flesh of a pheasant; usually braised
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pleasant
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adj 1: affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or
likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a
pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations" [ant:
unpleasant]
2: (of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior; "I didn't
enjoy it and probably wasn't a pleasant person to be around"
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present
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adj 1: temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now
existing or happening or in consideration; "the present
leader"; "articles for present use"; "the present topic";
"the present system"; "present observations" [ant:
future, past]
2: being or existing in a specified place; "the murderer is
present in this room"; "present at the wedding"; "present at
the creation" [ant: absent]
n 1: the period of time that is happening now; any continuous
stretch of time including the moment of speech; "that is
enough for the present"; "he lives in the present with no
thought of tomorrow" [syn: present, nowadays]
2: something presented as a gift; "his tie was a present from
his wife"
3: a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of
speaking [syn: present, present tense]
v 1: give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows
her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in
Washington" [syn: show, demo, exhibit, present,
demonstrate]
2: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the
arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our
formal reason" [syn: present, represent, lay out]
3: perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to
stage `Othello'" [syn: stage, present, represent]
4: hand over formally [syn: present, submit]
5: introduce; "This poses an interesting question" [syn:
present, pose]
6: give, especially as an honor or reward; "bestow honors and
prizes at graduation" [syn: award, present]
7: give as a present; make a gift of; "What will you give her
for her birthday?" [syn: give, gift, present]
8: deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement
speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the
students" [syn: deliver, present]
9: cause to come to know personally; "permit me to acquaint you
with my son"; "introduce the new neighbors to the community"
[syn: introduce, present, acquaint]
10: represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or
sculpture; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in
this painting" [syn: portray, present]
11: present somebody with something, usually to accuse or
criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was
faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his
actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us" [syn: confront,
face, present]
12: formally present a debutante, a representative of a country,
etc.
13: recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military
regulation; assume a prescribed position; "When the officers
show up, the soldiers have to salute" [syn: salute,
present]
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proficient
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adj 1: having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude;
"adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert
job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a
proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less
skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful
retouching" [syn: adept, expert, good, practiced,
proficient, skillful, skilful]
2: of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical
skill; "his technical innovation was his brushwork"; "the
technical dazzle of her dancing" [syn: technical,
proficient]
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quotient
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n 1: the ratio of two quantities to be divided
2: the number obtained by division
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recusant
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adj 1: (of Catholics) refusing to attend services of the Church
of England [syn: dissentient, recusant]
2: refusing to submit to authority; "the recusant
electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate"- Mary
W.Williams
n 1: someone who refuses to conform to established standards of
conduct [syn: nonconformist, recusant] [ant:
conformist]
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relaxant
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adj 1: tending to relax or relieve muscular or nervous tension;
"a relaxant drug"
n 1: a drug that relaxes and relieves tension
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reticent
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adj 1: temperamentally disinclined to talk [syn: reticent,
untalkative]
2: cool and formal in manner [syn: restrained, reticent,
unemotional]
3: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [syn: reticent,
self-effacing, retiring]
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sentient
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adj 1: endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness; "the
living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's
stage"- T.E.Lawrence [syn: sentient, animate] [ant:
insensate, insentient]
2: consciously perceiving; "sentient of the intolerable load";
"a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White
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sufficient
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adj 1: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but
without being abundant; "sufficient food" [ant:
deficient, insufficient]
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translucent
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adj 1: allowing light to pass through diffusely; "translucent
amber"; "semitransparent curtains at the windows" [syn:
translucent, semitransparent]
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unpleasant
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adj 1: disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ;
"an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions";
"unpleasant odors" [ant: pleasant]
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versant
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n 1: the side or slope of a mountain; "conifer forests cover the
eastern versant" [syn: mountainside, versant]
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wisent
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n 1: European bison having a smaller and higher head than the
North American bison [syn: wisent, aurochs, Bison
bonasus]
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noctilucent
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adj 1: shining or glowing by night; "the noctilucent eyes of a
cat"
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assentient
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adj 1: expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod"
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bezant
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n 1: a gold coin of the Byzantine Empire; widely circulated in
Europe in the Middle Ages [syn: bezant, bezzant,
byzant, solidus]
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cognizant
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge
or understanding or realization or perception; "was aware
of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her
surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed
limit" [syn: aware(p), cognizant, cognisant] [ant:
incognizant, unaware]
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negotiant
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n 1: someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to
reach a settlement) [syn: negotiator, negotiant,
treater]
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stuyvesant
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n 1: the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in
1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England
(1592-1672) [syn: Stuyvesant, Peter Stuyvesant, Petrus
Stuyvesant]
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incognizant
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adj 1: (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of
the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in";
"unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person
I've known" [syn: unaware, incognizant] [ant:
aware(p), cognisant, cognizant]
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dispersant
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doesn't
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hasn't
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isn't
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wasn't
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liquefacient
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tumefacient
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relucent
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convulsant
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ushant
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recognizant
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