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the transmission of such qualities from ancestor to descendant through the genes |
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an offensive word or name that is used as a way of abusing or insulting someone |
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a person from the same country as someone else |
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the work of designing and creating large structures (such as roads and bridges) or new products or systems by using scientific methods |
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a musical instrument with strings that was used especially in ancient Greece |
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a trick or plan for deceiving an enemy or for achieving a goal |
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stern and cold in appearance or manner
simple or plain : not fancy |
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not easily stopped or pulled apart : firm or strong |
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a line of riders, vehicles, etc., moving along in the same direction |
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very pleasant to taste |
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a wide and usually important street that often has trees, grass, or flowers planted down its center or along its side |
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any of a small genus (Laburnum, especially L. anagyroides) of poisonous leguminous shrubs and trees of Eurasia with pendulous racemes of bright yellow flowers |
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a state of perplexity or doubt |
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a silvery heavy radioactive polyvalent metallic element that is found especially in uraninite and exists naturally as a mixture of mostly nonfissionable isotopes — see element table |
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: an act or instance of colliding : clash
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: an encounter between particles (as atoms or molecules) resulting in exchange or transformation of energy |
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mountain climbing in the Alps or other high mountains |
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devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause |
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of, relating to, or suggestive of Dante or his writings; especially : having a hellish or bizarre quality |
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to bring about or carry out (as a crime or deception) : commit |
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a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
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finely done or made; very beautiful or delicate |
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to attack violently with blows or words |
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not focusing the mind on a matter : inattentive |
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the official language of China |
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a scientist who studies or is a specialist in physics |
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characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
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amazing wonderful; very impressive; very big
obsolete : being an omen : portentous |
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a blue-veined cheese with wrinkled rind made of whole cows' milk enriched with cream |
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not honest or fair; doing things that are wrong, dishonest or illegal |
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an injury to the brain that is caused by something hitting the head very hard |
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allowed according to rules or laws; real, accpeted, or official; fair or reasonable |
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feeling or showing love and affection |
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too confident or proud; too great; excessive and unpleasant |
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the act of doing something to hurt someone because that person did something that hurt you or someone else |
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a trained fighter; showing traits of a professional boxer |
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a system used for sending signals by using flags that are held in your hands |
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impossible to imagine or believe |
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a journey to a holy place |
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a person, thing or situation that is annoying or that causes trouble or problems |
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lacking physical, mental or moral vigor; causing one to feel drained of energy |
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a place where your are not bothered by other people; a sacred place, especially within a temple or church |
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move with a smooth wavelike motion; having a wavy surface, edge or markings |
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a dark shape in front of a light background; the shape or outline of something |
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mathematics; the long side opposite the right angle of a triangle |
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a performer of miracles; magician |
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