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aconite
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n 1: any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus
Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves
and blue or white flowers
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ammonite
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n 1: one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct
mollusks [syn: ammonite, ammonoid]
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belemnite
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n 1: a conical calcareous fossil tapering to a point at one end
and with a conical cavity at the other end containing (when
unbroken) a small chambered phragmocone from the shell of
any of numerous extinct cephalopods of the family
Belemnitidae
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disunite
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v 1: part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated
herself from the organization when she found out the
identity of the president" [syn: disassociate,
dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint]
2: force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting
children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" [syn: separate,
disunite, divide, part]
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ebonite
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n 1: a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural
rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite]
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finite
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adj 1: bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal
extent [ant: infinite]
2: of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in
time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and
person [ant: infinite, non-finite]
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fortnight
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n 1: a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis
tournaments last a fortnight" [syn: fortnight, two
weeks]
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gadolinite
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n 1: a mineral that is a source of rare earths; consists of
silicates of iron and beryllium and cerium and yttrium and
erbium [syn: gadolinite, ytterbite]
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ignite
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v 1: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat;
"Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a
cigarette" [syn: ignite, light] [ant: blow out,
extinguish, quench, snuff out]
2: start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited
suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously" [syn:
erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust,
conflagrate]
3: arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way
of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The
refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake
old feelings of hatred" [syn: inflame, stir up, wake,
ignite, heat, fire up]
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lignite
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n 1: intermediate between peat and bituminous coal [syn:
lignite, brown coal, wood coal]
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midnight
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n 1: 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night; "young
children should not be allowed to stay up until midnight"
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overnight
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adv 1: during or for the length of one night; "the fish
marinates overnight"
2: happening in a short time or with great speed; "these
solutions cannot be found overnight!"
adj 1: lasting, open, or operating through the whole night; "a
nightlong vigil"; "an all-night drugstore"; "an overnight
trip" [syn: nightlong, all-night, overnight]
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reunite
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v 1: have a reunion; unite again
2: unify again, as of a country; "Will Korea reunify?" [syn:
reunify, reunite]
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suburbanite
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n 1: a resident of a suburb
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taconite
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n 1: a variety of chert containing magnetite and hematite; mined
as a low-grade iron ore
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tonight
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adv 1: during the night of the present day; "drop by tonight"
[syn: tonight, this evening, this night]
n 1: the present or immediately coming night
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unite
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v 1: act in concert or unite in a common purpose or belief [syn:
unite, unify] [ant: carve up, dissever, divide,
separate, split, split up]
2: become one; "Germany unified officially in 1990"; "the cells
merge" [syn: unify, unite, merge] [ant: break apart,
disunify]
3: have or possess in combination; "she unites charm with a good
business sense" [syn: unite, combine]
4: be or become joined or united or linked; "The two streets
connect to become a highway"; "Our paths joined"; "The
travelers linked up again at the airport" [syn: connect,
link, link up, join, unite]
5: bring together for a common purpose or action or ideology or
in a shared situation; "the Democratic Patry platform united
several splinter groups" [syn: unite, unify]
6: join or combine; "We merged our resources" [syn: unite,
unify, merge]
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weeknight
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n 1: any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday
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reignite
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v 1: ignite anew, as of something burning; "The strong winds
reignited the cooling embers"
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bentonite
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n 1: an absorbent aluminum silicate clay formed from volcanic
ash
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canaanite
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n 1: a member of an ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan
before it was conquered by the Israelites
2: the extinct language of the Semitic people who occupied
Canaan before the Israelite conquest
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gelignite
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n 1: a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed
in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate
[syn: gelignite, gelly]
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ilmenite
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n 1: a weakly magnetic black mineral found in metamorphic and
plutonic rocks; an iron titanium oxide in crystalline form;
a source of titanium
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kyanite
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n 1: a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum
silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric rock,
used as a refractory [syn: kyanite, cyanite]
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manganite
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n 1: a black mineral consisting of basic manganese oxide; a
source of manganese
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mennonite
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n 1: a member of an Anabaptist movement in Holland noted for its
simplicity of life
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vulcanite
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n 1: a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural
rubber [syn: hard rubber, vulcanite, ebonite]
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kaolinite
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n 1: a mineral consisting of aluminum silicate; main source of
kaolin
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molybdenite
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n 1: a mineral resembling graphite that is valued as the chief
source of molybdenum and its compounds
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sunnite
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n 1: a member of the branch of Islam that accepts the first four
caliphs as rightful successors to Muhammad [syn: Sunnite,
Sunni, Sunni Muslim]
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stannite
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n 1: a dark grey mineral with a metallic luster that is a source
of tin [syn: stannite, tin pyrites]
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kainite
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n 1: a white mineral consisting of magnesium sulphate and
potassium chloride; a source of potassium salts; used as a
fertilizer
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dithionite
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exurbanite
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goodnight
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mylonite
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transfinite
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urbanite
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mcknight
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allanite
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encrinite
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maronite
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selenite
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xylonite
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gibeonite
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midianite
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sillimanite
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sennight
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