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spatulate_leaf.n.01
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simple_leaf.n.01
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spatula-shaped leaf; having a broad rounded apex and narrow base
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peradventure.n.01
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doubt.n.01
|
doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case
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profit_and_loss.n.01
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account.n.07
|
an account compiled at the end of an accounting period to show gross and net profit or loss
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dry_cleaning.n.01
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cleaning.n.01
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the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water
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face_off.v.01
|
play.v.01
|
start a game by a face-off
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punch_press.n.01
|
press.n.07
|
a power driven press used to shape metal parts
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language_system.n.01
|
system.n.02
|
a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language
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washington's_birthday.n.01
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day.n.03
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the day on which George Washington is remembered
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vermillion_flycatcher.n.01
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new_world_flycatcher.n.01
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tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
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agateware.n.01
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pottery.n.01
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pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate
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parisienne.n.01
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parisian.n.01
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a female native or resident of Paris
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stachyose.n.01
|
tetrasaccharide.n.01
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a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke
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coffee_break.n.01
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bite.n.04
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a snack taken during a break in the work day
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jug_band.n.01
|
ensemble.n.01
|
a musical group that uses jugs and washboards and kazoos and other improvised instruments
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appetizer.n.01
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course.n.07
|
food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
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common_sage.n.01
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sage.n.03
|
shrubby plant with aromatic greyish-green leaves used as a cooking herb
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senior_class.n.01
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class.n.06
|
final grade or class in high school or college
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silage.n.01
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feed.n.01
|
fodder harvested while green and kept succulent by partial fermentation as in a silo
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iron_putty.n.01
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cement.n.03
|
a cement resembling putty; made by mixing ferric oxide and boiled linseed oil; is acid resistant
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marching_music.n.01
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music_genre.n.01
|
genre of music written for marching
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vice_chairman.n.01
|
president.n.04
|
one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman
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non_prosequitur.n.01
|
judgment.n.03
|
a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court)
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manana.n.01
|
future.n.01
|
an indefinite time in the future
|
roast.n.01
|
cut.n.06
|
a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
|
periodontics.n.01
|
dentistry.n.01
|
the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
|
cartridge_fuse.n.01
|
fuse.n.01
|
a fuse cased in a tube
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hyaline.n.01
|
transparent_substance.n.01
|
a glassy translucent substance that occurs in hyaline cartilage or in certain skin conditions
|
myope.n.01
|
visually_impaired_person.n.01
|
a person with myopia; a nearsighted person
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sparge_pipe.n.01
|
pipe.n.02
|
a horizontal pipe having fine holes drilled throughout its length so as to deliver a spray of water
|
civil_union.n.01
|
marital_status.n.01
|
a voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex
|
financial_gain.n.01
|
gain.n.04
|
the amount of monetary gain
|
soapbox.n.01
|
crate.n.01
|
a crate for packing soap
|
arkansas_kingbird.n.01
|
kingbird.n.01
|
a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black
|
bush_vetch.n.01
|
vetch.n.01
|
European purple-flowered with slender stems; occurs as a weed in hedges
|
labial_consonant.n.01
|
consonant.n.01
|
a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
|
cabbage_butterfly.n.01
|
pierid.n.01
|
white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
|
techie.n.01
|
technician.n.01
|
a technician who is highly proficient and enthusiastic about some technical field (especially computing)
|
phase_i_clinical_trial.n.01
|
clinical_trial.n.01
|
a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device; for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained
|
machine-displayable_text.n.01
|
electronic_text.n.01
|
electronic text that is stored and used in the form of a digital image
|
episiotomy.n.01
|
perineotomy.n.01
|
surgical incision of the perineum to enlarge the vagina and so facilitate delivery during childbirth
|
unassertiveness.n.01
|
diffidence.n.01
|
diffidence about self promotion
|
iron_ore.n.01
|
ore.n.01
|
an ore from which iron can be extracted
|
condyle.n.01
|
process.n.05
|
a round bump on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone
|
black_and_tan.n.01
|
recruit.n.01
|
an English recruit (who wore a uniform that was black and tan) serving in the Irish constabulary to suppress the Sinn Fein rebellion of 1919 to 1921
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kilderkin.n.01
|
british_capacity_unit.n.01
|
an obsolete British unit of capacity equal to 18 Imperial gallons
|
second_gear.n.01
|
gear.n.03
|
the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
|
mongolism.n.01
|
birth_defect.n.01
|
a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation
|
animal_order.n.01
|
order.n.12
|
the order of animals
|
delta_iron.n.01
|
iron.n.01
|
an allotrope of iron that is stable between 1403 degrees centigrade and the melting point (= 1532 degrees)
|
phthalic_anhydride.n.01
|
anhydride.n.01
|
a white cyclic anhydride
|
airbrush.v.01
|
paint.v.02
|
paint with an airbrush
|
face-harden.v.01
|
harden.v.02
|
harden steel by adding carbon
|
galago.n.01
|
lemur.n.01
|
agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemur with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears
|
misquotation.n.01
|
quotation.n.02
|
an incorrect quotation
|
spondee.n.01
|
metrical_foot.n.01
|
a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables
|
geochemistry.n.01
|
chemistry.n.01
|
the chemistry of the earth's crust
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vaquita.n.01
|
porpoise.n.01
|
a short porpoise that lives in the Gulf of California; an endangered species
|
cocked_hat.n.01
|
hat.n.01
|
hat with opposing brims turned up and caught together to form points
|
sea_breeze.n.01
|
breeze.n.01
|
a cooling breeze from the sea (during the daytime)
|
chloramine.n.01
|
antiseptic.n.01
|
any of several compounds containing chlorine and nitrogen; used as an antiseptic in wounds
|
clostridium_perfringens.n.01
|
bioweapon.n.01
|
anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
|
augustinian_hermits.n.01
|
augustinian_order.n.01
|
a monastic order of friars established in 1256 by the Pope
|
slingback.n.01
|
shoe.n.01
|
a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel
|
louse.n.01
|
insect.n.01
|
wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals
|
rhesus_factor.n.01
|
antigen.n.01
|
a blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia
|
public_discussion.n.01
|
discussion.n.02
|
free and open discussion of (or debate on) some question of public interest
|
summer_tanager.n.01
|
tanager.n.01
|
of middle and southern United States; male is deep rose-red the female mostly yellow
|
goldsmith.n.01
|
jewelry_maker.n.01
|
an artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
|
misally.v.01
|
ally.v.01
|
make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately
|
thurifer.n.01
|
acolyte.n.01
|
an acolyte who carries a thurible
|
acadian.n.01
|
french_canadian.n.01
|
an early French settler in the Maritimes
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pouched_mole.n.01
|
marsupial.n.01
|
small burrowing Australian marsupial that resembles a mole
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mechanical_device.n.01
|
mechanism.n.05
|
mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles
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orrery.n.01
|
planetarium.n.03
|
planetarium consisting of an apparatus that illustrates the relative positions and motions of bodies in the solar system by rotation and revolution of balls moved by wheelwork; sometimes incorporated in a clock
|
thrush_nightingale.n.01
|
thrush.n.03
|
large nightingale of eastern Europe
|
junior_status.n.01
|
subordinateness.n.01
|
in a junior position
|
significant_digit.n.01
|
digit.n.01
|
any digit of a number that is known with certainty; any digit of a number beginning with the leftmost non-zero digit and ending with the rightmost non-zero digit (or a zero considered to be the exact value)
|
bread_mold.n.01
|
rhizopus.n.01
|
a mold of the genus Rhizopus
|
subcompact.n.01
|
car.n.01
|
a car smaller than a compact car
|
young_bird.n.01
|
young.n.01
|
a bird that is still young
|
triazolam.n.01
|
benzodiazepine.n.01
|
a form of benzodiazepine (trade name Halcion) frequently prescribed as a sleeping pill; usually given to people who have trouble falling asleep
|
steamed_pudding.n.01
|
pudding.n.03
|
a pudding cooked by steaming
|
albatrellus_ovinus.n.01
|
polypore.n.01
|
a fungus with a whitish often circular cap and a white pore surface and small pores and a white central stalk; found under conifers; edible but not popular
|
state_government.n.01
|
government.n.01
|
the government of a state in the United States
|
sow_bug.n.01
|
woodlouse.n.01
|
terrestrial isopod having an oval segmented body (a shape like a sow)
|
victrola.n.01
|
gramophone.n.01
|
a brand of gramophone
|
thermal_equilibrium.n.01
|
equilibrium.n.01
|
a state in which all parts of a system are at the same temperature
|
water_cart.n.01
|
cart.n.01
|
cart with a tank for water (especially with fresh water for sale)
|
hedge_bindweed.n.01
|
bindweed.n.01
|
common Eurasian and American wild climber with pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Convolvulus
|
shill.v.01
|
deceive.v.01
|
act as a shill
|
archbishop.n.01
|
bishop.n.01
|
a bishop of highest rank
|
holy_week.n.01
|
week.n.01
|
the week before Easter
|
moonstone.n.01
|
feldspar.n.01
|
a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar
|
pillwort.n.01
|
aquatic_fern.n.01
|
European water fern found around margins of bodies of water or in wet acid soil having small globose sporocarps
|
periarterial_plexus.n.01
|
nerve_plexus.n.01
|
an autonomic plexus that accompanies an artery
|
elementary_geometry.n.01
|
geometry.n.01
|
(mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms
|
conduction_anesthesia.n.01
|
anesthesia.n.01
|
anesthesia of an area supplied by a nerve; produced by an anesthetic agent applied to the nerve
|
guano.n.01
|
organic.n.01
|
the excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer
|
pants_suit.n.01
|
slack_suit.n.01
|
a pair of pants and a matching jacket worn by women
|
luncheon_meeting.n.01
|
meeting.n.02
|
a meeting for lunch; usually to conduct business while eating
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