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pax_romana.n.01
peace.n.01
the Roman peace; the long period of peace enforced on states in the Roman Empire
chigoe.n.01
flea.n.01
small tropical flea; the fertile female burrows under the skin of the host including humans
aperitif.n.01
alcohol.n.01
alcoholic beverage taken before a meal as an appetizer
heparin.n.01
polysaccharide.n.01
a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery
neckband.n.01
band.n.04
a band around the collar of a garment
texas_bluebonnet.n.01
lupine.n.01
closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)
stemma.n.01
tree.n.02
a tree diagram showing a reconstruction of the transmission of manuscripts of a literary work
glans_clitoridis.n.01
glans.n.01
small mass of erectile tissue at the end of the body of the clitoris
formative.n.01
language_unit.n.01
minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
whist_drive.n.01
party.n.04
a progressive whist party
self-registering_thermometer.n.01
thermometer.n.01
a thermometer that records the temperature automatically
honey_buzzard.n.01
hawk.n.01
Old World hawk that feeds on bee larvae and small rodents and reptiles
bilingual.n.01
linguist.n.02
a person who speaks two languages fluently
hurling.n.01
field_game.n.01
a traditional Irish game resembling hockey; played by two teams of 15 players each
disinfectant.n.01
agent.n.03
an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
public_toilet.n.01
facility.n.04
a toilet that is available to the public
moss_agate.n.01
agate.n.01
an agate resembling moss with brown, black, or green markings
certified_public_accountant.n.01
accountant.n.01
an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
loti.n.01
lesotho_monetary_unit.n.01
the basic unit of money in Lesotho
pedicel.n.01
peduncle.n.02
a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle
health_hazard.n.01
hazard.n.01
hazard to the health of those exposed to it
binary_notation.n.01
mathematical_notation.n.01
any notation that uses 2 characters (usually 0 and 1)
bomber_jacket.n.01
jacket.n.01
a jacket gathered into a band at the waist
outsole.n.01
sole.n.01
the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground
self-discovery.n.01
discovery.n.01
discovering your own individuality
blastoma.n.01
tumor.n.01
a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells
postdoctoral.n.01
grant-in-aid.n.02
a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research
gift_wrap.n.01
wrapping_paper.n.01
attractive wrapping paper suitable for wrapping gifts
velvet_ant.n.01
wasp.n.02
a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless
klansman.n.01
white_supremacist.n.01
a member of the Ku Klux Klan
dike.v.01
enclose.v.03
enclose with a dike
hoarder.n.01
saver.n.02
a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
list_system.n.01
voting_system.n.01
based on the principle of proportional representation; voters choose between party lists, the number elected from each list being determined by the percentage cast for each list out of the total vote
flat-topped_white_aster.n.01
aster.n.01
a variety of aster
bog_rein_orchid.n.01
rein_orchid.n.01
orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems; of wet or boggy ground through most of the West and northern North America
mauler.n.01
combatant.n.01
a fighter who batters the opponent
due_care.n.01
care.n.05
the care that a reasonable man would exercise under the circumstances; the standard for determining legal duty
valerianaceae.n.01
asterid_dicot_family.n.01
genus of mostly herbs having a characteristic fetid odor
easter_sunday.n.01
christian_holy_day.n.01
the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
eye_dialect.n.01
dialect.n.01
the use of misspellings to identify a colloquial or uneducated speaker
paratroops.n.01
infantry.n.01
infantry trained and equipped to parachute
radio_antenna.n.01
omnidirectional_antenna.n.01
omnidirectional antenna comprising the part of a radio receiver by means of which radio signals are received
bacillus.n.01
eubacteria.n.01
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
jawless_vertebrate.n.01
aquatic_vertebrate.n.01
eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms
beauty_sleep.n.01
sleep.n.03
sleep before midnight
runcible_spoon.n.01
spoon.n.01
a fork-like spoon with a cutting edge; coined by Edward Lear
nosh.n.01
bite.n.04
(Yiddish) a snack or light meal
molt.n.01
shedding.n.01
periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles
cladode.n.01
stalk.n.02
a flattened stem resembling and functioning as a leaf
pedestrian_crossing.n.01
crossing.n.05
street crossing where pedestrians have right of way; often marked in some way (especially with diagonal stripes)
deterge.v.01
wipe_off.v.01
wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body
huffiness.n.01
anger.n.01
a passing state of anger and resentment
battle.n.01
military_action.n.01
a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war
tufa.n.01
rock.n.02
a soft porous rock consisting of calcium carbonate deposited from springs rich in lime
great_st_john's_wort.n.01
st_john's_wort.n.01
perennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes
parity_bit.n.01
bit.n.06
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
carjacking.n.01
hijack.n.01
the violent theft of an occupied car
anoxia.n.01
hypoxia.n.01
severe hypoxia; absence of oxygen in inspired gases or in arterial blood or in the tissues
vaudevillian.n.01
performer.n.01
a performer who works in vaudeville
lobbyism.n.01
practice.n.01
the practice of lobbying; the activities of a lobbyist
cattleship.n.01
cargo_ship.n.01
a cargo ship for the transport of livestock
inferior_vena_cava.n.01
vena_cava.n.01
receives blood from lower limbs and abdominal organs and empties into the posterior part of the right atrium of the heart; formed from the union of the two iliac veins
marine_iguana.n.01
iguanid.n.01
shore-dwelling seaweed-eating lizard of the Galapagos Islands
pulmonary_embolism.n.01
embolism.n.02
blockage of the pulmonary artery by foreign matter or by a blood clot
meclizine.n.01
antihistamine.n.01
an antihistamine (trade name Antivert) used to treat or prevent motion sickness
covered_bridge.n.01
bridge.n.01
a bridge whose passageway is protected by a roof and enclosing sides
tai_nuea.n.01
tai.n.02
a branch of the Tai languages
forebrain.n.01
neural_structure.n.01
the anterior portion of the brain; the part of the brain that develops from the anterior part of the neural tube
utahraptor.n.01
maniraptor.n.01
large (20-ft) and swift carnivorous dinosaur having an upright slashing claw 15 inches long on each hind foot; early Cretaceous
ringside.n.01
seating.n.01
first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
unclearness.n.01
incomprehensibility.n.01
incomprehensibility as a result of not being clear
venus's_girdle.n.01
ctenophore.n.01
ctenophore having a ribbon-shaped iridescent gelatinous body
superordinate.v.01
rate.v.01
place in a superior order or rank
print_shop.n.01
workshop.n.01
a workplace where printing is done
embankment.n.01
mound.n.04
a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
camelpox.n.01
animal_disease.n.01
a viral disease of camels closely related to smallpox
barrier_island.n.01
island.n.01
a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore
princess.n.01
aristocrat.n.01
a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign)
eelgrass.n.01
aquatic_plant.n.01
submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts
pelvic_fin.n.01
fin.n.06
either of a pair of fins attached to the pelvic girdle in fishes that help control the direction of movement; correspond to hind limbs of a land vertebrate
nutriment.n.01
food.n.01
a source of materials to nourish the body
lapis_lazuli.n.01
opaque_gem.n.01
an azure blue semiprecious stone
hind_limb.n.01
limb.n.01
a posterior appendage such as a leg or the homologous structure in other animals
sodium_thiopental.n.01
barbiturate.n.01
a long-acting barbiturate used as a sedative
medullary_sheath.n.01
sheath.n.02
a layer of myelin encasing (and insulating) the axons of medullated nerve fibers
doppler_effect.n.01
propagation.n.03
change in the apparent frequency of a wave as observer and source move toward or away from each other
complementary_color.n.01
chromatic_color.n.01
either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)
arcadic.n.01
ancient_greek.n.01
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians
small_cap.n.01
corporation.n.01
a corporation with a small capitalization
rhombohedron.n.01
hexahedron.n.01
a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
post_road.n.01
road.n.01
a road over which mail is carried
shanghaier.n.01
kidnapper.n.01
a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship
incumbent.n.01
official.n.01
the official who holds an office
national_debt_ceiling.n.01
debt_limit.n.01
a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise; periodically raised by Congress
jet_engine.n.01
reaction-propulsion_engine.n.01
a gas turbine produces a stream of hot gas that propels a jet plane by reaction propulsion
sight_gag.n.01
joke.n.01
a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
banana_peel.n.01
peel.n.02
the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)
sial.n.01
rock.n.02
the granitelike rocks that form the outermost layer of the earth's crust; rich in silicon and aluminum
major-league_team.n.01
team.n.01
a team that plays in a major league
anticipatory_breach.n.01
breach_of_contract.n.01
a breach of contract committed prior to the time of required performance