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adulterine
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adj 1: conceived in adultery
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alexandrine
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n 1: (prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet
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anserine
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adj 1: of or resembling a goose
2: having or revealing stupidity; "ridiculous anserine
behavior"; "a dopey answer"; "a dopey kid"; "some fool idea
about rewriting authors' books" [syn: anserine, dopy,
dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky]
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endocrine
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adj 1: of or belonging to endocrine glands or their secretions;
"endocrine system" [syn: endocrine, endocrinal] [ant:
exocrine]
n 1: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by
the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect
[syn: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion]
2: any of the glands of the endocrine system that secrete
hormones directly into the bloodstream [syn: endocrine
gland, endocrine, ductless gland]
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enshrine
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v 1: enclose in a shrine; "the saint's bones were enshrined in
the cathedral" [syn: enshrine, shrine]
2: hold sacred [syn: enshrine, saint]
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estuarine
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adj 1: of or relating to or found in estuaries [syn:
estuarine, estuarial]
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exocrine
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adj 1: of or relating to exocrine glands or their secretions
[ant: endocrinal, endocrine]
n 1: a gland that secretes externally through a duct [syn:
exocrine gland, exocrine, duct gland]
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intrauterine
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adj 1: within the womb
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passerine
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adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds
[ant: nonpasserine]
n 1: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with
feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the
perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless [syn:
passerine, passeriform bird]
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uterine
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adj 1: of or involving the uterus; "uterine cancer"
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murine
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adj 1: of or relating to or transmitted by a member of the
family Muridae (rats and mice); "a murine plague"
n 1: a rodent that is a member of the family Muridae
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helleborine
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n 1: any of several small temperate and tropical orchids having
mottled or striped leaves and spikes of small yellowish-
white flowers in a twisted raceme [syn: rattlesnake
plantain, helleborine]
2: any of various orchids of the genus Epipactis
3: any of several orchids of the genus Cephalanthera
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taurine
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adj 1: of or relating to or resembling a bull
n 1: a colorless crystalline substance obtained from the bile of
mammals
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apocrine
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adj 1: (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part
of the secreting cell is released with the secretion;
"mother's milk is one apocrine secretion" [ant:
eccrine]
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catarrhine
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adj 1: of or related to Old World monkeys that have nostrils
together and opening downward [syn: catarrhine,
catarrhinian] [ant: broadnosed, leptorhine,
leptorrhine, leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic,
platyrhine, platyrhinian, platyrrhine,
platyrrhinian, platyrrhinic]
n 1: of Africa or Arabia or Asia; having nonprehensile tails and
nostrils close together [syn: Old World monkey,
catarrhine]
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platyrrhine
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adj 1: of or related to New World monkeys having nostrils far
apart or to people with broad noses [syn: platyrrhine,
platyrrhinian, platyrhine, platyrhinian,
platyrrhinic, broadnosed] [ant: catarrhine,
catarrhinian, leptorhine, leptorrhine,
leptorrhinian, leptorrhinic]
n 1: hairy-faced arboreal monkeys having widely separated
nostrils and long usually prehensile tails [syn: New World
monkey, platyrrhine, platyrrhinian]
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vulturine
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adj 1: living by preying on other animals especially by catching
living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf";
"raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste
for offal" [syn: predatory, rapacious, raptorial,
ravening, vulturine, vulturous]
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alabastrine
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adj 1: of or resembling alabaster; "alabaster statue" [syn:
alabaster, alabastrine]
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aventurine
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n 1: a translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other
minerals [syn: sunstone, aventurine]
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colubrine
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leporine
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riverine
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sciurine
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verein
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meandrine
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viperine
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zebrine
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