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| a rich tapestry, typically hung on the walls of a room or used to conceal an alcove |
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| an informal restaurant, esp. one in France or modeled on a French one and with a large selection of drinks |
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| loan translation; an expression adopted by one language from another in a more or less literally translated form |
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| a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building |
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| a curve formed by a wire, rope, or chain hanging freely from two points that are on the same horizontal level |
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| a gliding step in dancing in which one foot displaces the other |
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| a sleeveless outer vestment worn by a Catholic of High Anglican priest when celebrating Mass, typically ornate and having a simple hole for the head |
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| a straight, close-fitting silk dress with a high neck, short sleeves, and a slit skirt, worn traditionally by Chinese and Indonesian women |
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| Someone believing in Christian millenarianism (second coming of Christ, thousand-year age of blessedness) |
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| tell (someone) repeatedly to do something (trans v.) |
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| an encircling structure (nerve fibers in brain, enamel on tooth) |
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| a rosette or knot of ribbons worn in a hat as a badge of office or party |
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| a road cut into the edge of a cliff, esp. one running along a coast |
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| an instance of love at first sight |
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| a fashion designer who manufactures and sells clothes that have been tailored to a client's specific requirements and measurements |
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| a perverse or unfounded belief or notion |
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| a small container for salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar |
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| a strap buckled to the back of a saddle and looped under the horse's tail to prevent the saddle or harness from slipping forward |
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| who stands, or stood, to gain? (from a crime, and so might be responsible) Latin |
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| a tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railroad |
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| a country house or cottage in Russia, typically used as a second or vacation home |
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| a member of a band of armed robbers in India or Myanmar |
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| a figured woven fabric with a pattern visible on both sides, typically used for table linen and upholstery |
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| a truck or cart for delivering beer barrels or other heave loads, esp. a low one without sides |
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| a feeling of offence or deep resentment |
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| authentic and typical (adj.) |
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| the light beige color of unbleached linen |
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| a vertical jump during which the dancer repeatedly crosses the feet and beats them together |
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| a low story between the first floor and the second floor of a building; a mezzanine floor |
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| poisoning produced by eating food affected by ergot, typically resulting in headache, vomiting, diarrhea, and gangrene |
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| a space between the bones of the skull in an infant or fetus, where ossification is not complete |
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| a table with hinged legs that swing out from the frame to support the drop leaves that make the surface of the table larger |
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| social relations between individuals, based on close personal and family ties; community (cf. Gesellschaft) |
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| a glossy transparent paper (usu. adj.) |
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| a written character symbolizing the idea of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it, eg. numerals and Chinese characters |
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| the process or technique of laying on paint or pigment thickly so that it stands out from a surface |
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| a period when normal government is suspended, esp. between successive reigns or regimes |
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| a wine bottle with a capacity four times larger than that of an ordinary bottle |
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| a lighthearted display of wit and cleverness, esp. in a work of literature |
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| a slit made by cutting, esp. with a saw OR the cut end of a felled tree |
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| a North American society of business and professional people formed to maintain commercial ethics |
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| an alcoholic solution containing morphine, prepared from opium and formerly used as a narcotic painkiller |
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| an open area of grassy or arable land |
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| a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window |
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| a gallery or room with one or more open sides, esp. one that forms parts of a house and has one side open to the garden |
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| a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism |
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| a tall slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer |
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| a mass of rocks and sediment carried down and deposited by a glacier |
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| a variety of white, red, or black grape with a musky scent, grown in warm climate for wine or raisins or as table grapes |
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| (used when comparing two or more cases or situations) making necessary alterations while not affecting the main point at issue (adv.) |
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| a new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body, esp. as a characteristic of cancer |
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| a grotto or shrine dedicated to a nymph or nymphs |
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| (of a fabric) having a dyed, printed, or woven design in which the color is graduated from light to dark |
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| a fine translucent cotton or silk fabric that is usually stiffened and is used for women's clothing |
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| (of a curve or surface) touch another curve or surface as to have a common tangent at the point of contact OR to kiss |
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| extensive, treeless plains in South America |
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| one of the basic patterns of drumming, consisting of four even strokes played in the order of left-right-left-left or r-l-r-r |
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| a low, protective wall along the edge of a roof, bridge, or balcony |
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| the innermost parts of a building; a secret or hidden place |
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| a trick-taking card game for two players, using a 32-card deck consisting of cards from the seven to the ace |
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| a small board supported on casters, typically heart-shaped and fitted with a vertical pencil, used for automatic writing and seances |
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| (biology) folded, crumpled, or corrugated |
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| the coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase |
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| a soft and typically unbleached type of Chinese plain-woven fabric, originally made from threads of raw silk |
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| a piece of furniture for use during prayer, consisting of a kneeling surface and a narrow upright front with a rest for the elbows |
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| a shrub of the olive family, with small white, heavily scented flowers and poisonous black berries |
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| the internal and subjective component of sense perceptions, arising from stimulation of the senses by phenomena |
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| a hypothesis that the structure of a language determines a native speaker's perception and categorization of experience |
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| parallel wavelike ridges cause by winds on the surface of hard snow, esp. in polar regions |
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| a Jewish ritual service and ceremonial dinner for the first night or first two nights of Passover |
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| a durable twilled woolen or worsted fabric |
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| polish (a motor vehsiroicle) (v.) |
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| a hot wind, often dusty or rainy, blowing from North Africa across the Mediterranean to southern Europe |
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| an ornamental hairnet or fabric bag worn over the hair at the back of a woman's head |
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| a large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia |
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| an officer in the British army below the rank of captain, esp. a second lieutenant |
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| a success through critical appreciation, as opposed to popularity or commercial gain |
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| a round woolen or cloth cap of Scottish origin, with a pom-pom in the center |
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| a woolen cloth woven in one of several patterns of plain, esp. of a design associated with a particular Scottish clan |
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| a seabird related to the gulls, typically smaller and more slender, with long pointed wings and a forked tail |
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| white or light-colored calcareous rock deposited from mineral springs, used in building |
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| an iron tripod placed over a fire for a cooking pot or kettle to stand on |
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| a thin, plain-weave, semitransparent fabric of cotton, wool, or silk |
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| utter a half-supressed laugh; snigger; titter (v. or n.) |
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| a movement in which a dancer bends the knees and straightens them again, usually with the feet turned out and heels firmly on the ground |
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| printed cotton fabric OR multicolored or mottled (of a cat) |
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| a movement in which the ballet dancer rises on the tips of the toes OR each of a number of small plots of vegetation, analyzed as a sample of a wider area |
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| (____ against) (of a fact or circumstance) be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing |
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| an ornamental frill or ruffle on the front of a shirt or blouse, typically made of lace |
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| thick, durable twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colors OR pompous or pretentious speech or writing (n.) |
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| an opening or slit in a garment, covering fastenings or giving access to a pocket, or the flap of a fabric under such an opening |
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| (of a woman) coarse, untidy, and red-faced |
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| a service of evening prayers forming part of the Divine Offic of the Western Christian Church, trad. said before retiring for the night |
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| knowledge of spiritual mysteries |
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| to instruct orally in the elements of the Christian religion by repetition or question and answer, esp. using a catechism |
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| (of a leaf) having five or more lobes whose midribs all radiate from one point |
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| unconcerned or unconstrained, OR (ballet) a movement in which weight is shifted from one foot to the other in preparation for the execution of a step |
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| a house provided for a minister of certain Christian churches |
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| prounounce with an exhalation of breath |
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| lay people, as distinct from the clergy |
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| (of a speech sound) made by placing the blade of the tongue against or near the hard palate |
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| the action of passing over or disregarding a matter, esp rhetorical technique of making summary mention of something by professing to omit it |
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| consisting of laminae (a thin layer of sedimentary rock, organic tissue, etc.) |
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| (BrE) pull a grotesque face |
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| a horizontal support of timber, stone, concrete, or steel across the top of a door or window |
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| a manuscript of piece of writing material on which later writing has been superimposed on effaced earlier writing |
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| engage in conversation OR fabricate imaginary experiences as compensation for loss of memory |
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| showing or motivated by a susceptibility to bribery, corrupt |
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| lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm |
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| denoting a sin that is not regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace, slight or pardonable |
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| make a shrill sound by rubbing the legs, wings, or other parts of the body together |
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| spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of |
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| in an brief manner, without the customary formalities |
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| remove (a need or difficulty) |
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| vigorous or incisive in expression or style |
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| pleasingly smooth and musical to hear |
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| promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters |
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| old (greyish white) OR overused and unoriginal |
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| unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something |
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| morally correct behavior or thinking |
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| the dispersion of the Jews beyond Israel |
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| complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner |
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| glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance |
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| avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time |
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| the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony |
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| depraved or wicked beahvior or character |
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| a poem, word puzzle, or composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words |
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| the medicines, equipment, and techniques available to a medical practitioner |
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| form judgments by a process of logic; reason |
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| a thing that has already happened or been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept |
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| a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa |
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| won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor |
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| the alleged right of a medieval feudal lord to have sexual intercourse with a vassal's bride on her wedding night |
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| the action of saying farewell |
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| a form of speech in which a word or phrase is repeated and used in a different way OR the repetition of a word or phrase after parenthesis or em dash |
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| politely or patiently restrain an impulse to do something; refrain |
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| the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander |
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| insolent or insulting language or treatment |
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| a dunghill or refuse heap |
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| run or jump about playfully |
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| a person who acts as a guide |
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| an extremely confused, complicated, or embarassing situation |
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| a low neckline on a woman's dress or top |
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| plain clothes worn by a person who wears a uniform for their job |
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| the branch of metaphysics dealing with the nature of being |
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| instruct or urge (someone) to do something |
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| an interval between two acts of a play or opera |
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| the production of a sense impression relating to one sense by stimulation of another sense |
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| the animals of a particular region, habitat, or geological period |
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| a short statement encapsulating a general truth; a maxim |
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| believing in or based on the principle that all people are qual and deserve equal rights and opportunities |
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| giving or serving as a warning |
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| from what place or source |
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| relating to or resembling sheep |
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| to suppress or get rid of by some indirect maneuver |
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| the use of more words than are necessary to convey meaning |
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| tending or aiming to exhort |
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| (with reference to business or proceedings that have been adjourned) with no appointed date for resumption |
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| a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument |
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| by virtue of one's position or status |
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| coat with a protective oxide layer by an electrolytic process in which the metal forms the anode |
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| a banner or pennant hung from a crossbar |
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| the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation |
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| with due respect to (someone or their opinion), used to express polite disagreement or contradiction |
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| a piece of cloth put over the back of a chair to protect it from grease and dirt |
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| (of a substance) capable of causing bleeding to stop when it is applied to a wound (adj. or n.) |
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| an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking |
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| a small, relatively unimportant offense or sin |
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| express (something) in language of a specified style |
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| having an end or purpose in itself (cf. heterotelic) |
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| prove (a person or an assertion) to be wrong |
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| a less distinguished follower or imitator of someone |
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| in fact, or in effect, whether by right or not |
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| the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages |
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| Discussion or negotiation preliminary to an agreement or treaty |
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| a foot consisting of one long or stressed syllable followed by one short or unstressed syllable |
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| an edict of the Russian government |
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| reading the same backwards or forwards |
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| severe congenital mental handicap |
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| a dress hanging straight from the shoulders and giving the figure a uniform shape |
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| having committed a fault or sin; offending |
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| a solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases |
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| a name derived from the name of a father or ancestor, typically be the addition of a prefix or suffix |
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| excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily |
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| hanging down or overhanging |
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| of or relating to knowledge or to the degree of its validation |
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| the statistical study of elections and trends in voting |
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| a person of integrity and honor |
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| a person who lived in a cave |
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| the triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style |
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| becoming active or popular again |
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| a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end |
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| a raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys |
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| of, relating to, or based on relationship to the father or descent through the male line |
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| with the full authority of office (especially of the pope's infallibility as defined in Roman Catholic doctrine) |
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| the attainment or acquisition of a position of rank or power |
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| reigning; ruling (can be postpositive) |
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| money that is owed and should have been paid earlier |
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| a straw or wicker beehive OR basket |
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| drink alcohol, esp. habitually |
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| offensively displaying or intended to arouse sexual desire |
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| 1.a model or tableau representing the scene of Jesus Christ's birth, displayed in homes or public places at Christmas |
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| relating to or denoting a mood of verbs in Greek and other languages, expressing a wish |
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| a horrible six-headed monster who lived on a rock on one side of a narrow strait (Charybdis was a whirlpool on the other side) |
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| a single length of hair or other flexible material made up of three or more interlaced strands; a braid |
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| excessive outward curvature of the spine, causing hunching of the back (cf. lordosis) |
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| an ultimate object or aim |
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| having an extremely offensive smell |
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| the addition of words to clarify meaning |
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| the detailed study of the shape and size of the cranium as a supposed indication of character and mental abilities |
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| a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance |
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| a person descended from the same male ancestor as another specified or implied person |
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| relating to or denoting members of a mythical people who lived in perpetual mist and darkness near the land of the dead |
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| (of knowledge of God) obtained through affirmation (cf. apophatic) |
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| an officer who buys provisions for a college, monastery, or other institution |
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| directive, instructive, didactic (adj.) OR exhortation, instruction (n.) |
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| inability to write as a symptom of cerebral damage/disorder |
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| a person whose parents are a mulatto and a white person and who is therefore one-quarter black by descent |
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| divination by means of arrows |
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| four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves |
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| sexual activity involving three participants |
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| kill (someone) by strangulation, typically with an iron collar or a length of wire or cord |
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| a common lichen found on rocks, used in Scotland to make a golden-brown or reddish-brown dye for staining wool for making tweed |
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| a piece of false hair worn as an adornment |
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| the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto it in combination with special paint effects |
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| an arrangement of five objects with four at the corners of a square or rectangle and the fifth at its center |
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| a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words |
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| wild, disorderly, rakish (n., adj., & v.(!)) |
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| a person with a compact and muscular body build |
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| (of a tax, duty, or other payment) abloe to be charged or levied |
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| 1.a dish cooked or served in the form of a roll, typically made from a flat piece of meat, fish, or sponge cake, spread with a soft filling and rolled up into a spiral OR 2.a florid passage of runs in classical music for a virtuoso singer, especially one sung to one syllable |
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| an Iranian religion the principal beliefs of which are in the existence of a supreme deity, Ahura Mazda, and in a cosmic struggle between a spirit of good, Spenta Mainyu, and a spirit of evil, Angra Mainyu |
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| preceding in time or order; antecedent |
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| a thing omitted in the body of work and appended as a supplement |
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| a method of producing colored designs on textiles by dyeing them, having first applied wax to the parts to be left undyed |
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| make conflicting or evasive statements; equivovate |
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| feverish delirium supposedly caused by the heat in the tropics |
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| a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water |
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| 2.a movement made by bending the last joint of a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger |
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| a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body |
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| a rhetorical or literary figure in which words, grammatical constructions, or concepts are repeated in reverse order, in the same or a modified form |
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| a long, open, level area, typically by the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure |
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| a roof, each face has 2 slopes, lower one steeper than the upper OR apartment under roof |
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| regular variation in the eccentricity of the moon's orbit around the earth, caused mainly by the sun's attraction |
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| a full-length garment of a single color worn by certain Christian clergy, members of church choirs, acolytes, and others having some particular office or role in a church |
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| prior in reality or existence to particulars |
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| a descendant of a notable family or one with a long lineage |
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| "While I breathe, I hope" |
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| a movable fram on which a coffin or a corpse is placed before burial or cremation or on which it is carried to the grave |
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| pierce or sever the spinal cord of (an animal) so as to kill or immobilize it |
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| Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in AD 622 |
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| challenge (a judge, prosecutor, or juror) as unqualified to perform legal duties because of a possible conflict of interest or lack of impartiality |
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| the longitudinal structure along the centerline at the bottom of a vessel's hull, on which the rest of the hull is built, in some vessels extended downward as a blade or ridge to increase stability |
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| make (something) fruitful or productive |
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| a mature haploid male or female germ cell that is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote |
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| a lyric poem with a fixed number of verses and a repeated rhyme, typically on the theme of love |
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| (of a word) be habitually juxtaposed with another with a frequency greater than chance |
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| a method of scaling test scores on a nine-point standard scale with a mean of five and a standard deviation of two |
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| a dualistic religious system with Christian, Gnostic, and pagan elements, founded in Persia in the 3rd century by Manes ( circa 216– circa 276). The system was based on a supposed primeval conflict between light and darkness. |
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| a musical figure in which, typically, two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats |
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| a plant of the agave family with stiff swordlike leaves and spikes of white bell-shaped flowers that are dependent upon the yucca moth for fertilization, found especially in warm regions of North America and Mexico |
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| a natural pigment resembling but darker than ocher, normally dark yellowish-brown in color or dark brown when roasted |
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| a set of bells in a tower, played using a keyboard or by an automatic mechanism similar to a piano roll |
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| the explanation of phenomena by the purpose they serve rather than by postulated causes |
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| another term for opalescent |
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| an agile goat-antelope with short hooked horns, found in the mountainous areas of Europe from Spain to the Caucasus |
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| a lively piece of music in the style of a dance, typically of the Renaissance or baroque period, and usually in compound time |
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| a luminous cloud or a halo surrounding a supernatural being or a saint; a light, aura, color that surrounds someone or something |
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| modify (a painting or color) by applying a very thin coat of opaque paint to give a softer or duller effect |
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| the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen |
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| a short repeated invocation (in Greek or in translation) used in many Christian liturgies, especially at the beginning of the Eucharist or as a response in a litany |
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| not having made a will before one dies (post post.) |
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| resin, especially the solid amber residue obtained after the distillation of crude turpentine oleoresin, or of naphtha extract from pine stumps. It is used in adhesives, varnishes, and inks and for treating the bows of stringed instruments |
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1.another term for terce (a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) at the third hour of the day (i.e., 9 a.m.))
2.an organ stop sounding two octaves and a major third above the pitch of the diapason.
3.(in piquet) a sequence of three cards of the same suit.
4.the third of eight standard parrying positions.
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| the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows. It is clear of the roofs of the aisles and admits light to the central parts of the building |
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| a slender nocturnal carnivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well-developed anal scent glands, native to Africa and Asia |
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1.(in biblical use) a fixed or movable habitation, typically of light construction.
2.a meeting place for worship used by some Protestants or Mormons.
3.an ornamented receptacle or cabinet in which a pyx or ciborium containing the reserved sacrament may be placed in Catholic churches, usually on or above an altar.
4.a partly open socket or double post on a sailboat's deck into which a mast is fixed, with a pivot near the top so that the mast can be lowered. |
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| another term for weft (the crosswise threads on a loom over and under which other threads (the warp) are passed to make cloth) |
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| the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species |
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| a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire |
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variant spelling of virtu (1.knowledge of or expertise in the fine arts.
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| an assembly of the clergy and sometimes also the laity in a diocese or other division of a particular church |
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| a length of timber or steel supporting part of the structure of a building, typically arranged in parallel series to support a floor or ceiling |
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| a person who flouts the law, esp. by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively |
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| a ring or cap, typically a metal one, that strengthens the end of a handle, stick, or tube and prevents it from splitting or wearing |
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| of or relating to the early Christian theologians or to patristics |
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| of a dusky yellowish green color |
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| of no value or importance |
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| a fallacious argument; esp. one used deliberately to deceive |
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| 60th (or 75th) wedding anniversary |
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| (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc) make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound |
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| a distilling apparatus, now obsolete, consisting of a rounded, necked flask and a cap with a long beak for condensing and conveying the products to a receiver |
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| the practice of excising the clitoris and labia of a girl or woman and stitching together the edges of the vulva to prevent sexual intercourse |
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| with respect to or using a modulus of a specified number. Two numbers are congruent modulo a given number if they give the same remainder when divided by that number |
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| of, resembling, or producing serum (an amber-colored, protein-rich liquid that separates out when blood coagulates) |
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| to be found at carious places throughout the text |
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1.on; upon.
2.above.
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| a metrical tale, typically a bawdily humorous one, of a type found chiefly in early French poetry |
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| an irresolvable internal contradiction or logical disjunction in a text, argument, or theory |
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| a bright blue metamorphic rock consisting largely of lazurite, used for decoration and in jewelry |
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1.temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in blood pressure.
2.the omission of sounds or letters from within a word |
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| the branch of medical science dealing with the classification of diseases |
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| immoral or grossly unfair behavoir |
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| a small soluble block that is inserted into the vagina to treat infection or as a contraceptive |
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| the treatment of disease by bathing in mineral springs |
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| produced by or associated with electrical induction |
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| relating to or characteristic of tetanus (the prolonged contraction of a muscle caused by rapidly repeated stimuli) |
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| (of a condition or circumstance) suggest or indicate that (a particular technique or drug) should not be used in the case in question |
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| a lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric |
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| (usu. en cocotte) a covered, heatproof dish or casserole in which food can be both cooked and served |
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| (in certain parliamentary systems) interrupt the order of the day by demanding an explanation from (the minister concerned) |
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| the women's apartments (harems) in a Muslim palace |
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| glowing or glittering with red or golden light |
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| a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar |
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| an older woman acting as a governess and companion in charge of girls, esp. in a Spanish family |
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| consisting of identical adjacent speech sounds, esp. consonants; doubled (adj.) |
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| any of two pairs of muscles attached to the vertebrae in the neck and upper back that draw back the head |
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| (pl. -ture) an embellishment of a melody, esp. as improvised by an operatic singer |
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| a coarse, feltlike, woolen material that is typically green, used for covering billiard and card tables and for aprons |
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| a natural electrical phenomenon characterized by the appearance of streamers of reddish or greenish light in the sky |
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| a beautiful young woman, esp. one of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim Paradise (pl. -ris) |
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| the way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument |
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| magic tricks performed as entertainment |
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| of the same substance or essence |
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| a summary of the principles of Christian religion in the form of questions and answers, used for the instruction of Christians |
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| a marine mollusk that has a smooth, glossy, domed shell with a long narrow opening |
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| a dome or other structure protecting radar equipment and made from material transparent to radio waves, especially one on the outer surface of an aircraft |
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| a system of long-distance navigation in which position is determined from the intervals between signal pulses received from widely spaced radio transmitters |
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| an eyelet placed in a hole in a sheet or pannel to protect or insulate a rope or cable passed through it |
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| a man's felt hat having a narrow curled brim and a tapered crown with a lengthwise indentation |
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| of or having the powers of a praetor |
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| a distinctive intricate pattern of curved, feather-shaped figures based on a pine-cone design from India |
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| a light purplish red that is one of the primary subtractive colors |
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| a vivid purplish-red color like that of the sepals of a typical fuchsia flower |
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1.a small piece of bread or pastry with a savory topping, often served with drinks at a reception or formal party.
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| another term for reave (carry out raids in order to plunder) |
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| a dry copying process in which black or colored powder adheres to parts of a surface remaining electrically charged after being exposed to light from an image of the document to be copied |
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| the underside of an architectural structure, such as an arch, a balcony, or overhanging eaves |
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| a coniferous tree that has red berrylike fruits, and most parts of which are highly poisonous. Yews are linked with folklore and superstition and can live to a great age; the timber is used in cabinetmaking and (formerly) to make longbows |
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| denoting an animal, especially a horse or cow, having a coat of a main color thickly interspersed with hairs of another color, typically bay, chestnut, or black mixed with white |
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| in the Roman Catholic Church) the Lord's Prayer, especially in Latin |
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| a two-masted, fore-and-aft-rigged sailboat with a mizzenmast stepped forward of the rudder and smaller than the foremast |
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| in a slow tempo and dignified in style |
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| beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation |
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| inflammation of the larynx and trachea in children, associated with infection and causing breathing difficulties |
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| the tenth Tractate of Mishnah in the Order Moed |
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| a succulent plant with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves and tall flower spikes, native to the southern US and tropical America |
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| glazed ceramic ware, in particular decoratede tin-glazed earthware of the type that includes delftware and maiolica |
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| a yellow-flowered shrub of the pea family, the leaves of which are modified to form spines, native to western Europe and North Africa |
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| an ancient Greek or Roman herald's wand, typically one with two serpents twined around it, carried by the messenger god Hermes or Mercury |
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| an official of the Communist Party, especially in the former Soviet Union or present-day China, responsible for political education and organization |
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| the doctrine of salvation |
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| ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a Gothic window |
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| an open cart that tilted backward to empty out its load, in particular one used to convey condemned prisoners to the guillotine |
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| a lute used in classical northern Indian music, with four main strings |
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| a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, esp. the production of antibodies |
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| a form of prayer confessing sins, used in the Roman Catholic Mass and some other sacraments |
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| the formation of ideas or concepts |
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| having full control of one's mind; sane |
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| each of a pair of small oars used by a single rower OR to propel a boat with them |
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| of or written in a majuscule script with rounded unjoined letters which is found in European manuscripts of the 4th-8th centuries and from which modern capital letters are derived |
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| an improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theaters in the 16th-18th centuries, based on stock characters. Actors adapted their comic dialogue and action according to a few basic plots and to topical issues |
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| dialect term for bore (a steep-fronted waiver caused by the meeting of two tides or by the construction of a tide rushing up a narrow estuary) |
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| (of a building) having a roof supported by pillars, typically in several rows (adj. or n.) |
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| the right to enjoy the use and advantages of another's property short of the destruction or waste of its substance |
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| a manual of classical prosody formerly used in schools to help in writing Greek and Latin verse |
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| (of an area of study) serving as a preliminary introduction or as an introduction to further study |
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| animated eagerness or friendliness; effusion |
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| (of the wind in trees, the sea, etc.) make a moaning, whistling, or rushing sound (v. or n.) |
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| lacking knowledge; ignorant |
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| acquittal from a charge or accusation obtained by statements of innocence given by witnesses under oath |
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| the highest good, especially as the ultimate goal according to which values and priorites are established in an ethical system |
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| turn over and spread out (grass, hay, or straw) to dry or for bedding |
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| (especially of fluid motion) not rotational |
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| a cylindrical coil of wire acting as a magnet when carrying electric current |
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| a birthmark or a mole on the skin, especially a birthmark in the form of a raised red patch |
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| an outwork of fortifications, with two faces forming a salient angle, constructed beyond the main ditch and in front of the curtain |
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| make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate |
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| an arched aperture or window; especially one in a domed ceiling |
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| (of a person's mind or heart) fill (that person) with doubt, apprehension, or foreboding |
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| the substitution of one person or group by another in respect of a debt or insurance claim, accompanied by the transfer of any associated rights and duties |
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| for the time being (adv. [pp] & adj.) |
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| break up the surface of (soil or a road or pavement) |
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| a phrase or sentence that is grammatically ambiguous |
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| a papal decree concerning a point of canon law |
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| relating to heraldry or heraldic devices |
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| a thin metal frame keeping the paper in position during printing on a hand press |
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| a certificate stating that a university student is too ill to attend an examination |
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| a mixture of vegetables or fruit cut into small pieces |
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| take off or lower (one's hat) as a token of respect or submission |
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| the property of becoming less viscous when subjected to an applied stress, shown for example by some gels which become temporarily fluid when shaken or stirred |
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| a financial inducement; a bribe |
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| an official recognition by a government of a consul or other representative of a foreign state, authorizing them to exercise office |
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| apply or affix (something) to something else |
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| a material object produced supposedly by occult means, especially at a seance |
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| an abnormal rattling sound heard when examining unhealthy lungs with a stethoscope |
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| (of a river or stream) emerge or be discharge in quantity; pour out |
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| (of knowledge of God) obtained through negating concepts that might be applied to him (cf. cataphatic) |
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| a medieval form of torture in which the body was pressed with heavy weights |
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| carry out raids in order to plunder; rob (a person or something) |
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| unattractive and objectionable |
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| a woman able to foretell the future |
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| an ancient burial mound; a barrow |
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| small images or cult objects used as domestic deities or oracles by ancient Semitic peoples |
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| a lover or mistress OR prostitute |
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| a moral fable, especially one with animals as characters |
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| make excuses for OR use ingratiating language |
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| garden between Jerusalem and the Mount of Olives, where Jesus went with his disciples after the Last Supper and was betrayed |
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| a fringed shawl traditionally worn by Jewish men at prayer |
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| a small leather box containing Hebrew texts on vellum, worn by Jewish men at morning prayer as a reminder to keep the law |
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| a lock of hair growing just above the forehead |
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| a rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines |
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| a large tree-dwelling tropical bird with weak flight |
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| modify (a painting or color) by applying a very thin coat of opaque paint to give a softer or duller effect |
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| a twilled dress fabric of worsted and silk or cotton, especially a black kind formerly used for mourning clothes |
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| discontinue a session of (a parliament or other legislative assembly) without dissolving it |
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| an acacia tree with violet-scented flowers that yield an essential oil used in perfumery |
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| accumulation of large amounts of fat on the buttocks |
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| (of a person or their actions) criminal; villianous |
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| the first-born illegitimate son of parents whose second son was legitimate |
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| a half turn to the right or left by a horse |
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| piling up of terms, especially adjectives, often as invective |
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| to touch rapidly on one point and then another |
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| provide or supply (food, drink, or other goods) as one's business |
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| another word for logogram (a sign or character representing a word or phrase, such as those used in shorthand and some ancient writing systems) |
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| situated on a border or frontier |
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| a woman in charge of a large house |
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| the common people; the masses |
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| divination by examining ashes or soot |
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| the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection |
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| divination based on moles |
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| divination from wrinkles on the forehead |
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| hypocritical and sanctimonious talk |
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| a person having no faith or religious belief |
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| an inscribed or painted symbol considered to have magical power |
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| a small blister on the skin OR small bubble in glass or in fluid |
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| relating to the sky or the heavens; celestial |
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| the buying or selling of ecclesiastical privileges, for example pardons or benefices |
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| sink (a ship or its crew) deliberately |
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| a form of punishment or torture in which the victim was secured to a rope and made to fall from a height almost to the ground before being stopped with an abrupt jerk |
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| an iron bar with sliding shackles, formerly used for confining a prisoner's ankles |
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| an instrument of punishment for a scolding woman, consisting of an iron framework for the head and a sharp metal gag for restraining the tongue |
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| torture method also called "the boats" (just wikipedia that shit) |
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| a woman's long fur scarf or shawl worn around the neck and shoulders |
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| the administration of food or drugs by force, especially to an animal, typically through a tube leading down the throat to the stomach |
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| a boastful but cowardly person |
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| a moulding or wooden strip of semicircular cross section OR a bar separating panes of glass in cabinetmaking |
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| of use in the healing of wounds |
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| the repetition of a word or phrase in immediate succession, for vehemence or emphasis |
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| made, consisting of, or resembling wood |
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| accessory items in a painting, especially figures or animals in a landscape picture |
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| the act of blowing something (as a gas, powder, or vapor) into a body cavity |
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| of or characterized by a reduction in entropy (and corresponding increase in order) |
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| a person who behaves in an irritatingly smug or arrogant fashion, typically by making clever remarks and displaying their knowledge |
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| a plane curve with a characteristic shape, consisting of two loops that meet at a central point |
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| "A liar needs a good memory" |
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| "The Gods are on the side of the stronger" |
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| (of a line, arc, or figure) form (an angle) at a particular point when straight lines from its extremities are joined at that point |
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| a condition or phenomenon involving distorted memory or confusions of fact and fantasy, such as confabulation or deja vu |
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| a condition of muscular weakness caused by nerve damage or disease; partial paralysis |
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| a rare condition in which the neck muscles contract, causing the head to twist to one side |
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| physical discomfort with pain affecting the lower half of the back, varying in intensity from a dull ache to incapacitating |
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| pain radiating along the sciatic nerve, which runs down one or both legs from the lower back |
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| seeing two images of an object, also known as double vision |
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| the inability to see clearly in bright light and is the exact opposite of nyctalopia (night blindness) |
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| "in the place of a parent" |
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| a short flared, gathered, or pleated strip of fabric attached at the waist of a woman's jacket, dress, or blouse to create a hanging frill or flounce |
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| architectural ornamentation resembling braided or interlaced ribbons |
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| a chemical that binds to a receptor and activates the receptor to produce a biological response |
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| Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina in AD 622, prompted by the opposition of the merchants of Mecca and marking the consolidation of the first Muslim community |
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| literary technique, in writing or speaking, that favors short, simple sentences, with the use of coordinating rather than subordinating conjunctions. Contrasts with syntaxis and hypotaxis |
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| a pogrom against Jews throughout Nazi Germany on 9-10 November 1938, carried out by SA paramilitary forces and German civilians |
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| "death is the gate to life" |
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| death dissolves (de-solves ha!) all things |
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| covered with stiff, short hairs |
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| a member of an ancient Indian sect that wore very little clothing and was given to asceticism and contemplation |
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| a metal container with a sloping hinged lid and a handle, used to fetch and store coal for a domestic fire |
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| name used by Arthur Koestler in his account of the compulsive punning first described by the German neurosurgeon Otfrid Foerster (qv. Witzelsucht) |
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| a form of poetry consisting of stanzas of eight lines of ten or eleven syllables, rhyming abababcc |
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| (in India and the East) a covered litter for one passenger, consisting of a large box carried on two horizontal poles by four or six bearers |
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| gather (an area of fabric or part of a garment) by means of drawn or elasticized threads in parallel rows |
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| female follower of Dionysus and the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones" |
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| reckless mischief; charismatic wildness |
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| a roof with two side, each of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one |
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| a figure of speech in which a word applies to two others in different senses (e.g. John and his license expired last week) or to two others of which it semantically suits only one (e.g. with weeping eyes and hearts) |
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| a deep purplish red color |
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| a paste of dried and pounded meat mixed with melted fat and other ingredients, originally made by North American Indians and later adopted by Arctic explorers |
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| an act or event that provokes or is used to justify war |
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| a doctrine that identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God |
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| a loose, branching cluster of flowers, as in oats |
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| all together or all at the same time |
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| the study of Chinese language, history, customs, and politics |
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| an asymmetrical arrangement of the human figure in which the line of the arms and shoulders contrasts with while balancing those of the hips and legs |
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| pass criticism or censure on; speak out against |
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| the turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus |
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| an execution carried out by drowning |
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| one who practices spiritual exercises |
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| having a strong urge to write |
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| psychological disorder in which the sufferer believes he or she is a cow or ox |
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| whether a person wants or likes something or not |
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| condition where the head is longer than would be expected, relative to its width |
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| pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe OR characterized by or fit for fertilization by pollen from another flower of the same kind |
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