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anger
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n 1: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some
real or supposed grievance [syn: anger, choler, ire]
2: the state of being angry [syn: anger, angriness]
3: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified
as one of the deadly sins) [syn: wrath, anger, ire,
ira]
v 1: make angry; "The news angered him"
2: become angry; "He angers easily" [syn: anger, see red]
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awe
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n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared
over the edge with a feeling of awe"
2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the
fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the
French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for
the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence,
awe, veneration]
v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the
undergraduates"
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baccarat
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n 1: a card game played in casinos in which two or more punters
gamble against the banker; the player wins who holds 2 or 3
cards that total closest to nine [syn: baccarat, chemin
de fer]
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blah
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n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast,
fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
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bourgeois
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adj 1: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-
owning class and exploitive of the working class
2: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle
class; "a bourgeois mentality" [syn: bourgeois,
conservative, materialistic]
3: belonging to the middle class
n 1: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial
enterprise [syn: businessperson, bourgeois]
2: a member of the middle class [syn: bourgeois, burgher]
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bra
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n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts
[syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
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cheesemonger
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n 1: someone who sells cheese
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clangour
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n 1: a loud resonant repeating noise; "he could hear the clang
of distant bells" [syn: clang, clangor, clangour,
clangoring, clank, clash, crash]
v 1: make a loud resonant noise; "the alarm clangored throughout
the building" [syn: clangor, clangour]
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conga
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n 1: music composed for dancing the conga
2: a Latin American dance of 3 steps and a kick by people in
single file
v 1: dance the conga
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conger
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n 1: large dark-colored scaleless marine eel found in temperate
and tropical coastal waters; some used for food [syn:
conger, conger eel]
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costermonger
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n 1: a hawker of fruit and vegetables from a barrow [syn:
costermonger, barrow-man, barrow-boy]
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finger
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n 1: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes
excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
2: the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
[syn: finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit]
3: one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a
finger or thumb
v 1: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the
book" [syn: finger, thumb]
2: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer
fingered the sweater" [syn: feel, finger]
3: search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found
that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
4: indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for
keyboard instruments
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fishmonger
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n 1: someone who sells fish [syn: fishmonger, fishwife]
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forefinger
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n 1: the finger next to the thumb [syn: index, index finger,
forefinger]
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gossipmonger
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n 1: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger,
newsmonger]
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ha
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n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point
measured westward along the celestial equator from the
zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a
particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle,
HA]
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hangar
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n 1: a large structure at an airport where aircraft can be
stored and maintained [syn: airdock, hangar, repair
shed]
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hunger
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n 1: a physiological need for food; the consequence of food
deprivation [syn: hunger, hungriness]
2: strong desire for something (not food or drink); "a thirst
for knowledge"; "hunger for affection" [syn: hunger,
hungriness, thirst, thirstiness]
v 1: feel the need to eat
2: have a craving, appetite, or great desire for [syn: crave,
hunger, thirst, starve, lust]
3: be hungry; go without food; "Let's eat--I'm starving!" [syn:
starve, hunger, famish] [ant: be full]
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hurrah
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n 1: a victory cheer; "let's give the team a big hurrah" [syn:
hurrah, hooray]
v 1: shout `hurrah!'
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ironmonger
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n 1: someone who sells hardware; "in England they call a
hardwareman an ironmonger" [syn: ironmonger,
hardwareman]
2: a store selling hardware; "in Great Britain they used to call
a hardware store an ironmonger's shop" [syn: hardware
store, ironmonger, ironmonger's shop]
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la
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n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily;
occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as
a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57]
2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one
of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn:
Louisiana, Pelican State, LA]
3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or
minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
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ladyfinger
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n 1: small finger-shaped sponge cake
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languor
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n 1: a relaxed comfortable feeling [syn: languor,
dreaminess]
2: a feeling of lack of interest or energy [syn: languor,
lassitude, listlessness]
3: inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy; "the general
appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends" [syn:
languor, lethargy, sluggishness, phlegm, flatness]
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law
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n 1: the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization
presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for
jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" [syn:
law, jurisprudence]
2: legal document setting forth rules governing a particular
kind of activity; "there is a law against kidnapping"
3: a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature
and essential to or binding upon human society [syn: law,
natural law]
4: a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in
nature; "the laws of thermodynamics" [syn: law, law of
nature]
5: the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the
principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
[syn: jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy]
6: the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in
a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system;
"he studied law at Yale" [syn: law, practice of law]
7: the force of policemen and officers; "the law came looking
for him" [syn: police, police force, constabulary,
law]
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linger
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v 1: remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her
perfume lingered on"
2: be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the
Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the
department?" [syn: loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag,
loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry,
linger, lurk, mill about, mill around]
3: leave slowly and hesitantly [syn: tarry, linger]
4: take one's time; proceed slowly [syn: linger, dawdle]
[ant: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along,
hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush,
rush along, speed, step on it]
5: move to and fro; "The shy student lingered in the corner"
[syn: hover, linger]
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ma
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n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of
Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM]
3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA]
4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
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malinger
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v 1: avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to
be ill [syn: malinger, skulk]
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monger
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n 1: someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods
to be sold [syn: trader, bargainer, dealer, monger]
v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle,
monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]
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newsmonger
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n 1: a person given to gossiping and divulging personal
information about others [syn: gossip, gossiper,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger,
newsmonger]
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pa
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n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby
talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa,
pop]
2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from
uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead
[syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number
91]
3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn:
pascal, Pa]
4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn:
Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA]
5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication
system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A.
system, PA system, P.A., PA]
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panga
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n 1: a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
weapon or for cutting vegetation [syn: machete,
matchet, panga]
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pasha
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n 1: a civil or military authority in Turkey or Egypt [syn:
pasha, pacha]
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raw
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adj 1: (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or
manufactured using only simple or minimal processes;
"natural yogurt"; "natural produce"; "raw wool"; "raw
sugar"; "bales of rude cotton" [syn: natural, raw(a),
rude(a)]
2: having the surface exposed and painful; "a raw wound"
3: not treated with heat to prepare it for eating [ant:
cooked]
4: not processed or refined; "raw sewage"
5: devoid of elaboration or diminution or concealment; bare and
pure; "naked ambition"; "raw fury"; "you may kill someone
someday with your raw power" [syn: naked, raw]
6: brutally unfair or harsh; "received raw treatment from his
friends"; "a raw deal"
7: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw
cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn:
crude, raw]
8: untempered and unrefined; "raw talent"; "raw beauty"
9: hurting; "the tender spot on his jaw" [syn: sensitive,
sore, raw, tender]
10: unpleasantly cold and damp; "bleak winds of the North
Atlantic" [syn: bleak, cutting, raw]
11: used of wood and furniture; "raw wood" [syn: raw(a),
unsanded]
12: lacking training or experience; "the new men were eager to
fight"; "raw recruits" [syn: raw, new]
13: (used informally) completely unclothed [syn: bare-assed,
bare-ass, in the altogether, in the buff, in the
raw, raw, peeled, naked as a jaybird, stark naked]
n 1: informal terms for nakedness; "in the raw"; "in the
altogether"; "in his birthday suit" [syn: raw,
altogether, birthday suit]
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scandalmonger
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n 1: a person who spreads malicious gossip
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scaremonger
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n 1: a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up
trouble [syn: scaremonger, stirrer]
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shah
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n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn:
Shah, Shah of Iran]
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spa
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n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn:
watering place, watering hole, spa]
2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort
hotel, spa]
3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for
exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa,
spa, health club]
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warmonger
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n 1: a person who advocates war or warlike policies [syn:
militarist, warmonger]
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whoremonger
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n 1: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger,
john, trick]
2: a pimp who procures whores [syn: whoremaster,
whoremonger]
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younger
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adj 1: used of the younger of two persons of the same name
especially used to distinguish a son from his father;
"John Junior"; "John Smith, Jr." [syn: younger, jr.]
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ka
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n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
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na
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n 1: a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal
group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially
in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts
violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral
halite (rock salt) [syn: sodium, Na, atomic number
11]
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ra
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n 1: an intensely radioactive metallic element that occurs in
minute amounts in uranium ores [syn: radium, Ra,
atomic number 88]
2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal
creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the
king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re]
3: (astronomy) the equatorial coordinate specifying the angle,
measured eastward along the celestial equator, from the
vernal equinox to the intersection of the hour circle that
passes through an object in the sky; usually expressed in
hours and minutes and seconds; used with declination to
specify positions on the celestial sphere; "one hour of right
ascension equals fifteen degrees" [syn: right ascension,
RA, celestial longitude]
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ta
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n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly
resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite
and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
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wa
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n 1: a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific [syn:
Washington, Evergreen State, WA]
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artois
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n 1: a former province of northern France near the English
Channel (between Picardy and Flanders)
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tanga
0
n 1: 100 tanga equal 1 Tajikistani ruble
2: a port city in northeastern Tanzania on the Indian Ocean
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bangor
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n 1: a town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River
2: a university town in northwestern Wales on the Menai Strait
3: a town in southeastern Northern Ireland
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tonga
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n 1: a monarchy on a Polynesian archipelago in the South
Pacific; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in
1970 [syn: Tonga, Kingdom of Tonga, Friendly Islands]
2: the language of the Tongan people of south central Africa
(Zambia and Rhodesia)
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syringa
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n 1: large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-
white flowers in short terminal racemes [syn: mock
orange, syringa, Philadelphus coronarius]
2: genus of Old World shrubs or low trees having fragrant
flowers in showy panicles: lilacs [syn: Syringa, genus
Syringa]
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ah
0
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aha
0
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bah
0
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donga
0
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fellmonger
0
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hah
0
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kanga
0
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qua
0
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rah
0
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yah
0
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cha
0
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gras
0
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nah
0
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ya
0
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ahh
0
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katanga
0
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seringa
0
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sanga
0
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sangar
0
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erlanger
0
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linga
0
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churinga
0
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alcheringa
0
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rarotonga
0
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minnesinger
0
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sangha
0
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sitatunga
0