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surfboard.n.01
board.n.03
a narrow buoyant board for riding surf
spiritual_leader.n.01
leader.n.01
a leader in religious or sacred affairs
housing_development.n.01
development.n.06
a residential area of similar dwellings built by property developers and usually under a single management
aramean.n.01
semite.n.01
a member of one of a group of Semitic peoples inhabiting Aram and parts of Mesopotamia from the 11th to the 8th century BC
vasoconstrictor.n.01
agent.n.01
any agent that causes a narrowing of an opening of a blood vessel: cold or stress or nicotine or epinephrine or norepinephrine or angiotensin or vasopressin or certain drugs; maintains or increases blood pressure
elliptic_leaf.n.01
simple_leaf.n.01
a simple leaf shaped like an ellipse
hillbilly_music.n.01
country_music.n.01
country music originating in mountainous regions of southern United States
congregant.n.01
churchgoer.n.01
a member of a congregation (especially that of a church or synagogue)
venality.n.01
corruptness.n.02
prostitution of talents or offices or services for reward
electro-acoustic_transducer.n.01
transducer.n.01
a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
revolutionary_calendar.n.01
solar_calendar.n.01
the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792
trace_detector.n.01
detector.n.01
a screening device for traces of explosives; used at airline terminals
conjugal_right.n.01
legal_right.n.01
the right of married persons to the enjoyment of association and sympathy and confidence and domestic happiness and the comfort of living together and eating meals at the same table and profiting from joint property right and the intimacies of domestic relations
griot.n.01
narrator.n.01
a storyteller in West Africa; perpetuates the oral traditions of a family or village
slipknot.n.01
knot.n.02
a knot at the end of a cord or rope that can slip along the cord or rope around which it is made
bohemianism.n.01
behavior.n.01
conduct characteristic of a bohemian
paleo-american_culture.n.01
culture.n.01
the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
straggle.n.01
group.n.01
a wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons)
health_insurance.n.01
insurance.n.01
insurance against loss due to ill health
power_breakfast.n.01
meeting.n.02
a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast
trail_riding.n.01
riding.n.02
riding along a roughly blazed path
little_toe.n.01
minimus.n.01
the fifth smallest outermost toe
fissure_of_sylvius.n.01
sulcus.n.01
the deepest and most prominent of the cortical fissures; separates the frontal lobes and temporal lobes in both hemispheres
soft_tree_fern.n.01
tree_fern.n.01
of Australia and Tasmania; often cultivated; hardy in cool climates
mexican_pocket_mouse.n.01
pocket_mouse.n.01
large pocket mouse of Mexico
gentian_violet.n.01
vermifuge.n.01
a green crystal (violet in water) used as a dye or stain or bactericide or fungicide or anthelmintic or burn treatment
machine_screw.n.01
screw.n.04
a screw used either with a nut or with a tapped hole; slotted head can be driven by a screwdriver
emission_spectrum.n.01
spectrum.n.01
spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a self-luminous source
taxer.n.01
bureaucrat.n.01
a bureaucrat who levies taxes
tachycardia.n.01
cardiac_arrhythmia.n.01
abnormally rapid heartbeat (over 100 beats per minute)
barcarole.n.01
song.n.01
a boating song sung by Venetian gondoliers
eavesdropper.n.01
snoop.n.01
a secret listener to private conversations
first_degree.n.01
degree.n.05
a degree of one
tri-iodothyronine.n.01
iodothyronine.n.01
thyronine with three iodine atoms added
drill_steel.n.01
carbon_steel.n.01
carbon steel used for rock drills and dowels
moorish_arch.n.01
round_arch.n.01
a round arch that widens before rounding off
flacourtiaceae.n.01
dilleniid_dicot_family.n.01
chiefly tropical trees and shrubs
upland_sandpiper.n.01
sandpiper.n.01
large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
foreign_country.n.01
state.n.04
any state of which one is not a citizen
boy_wonder.n.01
prodigy.n.01
an extremely talented young male person
marrano.n.01
converso.n.01
(medieval Spain and Portugal) a disparaging term for a Jew who converted to Christianity in order to avoid persecution but continued to practice their religion secretly
brakeman.n.01
trainman.n.01
a railroad employee responsible for a train's brakes
scarlet_tanager.n.01
tanager.n.01
the male is bright red with black wings and tail
hydrofluorocarbon.n.01
fluorocarbon.n.01
a fluorocarbon emitted as a by-product of industrial manufacturing
lemming.n.01
rodent.n.01
any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution
hidden_reserve.n.01
reserve_account.n.01
reserves that do not show up on the balance sheet (as by understating values)
morphea.n.01
scleroderma.n.01
localized scleroderma
housetop.n.01
roof.n.01
the roof of a house
stead.n.01
function.n.03
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another
hazardousness.n.01
danger.n.01
the state of being dangerous
given.n.01
assumption.n.02
an assumption that is taken for granted
fuel_system.n.01
equipment.n.01
equipment in a motor vehicle or aircraft that delivers fuel to the engine
photograph_album.n.01
album.n.02
an album for photographs
naval_engineering.n.01
engineering.n.02
the branch of engineering that deals with the design and construction and operation of ships
expansion_bit.n.01
bit.n.11
a bit with a cutting blade that can be adjusted to different sizes
arthrodesis.n.01
arthroplasty.n.01
the surgical fixation of a joint which is intended to result in bone fusion
bankroll.n.01
funds.n.01
a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.)
apojove.n.01
apoapsis.n.01
apoapsis in orbit around Jupiter
diploidy.n.01
condition.n.03
the condition of being diploid
criminal_suit.n.01
lawsuit.n.01
a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant
jauntiness.n.01
chic.n.01
stylishness as evidenced by a smart appearance
round_ligament_of_the_uterus.n.01
ligament.n.01
ligament attached to the uterus on either side in front of and below the opening of the Fallopian tube and passing through the inguinal canal to the labia majora
club_fungus.n.01
coral_fungus.n.01
a club-shaped coral fungus
automatic_choke.n.01
choke.n.02
a choke that automatically controls the flow of air to the carburetor
groundbreaking.n.01
ceremony.n.03
the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project
first_half.n.01
half.n.02
the first of two halves of play
mean_deviation.n.01
deviation.n.02
the arithmetic mean of the absolute values of deviations from the mean of a distribution
bosc.n.01
pear.n.01
greenish-yellow pear
gorgonzola.n.01
bleu.n.01
Italian blue cheese
prie-dieu.n.01
bench.n.01
low bench for kneeling on
male_sibling.n.01
kinsman.n.01
a sibling who is male
futures_exchange.n.01
commodity_exchange.n.01
a commodity exchange where futures contracts are traded
democratization.n.01
group_action.n.01
the action of making something democratic
germ_plasm.n.01
protoplasm.n.01
the protoplasm of the germ cells that contains chromosomes and genes
dyslexia.n.01
learning_disorder.n.01
impaired ability to learn to read
boletus_subvelutipes.n.01
bolete.n.01
a fungus with a velvety stalk and usually a dingy brown cap; injured areas turn blue instantly
seigneury.n.01
estate.n.02
the estate of a seigneur
lacrosse_player.n.01
athlete.n.01
an athlete who plays lacrosse
machinist's_vise.n.01
vise.n.01
a vise with two parallel iron jaws and a wide opening below
billiard_ball.n.01
ball.n.01
ball used in playing billiards
nuclear_terrorism.n.01
terrorism.n.01
the use of a nuclear device by a terrorist organization to cause massive devastation or the use (or threat of use) of fissionable radioactive materials
electric_clock.n.01
clock.n.01
a clock using a small electric motor
buttercrunch.n.01
butterhead_lettuce.n.01
lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves
oedogoniales.n.01
protoctist_order.n.01
simple or branched filamentous freshwater green algae
payer.n.01
money_handler.n.01
a person who pays money for something
safety_belt.n.01
restraint.n.06
belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt
carolingian.n.01
sovereign.n.01
a member of the Carolingian dynasty
amorphophallus.n.01
arum.n.02
any plant of the genus Amorphophallus
evening_bag.n.01
bag.n.04
a handbag used with evening wear
strip_mining.n.01
mining.n.01
the mining of ore or coal from an open mine
redeye.n.01
flight.n.09
a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep
deltoid.n.01
skeletal_muscle.n.01
a large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint and serving to abduct and flex and extend and rotate the arm
whispering_gallery.n.01
dome.n.04
a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
federal_law_enforcement_training_center.n.01
law_enforcement_agency.n.01
a center in the Department of that trains law enforcement professionals for more than seventy federal agencies
safe_house.n.01
house.n.01
a house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations
paramnesia.n.01
cognitive_state.n.01
(psychiatry) a disorder of memory in which dreams or fantasies are confused with reality
tandem.n.01
placement.n.01
an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another
dermoid_cyst.n.01
cyst.n.01
a cystic tumor (usually benign) with a wall lined with epithelium and a cavity containing other material
northern_bog_lemming.n.01
lemming.n.01
of wet alpine and subalpine meadows of Canada and Alaska
lepidodendraceae.n.01
fern_family.n.01
fossil plants characterized by conspicuous spirally arranged leaf scars on the trunk