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| the branch of logic thPat deals with the general principles of the formation of knowledge |
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| a prearranged reply to a challenge, as from or guard or sentry; a password; a rallying cry |
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| one who advocates preservation, especially of natural areas, historic sites, or endangered species |
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| a wooden peg set in pairs in the gunwales of a boat to serve as an oarlock |
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| something, such as drug or therapeutic treatment, that relaxes or relieves muscular or nervous tension |
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| any of three electrically neutral subatomic particles in the lepton family |
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| menacing; threatening; of or being an omen, especially an evil one |
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| characteristic of or resembling a wag; jocular or witty |
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| an abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury, disease, or a congenital disorder that connects an abscess, a cavity, or a hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ |
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| any of several bulbous plants of the genus Calochortus of western North America, having variously colored, tulip-like flowers |
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| the word or words serving to define another word or expression, as in a dictionary entry |
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| a tax on the estimated market value added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution, ultimately passed on to the consumer |
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| given over to dissipation; dissolute; recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant |
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| Games A Japanese game similar to chess that is played on a board with 81 squares, each side having 20 pieces |
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| a small, brownish African antelope having long legs, short horns, and a short tail |
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| the calling down of a curse; a curse; slander |
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| articulated with the lower lip and upper teeth, as the sounds (f) and (v) |
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| an Irish or Scottish social gathering with traditional music, dancing and storytelling |
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| a dream arousing feelings of intense fear, horror, and distress; an event or experience that is intensely distressing |
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| a disease caused by eating undercooked meat, usually pork, that contains trichinae, which develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and edema of the face |
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| the capital of Ukraine, in the north-central part of the republic on the Dnieper River |
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| shaped like a pouch or sac |
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| too much or too many; excessive or superfluous |
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| material or masonry used to support a structure, such as a wall |
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| pathological obsession with one idea or subject, as in paranoia |
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| a rounded prominence at the end of a bone, most often for articulation with another bone |
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| a subsidiary proposition assumed to be valid and used to demonstrate a principal proposition |
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| French mathematician and philosopher. Considered the father of analytic geometry |
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| extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
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| abnormal muscular weakness or fatigue |
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| a loose, full overcoat with raglan sleeves, originally made of rough woolen cloth |
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| remarkable or extraordinary |
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| occurring or issued twice a year |
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| a certification on an affidavit declaring when, where, and before whom it was sworn |
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| a generator, especially one for producing direct current; an extremely energetic person |
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| the act of retaliating; revenge |
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| a violent uproar; a tumult |
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| of or relating to a thousand years |
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| Of, relating to, or constituting a preface; introductory |
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| Gentleness of manner; mildness |
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| A show of skill or deceitful cleverness |
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| happening once every 20 years |
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| A region and former sultanate of western Sudan |
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| Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech |
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| Capable of being understood through study and observation; comprehensible |
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| A representation of a flower with four petals or a leaf with four leaflets, especially in heraldry |
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| Either of two small leather boxes that Jewish men strap to themselves during morning worship |
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| A flourish made after or below a signature, originally to prevent forgery |
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| A river in southern Africa |
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| To make or become extremely thin, especially as a result of starvation |
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| The Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo sticks |
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| Deserving notice or attention; notable |
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| British economist who wrote An Essay on the Principle of Population |
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| A highly seasoned fish stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish |
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| Overparticular about trivial details; fastidious |
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| A style of instrumental jazz associated with New Orleans |
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| Any of a breed of sheep, originally from Spain, having long, fine wool; a fine wool used for knitting |
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| To sway from one side to the other; oscillate |
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| The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony over other nations |
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| The leading woman soloist in an opera company |
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| The state of being solicitous; care or concern, as for the well-being of another |
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| A member of a Rotary Club, a major national and international service club |
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| That once was; former: "the ... drunkard, now perfectly sober" |
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| A person who deliver a speech praising someone; a eulogist |
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| Worthy of the greatest honor or distinction |
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| Located away from or on the opposite side of the axis, as of an organ or organism |
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| Not changing or subject to change; constant |
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| A person with a slender, thin, or frail body |
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| Becoming or tending to become liquid; melting |
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| The state or quality of being obvious |
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| A large, tropical, treelike herb of southeast Asia, resembling the banana |
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| Relating to or involving the jaw and the face |
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| Lacking firmness, resilience, or muscle tone |
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| Relating to a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way |
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| A spread of Provençal origin consisting of capers, black olives, and anchovies puréed with olive oil |
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| A pattern or gauge, such as a thin metal plate with a cut pattern, used as a guide in making something accurately, as in woodworking |
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| Irish writer who is considered among the greatest poets of the 20th century |
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| Of, relating to, or designating algebra |
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| The branch of geology that deals with the origin, composition, structure, and alteration of rocks |
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| Determination of the strength or biological activity of a substance by comparing its effects with those of a standard preparation on a test organism. |
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| Application of statistics to the analysis of biological and medical data |
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| Of or being a weapon designed to minimize the effect of recoil |
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| A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as with a dinner jacket |
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| Fully and clearly expressed; leaving nothing implied |
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| A flamboyant swordsman or adventurer |
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| The state or fact of being simultaneous |
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| A durable, washable material made in sheets, often used as a covering especially on floors |
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| Melancholy; sullen; bitter; sardonic |
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| Subject to doubt or question; uncertain |
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| Detection of distant objects, such as ships or aircraft, by radar |
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| To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity |
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| To combine into a unified or integrated whole; unite |
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| A mass of inflamed granulation tissue, usually associated with ulcerated infections |
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| A seasoning composed of finely diced sautéed vegetables and herbs and sometimes diced ham, bacon, or salt pork |
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| A historical region of northeast South Africa |
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| Any of several small, often brilliantly colored Australasian parrots |
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| The act or practice of denying someone access to a place, privilege, etc. |
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| An instrument for direct measurement in ohms of the resistance of a conductor in ohms |
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| A ruler with absolute power |
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| Enthusiastic vigor and liveliness |
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| a mild aversion or reluctance |
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| A small crater lake of southern Italy near the Tyrrhenian Sea west of Naples |
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| Running contrary to the facts |
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| Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative |
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| Ingested matter, especially food taken into the body through the mouth |
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| A valve that regulates the flow of fluid through a pipe; a faucet |
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| A pond of northeast Massachusetts near Concord |
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| One versed in the theory of beauty and artistic expression |
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| Living or able to live both on land and in water |
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| A garment of sackcloth worn at an auto-da-fé of the Spanish Inquisition by condemned heretics |
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| Deep-seated, often mutual hatred |
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| A kind of music developed by Black Americans that combines blues and jazz |
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| Inflammation of the intestinal tract, especially of the small intestine |
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| The modification of the culture of a group or an individual as a result of contact with a different culture |
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| The art of projecting one's voice so that it seems to come from another source, as from a wooden figure |
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| The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs |
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| an expert in recording of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor |
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| the manager or owner of a restaurant |
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| A minor member of an operatic or dramatic cast, usually having no speaking part |
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| A round painting, relief, or similar work of art |
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| blindly or naively optimistic |
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| A former Barbary state on the northern coast of Africa |
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| A state described by Plato as being governed on principles of honor and military glory |
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| A certain jump in figure skating |
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| To be discontented or low in spirits; complain or fret |
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| Not fully examined or explored |
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| Any of various linkages allowing one part to rotate within another rotating part, used especially in clockworks |
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| Being of vital or central importance; crucial |
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| The annual payment of an allowance or income |
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| Of, on, relating to, involving, or affecting only one side |
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| A commercially important tuna with bright yellow fins and many scales, found in warm parts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
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| The selective exposure of tissues to extreme cold to bring about the destruction of abnormal cells |
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| Characterized by surreal distortion and usually by a sense of impending danger |
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| Any of a set of 22 playing cards depicting vices, virtues, and elemental forces, used in fortunetelling |
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| The division of a prose piece into lines of fixed length or into lines whose lengths correspond to the natural divisions of sense, as in manuscripts written before the adoption of punctuation |
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| A noncontagious inflammatory skin disease characterized by recurring reddish patches covered with silvery scales |
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| The lowest region of the atmosphere between the earth's surface and the tropopause, characterized by decreasing temperature with increasing altitude |
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| The beliefs, tastes, or lifestyle of one who takes pleasure in fine food and drinks |
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| To criticize or correct after an outcome is known |
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| To plan or make on a greatly reduced scale |
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| American army officer and engineer who directed the construction of the Panama Canal |
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| A priest in ancient Rome who practiced divination by the inspection of the entrails of animals |
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| The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet |
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| Characterized by an abnormal outward turning of a bone, especially of the hip, knee, or foot |
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| A volume of learned articles or essays by colleagues and admirers, serving as a tribute or memorial especially to a scholar |
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| Having waters rich in mineral and organic nutrients that promote a proliferation of plant life which reduces the dissolved oxygen content and often causes the extinction of other organisms |
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| A member of a group of elite, highly loyal supporters |
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| To make timid; fill with fear |
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| A Spanish palace or fortress, originally one built by the Moors |
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| The capital and largest city of Syria, in the southwest part of the country |
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| A polyhedron having 20 faces |
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| A change caused by the sea; a marked transformation |
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| To wave or flourish (a weapon, for example) menacingly |
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| To make uneasy or perplexed; disconcert |
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| the bearer of a banner or pennant |
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| Of, relating to, or characteristic of a 20th-century school of design, the aesthetic of which was influenced by and derived from techniques and materials employed especially in industrial fabrication and manufacture |
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| Impossible to remove, erase, or wash away; permanent |
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| One who is assertively negative in attitude |
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| The study of the overall aspects and workings of a national economy |
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| The wife of Aeneas, who was lost while fleeing from Troy but came back as a ghost to warn Aeneas of his future |
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| relating to or diving into hundredths |
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| with spirit and vigor. Used chiefly as a direction |
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| precise observance of formalities |
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| Shaped or decorated with patterns in relief formed by hammering and pressing on the reverse side |
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| Done without compensation for the public good |
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| A woman who operates an aircraft; a woman pilot |
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| Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another |
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| A chemical secreted by an animal, especially an insect, that influences the behavior or development of others of the same species |
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| Characterized by abject fear; cowardly |
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| A percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs |
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| Hypersensitivity to a substance that is induced by a small preliminary injection of or exposure to the substance |
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| The capital and largest city of Liberia |
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| Either of two zones of high-intensity particulate radiation trapped in Earth's magnetic field and surrounding the planet |
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| The young of a sheep or goat; a lamb or kid |
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| A steep slope or long cliff that results from erosion or faulting |
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| A city of northeast Libya. Inhabited since Greek and Roman times, it is a major port and was a capital of Libya from 1951 to 1972 |
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| A small opening in an interior wall of a church, enabling those in the transept to view the main altar |
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| 1.(in the former Soviet Union) A list of influential posts in government and industry to be filled by Communist Party appointees |
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| Fodder prepared by storing and fermenting green forage plants in a silo |
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| Any of various extinct cats of the Oligocene to the Pleistocene Epoch, characterized by long upper canine teeth |
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| To shop for bargains by comparing the prices of competing brands or stores |
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| A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness |
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| A highly infectious viral disease that causes inflammation of motor neurons of the spinal cord and brainstem, leading to paralysis, muscular atrophy, and often deformity |
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| The third Sunday before Lent |
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| Of or involving both social and economic factors |
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| Not allowing the passage of x-rays or other radiation |
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| A rare or unique person or thing |
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| Capable of developing into only one type of cell or tissue. |
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| The scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world |
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| A member of a contemplative monastic order founded by reformist Benedictines in France in 1098 |
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| One who writes or delivers eulogies |
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| An emergency field ration for U.S. armed forces in World War II, consisting of a single packaged meal |
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| A storyteller in western Africa who perpetuates the oral tradition and history of a village or family |
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| One who has the power and position to rule over others; a monarch |
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| To manufacture in advance, especially in standard sections that can be easily shipped and assembled |
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| A fertility festival in ancient Rome, celebrated on February 15 in honor of the pastoral god Lupercus |
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| A man who helps with a pack train or serves as a porter; an assistant |
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| A book containing the hymns, offices, and prayers for the canonical hours |
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| A writ commissioning an appellate court to review the proceedings of another court and correct the judgment given if deemed necessary |
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| the degree to which something is poisonous |
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| Poor in quality; inadequate |
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| The official roll of persons in a military or naval unit |
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| Lacking due respect or dutifulness; not pious |
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| A small, fat-cheeked, wide-eyed doll with a curl of hair on top of the head |
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| Lack of importance or purpose; uselessness |
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| Vietnamese leader and first president of North Vietnam (1954-1969) |
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| To criticize or reprove sharply; reprimand |
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| The strength of an electric current expressed in amperes |
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| To arrange, write, or print as a rubric; to establish rules for |
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| Surgical removal of a kidney |
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| The 15th-century period of Italian art and literature |
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| A long-legged wildcat of Africa, having a black-spotted and large ears |
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| A crescent-shaped body; a concavo-convex lens |
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| Foreign; alien; roving or alien; migratory |
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| A written release from an obligation, specifically a receipt indicating payment in full |
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| A teacher of mysticism and spiritual knowledge (Hinduism) |
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| A device for indicating wind direction |
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| A small group selected from a wider population and sampled for its members' opinions about a particular subject |
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| A member of the western Goths that invaded the Roman Empire in the fourth century A.D. and settled in France and Spain, establishing a monarchy that lasted until the early eighth century |
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| A group of islands of eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea. The Dutch used them as a basis for their monopoly of the spice trade |
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| A stroke in billiards made by striking the cue ball off center with the cue held nearly vertically, so that the cue ball moves in a curve around one ball before hitting another ball |
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